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Jenf: Do you need to switch up the types or sub-genres of books you review in order to not get burned out?
Jen B:
I don’t ever consciously separate my books into genres. If I am getting tired of paranormal, I will just move down my list to something different and then go back to it when I’ve cleansed my palate.
Vicki/Tori:
Yes, I do personally like to mix up the sub-genres I read for review for exactly that reason. I don’t want to get burned out. I read all sub-genres except horror. I also occasionally read some non M/M books not for review, just to keep things fresh. I find myself getting bored or skipping through books if I get stuck in a rut, and that isn’t appropriate when reviewing a book for the blog!
Pizzygirl:
Yep, I pretty much read anything so I try to switch it up quite often. I also try to read one non-review book for every review book I read. And I try to make sure those non-review books are vastly different from what I am reviewing.
Dan:
I tend to stick to the sci-fi, speculative fiction, fantasy and really dark books. Once in awhile I’ll pop in a YA title, but I’m not huge on switching sub-genres. I hate sticky sweet love story/romance books and leave them all for the other reviewers on the blog. I find there is enough variety in the type of books that I read, particularly in the self-published realm, that it keeps me from getting bored or burned out on them.
Marte:
I am very much a mood reader, so I tend to pick books or genres according to how I’m feel. I’m just going with my gut, really. I can have a mood for a particular sub-genre last for several books, or just one or two. Then I find myself wanting to change things up, and read something else. I always have a particularly penchant for murder/mystery themed books. I also very much enjoy paranormal, and scifi. I tend to gravitate towards such books, rather than contemporary. Reading a lot of contemporary book can get boring for me, especially if I’ve read several sweet-themed books in a row. I then find myself wanting to read a murder mystery, or about blood thirsty vampires, or something with lots of action. Just to spice things up. So, yes, I very much switch up sub-genres.
Cinnamon:
I don’t review that much and I prefer contemporary so when I need a break I might just reread a favorite of mine. Also I think different writing styles give different reading experience, so unless I have to read the same author in a row it’s not a problem.
Kimberley:
Yes, absolutely. This is especially important to me because I tend to be a creature of habit and stick with the same authors. So branching out not only keeps me from biting out but I’ve also discovered quite a few new authors to read and enjoy.
Cindy:
I don’t worry too much about genre’s when I’m choosing books to review. If something in the blurb jumps out at me, I’ll go for it. I have a few preferred genre’s (Shifter and paranormal stories, cowboys, BDSM) but I’ll read anything that catches my eye, either by the cover, the author or the blurb. I did used to read a lot of historical romance before I started reading m/m books and I don’t enjoy those at all now, so maybe I did get burned out by them, lol.
Tammy:
I read all different kinds of non-review books so I don’t get burnt out with my review books.
Dani(elle):
I am a contemporary girl all the way but I definitely appreciate a good shifter story or a bdsm one at times so yes you could say I indeed like to mix it up a bit.
Roberta:
I am a HUGE fan of m/m romance. I love the mystery/suspense genre as well. I love to rotate my books and pick stuff that will hold my interest.
What is your preference of reading ?
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Thank you so much for answering my question!! I love how everyone has their own take. I’m not a reviewer but I like to mix up my genres. I love most of them, so it is fun to read different types of stories and keep things fresh/interesting.
Thank you for the questions and answers. I read different kind of genres: contemporary, shifter and paranormal, BDSM. I am not that into sci-fi, apocalyptic or very dark novels.
Thank you for answering. I love to read m/m and if the blurb is speaking to me i will try it. It is fun to mix it up a bit.
I tend to read a lot of contemporaries involving friends-to-lovers, sports, music, art, or food, but I tend to pick whatever strikes my fancy. I (unintentionally) end up juggling a lot of books at once…
Mood reader here 😉 I sometimes just stop reading a book and one year later I continue reading at exactly the position I stopped. And then I usually wonder, why I stopped in the first place.
I also like to read several books at the same time. Many people find that odd, but as long as I remember what’s going on in all of the books, I don’t see a problem.
great answers. I’m a mood reader as well. Sometimes I find I can’t get in a book, no matter how much I try, and sometime later I try it again and I just devour it… Though I feel I have to switch sub-genres from time to time so as not to get burnt 🙂
Thanks for the answers. I’m like some of you, with quite a range of tastes in sub-genres. So, I like to mix it up, but like Marte, also pick something to go with my mood. Lately I’ve tended toward historicals and westerns.
I mix genre’s all the time! Since horror and BDSM aren’t my thing I usually just don’t choose them. With things the way they are in the world, I find I’m reading more Y/A and books with former active duty military in them. Of course it could be that there are just more of those books coming out! I want to feel encouraged that there will be a better future for the young and a way to acknowledge those who now suffer from PTSD, panic attacks and physical injuries.
Oh yes I have to mix reading all the time, even though I admit I stay mostly in my comfort reading genres. BUT I do have personal challenge every month to read genre I tend to avoid, just to see if I can surprise myself with the book choice 🙂
Thank you for all the answers. I like to mix read too. I do have a tendency to want to stick with contemporary, mystery/suspense/thrill, paranormal./fantasy and sci-fi.
Thanks for your answers. I like to mix my genres a bit too although I lean more toward certain ones. I find I can only read so many e-books before I need to mix it up with hardcopies, and those usually aren’t mm. I tend to read graphic novels in between and enjoy the change of pace.
I feel like I read a lot of contemporary, but I definitely mix it up so much that I don’t have a problem with getting burned out. Definitely my biggest reads are contemporary and historical, but I read almost anything. Not big on horror, though.
I read by challenge choice so my sub-genre choice is usually determined by what I roll for or what specifics the challenge requires. I find this keeps things pretty fresh. And since I’m typically an equal opportunity reader, I don’t have problems reading across the different sub-genres.
I read most anything other than historical, sci-fi, high fantasy and hard core BDSM