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Originally Posted by TuxGirl
I think I'm kinda opposite you. When I finish a book that I really enjoy, I tend to read similar books for a while right after. This probably contributes to the fact that I often have details very muddled between what happens in similar books.
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When I was much younger, I was doing the same, certainly with Fantasy, but after a while they all started to seem too similar, despite the differences. So I got bored and they started to lose their impact, so I took a break.
Counter-pointing that, I would sometimes read a big thick Fantasy novel, and feel emotionally drained afterward, perhaps sleep-deprived, so did not read anything else for a couple of days ... it sometimes involved me reading well into the early hours, so I guess I also had the need to catch up on sleep. Nothing like finishing a book in a zombie state.
NOTE - While I said I like to change genre after reading a book, I probably should have made clear, that if the book is part of a series or a trilogy etc, I might read all or several of them ... unless the series book was stand-a-lone, before moving on to another genre.
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My daughter just reads the same book or series over and over... she's been reading nothing but the Harry Potter series (outside if assigned stuff for school) for a little over a year, no matter what enticements I have to try new books.... I mean, it's cheaper, but I'm willing to pay for good books....
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Yep, I certainly went through some of that with two of my kids ... Harry Potter, Eragon, etc.