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View Poll Results: What's your favorite genre? Choose all that apply.
Vampires 16 8.60%
Fantasy 85 45.70%
Sci-fi 96 51.61%
Comedy 25 13.44%
True Crime 15 8.06%
Mystery 71 38.17%
Historical Fiction 63 33.87%
Romance 20 10.75%
Christian Fiction 7 3.76%
General Fiction 46 24.73%
Biography / Autobiography 21 11.29%
Non-fiction 46 24.73%
Other (please specify) 24 12.90%
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Old 01-11-2011, 02:15 PM   #31
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I checked off "mystery, general, and other." I read mostly mysteries. (I used to belong to the Mystery Guild.) When I'm looking for books, I search first mystery and then general. I picked "other" because I don't know whether time travel romances or books like "Sleeping with Schubert" fit into general or something else.

I can't think of a single sci-fi book that I have ever read -- as I'm thinking sci-fi is mostly space opera type stuff -- although I am intrigued by the praise that Baen gets and want to read something from there just because of that. I read one really dismal fantasy trilogy that has scared me off from the genre. Considering that I favor "magical girl" anime -- and I am not fan of giant robots in space -- I think that fantasy may be a good genre for me, if I knew how to filter what's out there.

I have always considered "vampires" to be horror; haven't ever thought of them as ... fantasy? In my mind, I've branched off "paranormal" from "horror" because there are so many relatively benign characters lately. Maybe that is why I have such a hard time with genres -- my ideas don't line up with common sorting!
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Old 01-11-2011, 02:25 PM   #32
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Most of my reading is nonfiction, somewhat skewed towards travel narrative/essay/lit. I do get in some fiction (including YA), though mostly as audiobooks. Sci-fi and Fantasy just doesn't work for me, although
I do enjoy time travel adventures.
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Old 01-11-2011, 03:14 PM   #33
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Interesting thread! I'm surprised vampires haven't gotten more hits, since you hear so much about that genre
I think Vamps are mostly for YA. YA mostly don't use ebook readers and don't visit this forum

I loved the first three books of Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. I tolerated book four. However, since book 5 she screwed up completely the series, with crazy Christianity ideas.
Twilight had an interesting idea. I was ready to like it because I liked the film, however...the books are a lot worse. Bella's character was an abomination.

I don't want to waste my time on anything else in the same vein
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Old 01-11-2011, 04:03 PM   #34
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Twilight had an interesting idea. I was ready to like it because I liked the film, however...the books are a lot worse. Bella's character was an abomination.
I liked the books as well but hated the movies. Which had everything to do with (the actors who played) the main characters. One thing that really annoyed me about the books and even more so with the movie: the sparkle.



is all I'm saying.
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Old 01-11-2011, 04:16 PM   #35
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Fantasy is my main read although I have always enjoyed War books (either fact or Fiction) and lately as a short rest from Fantasy I have been enjoying Historical Fiction.

But like the majority I can pretty much read anything
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Old 01-11-2011, 04:49 PM   #36
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I think Vamps are mostly for YA
I realize that you said 'mostly', but wanted to chime in here that the one series with a vampire protagonist I've ever read was a gay, cozy murder mystery: Posted to Death.
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Old 01-11-2011, 05:20 PM   #37
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I listed sci-fi, since that's what I started reading as a kid and I guess I still enjoy it the most. The last three books I've read though were Fantasy, Historical Fiction, and Non-Fiction.
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Old 01-11-2011, 05:27 PM   #38
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I prefer science based fiction with a little but not much fantasy...
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Old 01-11-2011, 05:29 PM   #39
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I like SF - my first love was space opera.
I like Fantasy - particularly sword and sorcery, though both epic and urban can grab me - so long as the romance element in urban isn't too strong.
I also like Historical Mysteries, particularly Roman ones.

Beyond that, I'll read anything that catches my interest.
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Fantasy for me. I voted and was happy to see it's ranking in second place.
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Old 01-11-2011, 07:15 PM   #41
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I'm surprised that Romance has received so few votes. I gather from the Read 100 Books in 2011 threads that Romance is a major part of the diets of that community's members.
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I might have forgotten to tick that one
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My "Other" was referring to Horror. I selected several others as well, including Vampire, but I'm not talking about the sparkly kind. I prefer my vampires to be grown-up, complicated, and edgy. Not. Sparkly.

I chose Romance as well, and I like my Romance mixed with other genres - Historical, Fantasy, Vampire, Mystery...

I rarely read just Mystery, it has to be with Horror or Romance or something else.

I read non-fiction, but not as often, and it's generally because I've developed an interest in a particular subject.
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I chose other, because I like suspense whydunits better than any other genre. The best practitioners in the field would be Ruth Rendell and Patricia Highsmith.
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