Have your reading choices changed over the years? Or pretty much stayed the same? (And yes, from childhood to adulthood we usually read different things, but some people stick to basically the same kind of book their entire lives, so€¦)
Basically my reading choices have pretty much been the same for some time now. I used to have phases in reading, though, when I read as much as I could in one category or another. For example there was my historical fiction phase, an Agatha Christie one, a religious books phase, and a yoga books phase. When I was at college I read mainly books on librarianship and quite a lot of fiction – we were all Lord of the Rings fans (well before the films made it popular again), then years later I did an OU course and read lots of art history and philosophy books. All along I’ve read fiction of most types.
Now I’ll still read all those genres but like to vary it more – so maybe my reading has evolved to be more eclectic.
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Except for paranormal fiction, I have always read pretty much everything. It can only get better with time and it is…
Here is my BTT: Evolution post!
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Margaret – Interesting, isn’t it, how our reading habits and tastes change over the years. Mine have also become a bit more eclectic, although I have to say I always have been, am, and likely always will be mostly a crime fiction fan.
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My preference didn’t so much change, as it did…evolve. Here’s My BTT
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I remember a time in my mid-30s when I read almost no fiction at all. For some reason, I only read non-fiction for about five years, and then rediscovered fiction and had so much fun reading it again.
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Generally speaking my tastes have remained the same, but I’ve also had particular fads from time to time. I had one period when I read lots of books about cats and their owners; another when I devoured everything I could find on reincarnation; and when I was home educating my children I read enormous quantities of books on homeschooling. I’m trying to think of what kind of phase I might be going through now and all I can think of is: buying books that I see recommended on book blogs!
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I’ve always been interested in too many topics to settle down to just one for a bit. In summer I read more light fiction and the rest of the year I usually alternate fiction and nonfiction, mostly history and biography. The only “evolving” I’ve done is to enjoy literary fiction more and stretch my selection of types of fiction.
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I’ve always had wide ranging tastes in books everything from classics to paranormal probably because I grew up in a house full of books and pretty much read what I wanted.
What is interesting is that I seemed to go through a phase when I was in my early 20’s of reading ‘good’ books – lots of Virago and classic novels – which went rapidly downhill in my 30’s when my reading notebook would indicate a regrettable taste for sex n shopping novels and the beginning of my passion for crime novels!
I can only assume that the downturn in the quality of books read was because I had four children under ten, very little money and even less time and by the time I had done the round of four different bedtime stories, all I really wanted was something that provided escapism without requiring effort!
Since hitting 50 last year, the standard of books read appears to have risen, partly due to discovering Dovegreyreader and the world of book blogs!
I still love crime novels (not the nasty ones) but while I will never be a fan of tricksy literary novels, I am more likely to challenge myself and am finally catching up on all those books I should have read but never got around to!
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