This is an important place to start, no? I mean, how do you know if I'm worth following, if you don't know if what I enjoy reading is aligned with your own tastes?
Were I to give a general idea of the most likely things to show up on this blog, I would say, steampunk, historical fantasy, historical fiction and high fantasy would be the big four. Those sub-genres seem to come up the most in my reading list, but I tend to jump around all over the fantasy genre. I've been reading a decent amount of Y.A. recently, so that will come up too.
As a supporting member of WorldCon, I also read most, if not all, of what is nominated each year. A lot of those will end up here as reviews.
The one genre I won't write about is hard sci-fi. Or really much in the way of science fiction at all. It is a genre that has never clicked with me, in that it tends to flip my hierarchy of what's important on its head.
My Hierarchy of Importance: Story -> Character -> Setting -> Ideas.
This is of course just a general idea of how I usually look at books and decide if I like them. A good yarn will always be the most important, as no matter how much I like the characters, they need to be doing something I care about. As long as I can picture a place in my head and the characters and story fit, I'm happy with setting. I don't require pages and pages of description. Ideas come last for me. I would much rather read a good plot with characters I like that also presents an interesting idea at its core, than a book where the idea is pushed to the forefront.
Hard sci-fi, at least for the most part, I usually find puts the ideas and setting first and even if I like the book, I'm often left a bit cold by the characters.
I also read the odd literary fiction, if I hear good things and if it sticks with me, I'll probably write a review.
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