Genre of the Day: Contemporary

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Today I want to talk a little bit about my feels on the Genre Contemporary, it will be kinda small since you can talk forever about these genres!

There is obviously a lot of different types of contemporary and I have never been the biggest fan as I got older. When I was younger I read a lot of these kinds of books because I think I was trying to learn more, some of my favourites would be the Georgia Nicolson series by Louise Rennison (One of the funniest book series I have ever read! Still a favorite today as I have reread them over like 10 times) and another was the Sisterhood of the travelling pants books by Ann Brashares.

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

Georgia Nicolson Series

I liked that these books had a message and I think when I was younger I wanted to know that I wasn't the only one going through things. There are obviously a lot of contemporary types and sub genres but I have always like the funny romantic ones.
I do like the more serious ones and have been trying to find some more to my style, I love a good warm and fuzzy one I hate to admit haha

I think contemporary novels are great especially because you get those stand alone, you can't really write a great fantasy book for instance with just one book. The depth and the issues that some of the books hit on are important and especially in today's society, I really like a book I can connect with and I love those authors who aren't afraid to tell it how it is and paint a vivid picture of the issues affecting young people. I have also wanted to read some more adult books too in the contemporary genre but haven't found any yet

I think some go to authors from this genre would be Stephanie Perkins, Rainbow Rowell and Morgan Matson to name just a few definately have these guys on my TBR, I have also seen though for the more “New Adult” Genre a good author seems to be Colleen Hoover. A book tuber who has some good contemporary books would maybe be Kassidy Voinche, Booktube is a great place to find out about books and I highly recommend it :)

Stephanie Perkins

Morgan Matson

Rainbow Rowell

 (All above books right there are on my TBR! : /)

I will hopefully have another Genre up tomorrow I'm thinking maybe something about FANTASY probably my favorite genre so may take a couple of days

I hope you are doing well and have a great day
Peace :)

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Genre of the Day: Historical Fiction

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I want to do a couple of posts, maybe one a day about some of the genres I like and wish to read more of and maybe even some I don't really like so today I thought I would start with Historical Fiction

I have always loved the idea of historical fiction novels and I have tried with some classics such as Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen which didn't work out well as I found the writing style hard (Probably shouldn't jump right in with a classic). This actually put me off the genre and I couldn't really find anything that interested me, I love fantasy and I found that other worldy experience awesome so why look for something more like our own. I do think its such a large genre too because you can have so many mixes of it but I have now discovered a lot more of this genre, for me time travel back is sort of historical fiction and the series I recently picked up has all of this in it, the Gem trilogy by Kerstin Gier I believe its called with ruby red, sapphire blue and emerald green.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Gem Triology by Kerstin Gier

One of the things I loved was the details about the costumes and about some of the details as well.
Another series where its sort of in this genre but not really is the Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare, it is obviously fantasy but I loved the detail she went to to actually find out specific details that helped the book feel more real like you were actually there.

This is definately a genre I want to read more of, I've always loved history and can't wait to read more, such as the bronze horse man series, I find a good booktuber to watch when it comes to historical fiction is PeruseProject she has a great collection of historical fiction.

I will have another blog up soon hopefully tomorrow talking about Contemporary genre

I hope you are doing well and have a great day

Peace :)

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A small reading through the ages

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I was trying to think of a good first real post so I thought I would talk about some of the reasons I started reading and some of those childhood Authors

My first real reading experience was with the author Margaret Mahy, who is from my native New Zealand. I loved her children's books and I finally realized what books existed!
I read a lot after that at primary school (6-13) I used the library, got into books like Girls rock and the Magic school bus. I feel like my genre choice then was huge! I read horror, contemporary, fantasy and even non fiction. I just wanted to learn and reading was my way of doing so but also to escape.

A Moving Novel

Favorite Series Ever

1st Book in The Series

Once I got a little bit older I moved on to Harry Potter by JK Rowling and A series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket which are still some of my favorite series.There wasn't just fiction, one book I really liked growing up was Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah based on the authors life as a small child after she caused the death of her mother through child birth (go read it people) And it made me move forward in my reading and definitely change the genres I liked, a lot of humor and a large amount of fantasy, one of these being Confessions of Georgia Nicholson by Louise Rennison! (A must read I might say such a great series for like 14 and up I guess).

I feel like my favorite genres would be fantasy or high fantasy and I have stopped reading horror and as much contemporary. Booktube has helped though to have a larger range of books that I want to read and I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves reading. I follow a number of people such as Polandbananasbooks, littlebookowl and jessiethereader to name a few but they give great advice on books.

All books are out now!

LOVE THESE COVERS!

I have discovered some of my name favorite authors such as Cassandra Clare, author of he Mortal Instruments Series (Plus heaps more!) and Tahereh Mafi author of the Shatter Me Series, though the downside is my to be read list is crazy long!


So just a small intro to the genres I liked growing up and some books I really loved

I hope you are doing well and have a great day
Peace :)

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