Musing Mondays - October 13

Musing Mondays is a weekly meme from MizB at Should Be Reading. It asks you to muse about one of the following each week…

• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

My Musing:

I've noticed as I blog and participate in memes that my preferred genres don't always match those of the majority of the participants. I don't mind, though, because it exposes me to books that wouldn't usually be on my radar and I often add them to my Amazon Wish List or GoodReads Want to Read list to check out later. This topic made me think about my favorite and not so favorite genres. 

Favorites: historical fiction, mystery (any sub-genre, but I am partial to cozies), romantic suspense, and inspirational fiction.

Genres I read, but not my first choice: dystopian fiction, horror, and paranormal.

Not so favorites: fantasy and science-fiction.

Non-fiction favorites: true crime, biographies, politics, and Christian living.

What are some of your favorite and not so favorite genres. 

Musing Mondays - August 11

Musing Mondays is a weekly meme from MizB at Should Be Reading. It asks you to muse about one of the following each week…

• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!

My Musing:

What is your favorite go-to genre? If you could read at your leisure (maybe you already do) and not worry about a review schedule, what would be the first genre you would reach for?

My choice would be historical fiction. I enjoy so many historical novels; and now that I am expanding the time period I read about, my selection of books is increasing too. Right now, I am reading Miracle in a Dry Season by Sarah Loudin Thomas. I haven't gotten very far, but hopefully I'll get some reading done soon.

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they will post a new Top Ten list that one of the bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All they ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

Top Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist

1. More alternative history stories. I don't read a ton of them, but I enjoy them. What if the South won the Civil War? What if the British squashed the Colonist rebellion? What if Germany won WWII? All frightening thoughts, but interesting stories.
2. Fiction featuring stay-at-home moms as main characters. Maybe a cozy mystery featuring a stay-at-home mom or any genre that lightly or even in depth deals with the issues facing these women today. 
3. More Rock 'n' Roll stories. The few I've read have been great. I'm a child who grew up in the 70s and 80s, so I would prefer it set during those decades.
4. More empowering fiction for children. Though it doesn't seem to be what they want to read, I'm still holding out hope that there are books out there or destined to be written that will empower kids without preaching too much.
5. More fiction for children that doesn't feature fractured families. I know there are a lot of fractured families out there, but is it a sin to write a novel for young people where the parents are happily married and supportive of their kids? The parents can't be blithering idiots either.
6. More fiction set during the Reconstruction Era. This is a fascinating, yet troubling time, in our history. Many books are set prior to or during the Civil War, but I would like to see more fiction set during these years, and also novels shedding light on the plight of African Americans after they were freed.
7. Fiction or nonfiction featuring road trips. I'm not much of a traveler, though I wish I could afford to travel more than I do. I read My Life As Laura by Kelly Kathleen Ferguson and The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure. Both feature trips to the Laura Ingalls Wilder sites they knew about from their childhood. I've also read a mystery featuring two amateur sleuths traveling in an RV. 
8. Humorous zombie stories. Does this surprise you? It does me. I've read one zombie story. Just one. But it was so funny, I would love to read more. I don't want gore and horror; but humor is fine.
9. Romance during the Gold Rush. This was not a nice period in American history either. But what if two young adults met and fell in love, but wanted out of the whole panning for gold thing? What if their families tried to prevent it? What if they managed to escape anyway?
10. More suspense books by Doug Hewitt. Hewitt wrote one of my favorite books: The Dead Guy. It's a book about insurance fraud, and a guy named Jack, who discovers he has an untreatable, debilitating illness. When Jack's best friend, Hal, is murdered, he vows to track down Hal's killer. While Hewitt has continued to write, he's writing science-fiction or nonfiction these days. Another suspense novel must be in that pen somewhere.

What is on your reading wishlist?