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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
I think it's perfectly normal. When you find something you like, it's natural to want more like it. It's good to now and then read something from a different genre than you usually read, but that takes some effort. It's like restaurants - the default is to go with what you're used to, and there's nothing wrong with that. You know what you like. It takes some effort to try out a new type of food. You might like it, or you may not. If you like it, you have something to add to your list of restaurants you habitually visit. I went to a Chinese restaurant and ordered the bitter melon. It was bitter. I didn't care for it, nothing ventured, nothing gained. I have restaurants I've been going to for 20 years. I know that the food I get there will be good. I still like to try new restaurants from time to time, but I still keep coming back to my old favorites.
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And that's why the genre's exist in the first place. Just as some people prefer Italian or Thai food over French for example everyone has their own literary palate as well. And separating books into genre's makes it easier for people to find what they really want among all the other books out there.