Fave Five Friday:
Favourite Book Genres
When I was first
introduced to reading, I jumped from the world of fairy tales into the worlds
created by Enid Blyton with the school stories and the holiday stories and the
stories about children forming secret clubs and solving mysteries. I think it
was from there into the world of children’s classics to classics a teenager
probably had no business reading. But it opened my eyes to a world of
possibilities. I would have tagged Plays as a genre I like to read but that’s a
lie. I have only liked plays we studied in school and unfortunately, I never
explored that field on my own. So here are the five book genres that I particularly
like.
Children’s Fiction & Classics
As I mentioned before I
grew up reading Enid Blytons’s books. But not the ones for kids – like Noddy
and Magic Faraway Tree – I was reading Malory Towers and St. Claires – and
getting thoroughly bored. It was Famous Five and Secret Seven and the Five Find
Outers that made me sit up and really get swallowed in the world of Blyton. The
other series that I loved was The Naughtiest Girl in the school. From this I
moved on to Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Little Women (the abridged
version). The Room on the Room deserves special mention here too.
Fantasy
Of course the year I
turned twelve, I also became best friends with the British boy wizard. Harry
Potter was my lifeline growing up and I honestly would not trade that for
anything. But along with that, I also discovered Roald Dahl during the same
time. And a one off book that found at a Scholastic Book Fair in school.
Young Adult
Even though it is more of
an age group than a genre, Young Adult books have been the milk to tea since
the time stumbled into the arms of John Green and refused to get from it. In fact
I stayed in that world and discovered lovely books and lovelier authors. I keep
coming across lesser known authors and discovering gems in this genre. No matter
what anyone says, young adult books deal with a lot of series issues and they
are important to help you through life.
Mysteries
I haven’t explored this
genre too much but I can still vouch for it to be honest. I have read Agatha
Christie novels and I love them. The other stories that I love in this genre
were probably read when I was a preadolescent teenager. But books like Gone Girl and Girl on the Train really
do make you sit up and take notice.
Classics
It’s clichéd choice but c’mon,
where would we be without our fills of Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice
and The Count of Monte Cristo? Although I read most of these books while still
in school, I still like going back to them every once in a while. It’s like
talking to a very old but familiar friend.
So what are your favourite
genres when it comes to books?
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