Comments on: TSS: Genre Preferences (or, Hello! I am back!)

By: Fyrefly

Fyrefly — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:16:19 +0000

I am crazy excited that you’re loving the Vorkosigan Saga, and a wee bit jealous that you get to discover it for the first time. I started with the Cordelia books, and I still have a raging girlcrush on her, enough so that I get irrationally excited whenever she shows up for a scene in one of Miles’s books.

Also, I’m glad you’re not letting the length scare you… keep in mind that since you’re reading the omnibus editions, you’re actually plowing through 2 or 3 novels in a few days, not just one!

By: veronica

veronica — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:05:31 +0000

You should watch the Rankin and Bass animated version of The Last Unicorn.

By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:11:31 +0000

I’m glad you’re getting settled — it’s a lot of work, and sounds like you are very busy! I have an hour lunch break at work now too, which I think is quite odd. I can’t seem to make myself take the whole hour because it feels indulgent or something.

I think we all go through reading phases and shifts. I’ve been in a huge fiction kick lately, which has been fun but also out of character for my recent reading. There are also some nonfiction topics I used to love that just sort of bore me now. It happens

By: Amused

Amused — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:17:09 +0000

I totally get it. People and their preferences change as we grow. Also, sometimes I think we can just wear a genre out after we read too much of it!

By: Kailana

Kailana — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:18:37 +0000

I am very interested in Speculative fiction lately, too. I am looking forward to more from the genre.

By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:14:18 +0000

Glad you’re back! I’m feeling the same way with romance, and have been for a while. Sad.

By: zibilee

zibilee — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:30:14 +0000

I think it’s totally normal that your reading tastes would morph and change as time goes on, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you get back to historical fiction one day in the future. I am also glad that the job is going well, and am very excited that you can get blog posts written during your lunch breaks! I hope that your new reading patterns take you to some great new places!

By: Jodie

Jodie — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:28:21 +0000

Hurray you’re back! Hi, hi!:)

By: unfinishedperson

unfinishedperson — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:23:47 +0000

I read The Beekeeper’s Apprentice and likewise, loved it. As for speculative fiction, if I were to start in that genre, what would you recommend for a beginner?

As for changing the focus of your blog, that happens. My blog basically has stuck to its premise, but not always…and on one front anyway, that of keeping track of my running/walking/exercise, I have been woefully behind on. So I can relate…somewhat.

By: Beth F

Beth F — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:03:17 +0000

You life has certainly been crazy lately — glad you are beginning to settle in and that you seem to like the new job.