Average Girl Reads
Simple book reviews and commentary from the girl next door.
I was reading the RSS feed from my library which alerts me to new books that will soon be available to borrow and I ran across a book entitled My Life in Pink and Green. The synopsis describes the book's heroine as a "natural problem-solver", and it occurred to me that I lean toward books with those types of characters. You know those stories: they always have a girl who is especially good at cooking or organizing or sewing, and she bails her family and friends out repeatedly with these skills. I also like stories with characters who can do magic or have superpowers, and the natural problem-solver is the closest you get to a magical person in a non-magical story.
This realization is part of my ongoing attempt to be aware of what types of stories and characters I gravitate towards. Recently, I've had this sense that I am reading the same book over and over. Sometimes I think I should branch out and then other times I want to stay in the cocoon of my comfort zone. My compromise at the moment is to at least identify the rut that I'm in.
QUESTION: Do you unapologetically stick to certain genres or styles, or are bent on reading a wide variety of books?
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