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What’s one genre that you just don’t like?

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Elizabeth

Sci-fi and Fantasy.

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Dustin

@Elizabeth Same

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Meredith

Same…

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Teresa

@Elizabeth same here also

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Teresa

Nick Stebbins hey keep writing! That’s pretty much all my husband reads, so he will love it!

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Tabatha

Nick Stebbins that genre is all I read, so I’ll probably read your book☺️

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Elizabeth

Nick Stebbins

OOPS!! 😊

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Angie

Sci-fi

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Brenda

Romance.. I’ve just never read it and haven’t thought to pick it up. If someone wants to let me know their favorite I’ll check it out 😉

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Aley

Western

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Michelle

Romance and chicklit.

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Dave

Romance.

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Hannah

Romance and Westerns

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Gail

Romance and horror

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Lauren

Classics

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Kyla

Romance. …it’s corny and porny and not for me.

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Rebecca

@Kyla I’m actually going off Romance too for the same reason. Makes my skin crawl with all the cheesiness. 🤮

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SusieQuestion author

@Rebecca I actually wanted to get started with romance. But didn’t know how.

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SusieQuestion author

@Rebecca it seems like everyone is into those sports romance things. Or rockstar romances

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Rebecca

Susie Carmichael I’ve read a lot of romance and I love some of the older stuff but the newer novels that are published can get a bit cheesy and have no decent plot and that is what has made me go off it.

Yeah I know what you mean with the sports and rockstar stuff. It just doesn’t appeal to me anymore. Bring back the days where Fabio was on the cover! 😂

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Bonnie

Romance

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Claire

Sci-fi and war

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Sydney

Nonfiction

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Fiona

Romance. I like a love story… But romances… Blegh. Or isn’t light pastel coloured fiction. Zzzz

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Misha

Horror

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Heleen

heavy Romance mostly, like i don’t mind it if it’s part of a bigger plot but just a plot about romance is a no for me

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Rebecca

Fantasy. Although going off Romance as find it all the same and the cheesiness makes me feel icky.

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Pat

Automotive manuals.

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Katrina

That ranks up there with Ikea instruction pamphlets

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Pat

@Katrina Yes. Yes it does.

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Sue

@Katrina But they don’t even have words, just pointy arrows and single letters!!

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Katrina

The blob infuriates me 😄

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Pat

@Sue I’m not even sure if they count, but I still don’t like ’em.

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Sue

@Pat I like them as much as any manual for anything technological #gobbledegook

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Hannah

Horror, and self help! I LOVE romance/erotica!

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Cheri'

Westerns

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Tanya

Non-fiction and horror.

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Alana

The cheesey dime a dozen romance books you find in drugstores and Walmart lol

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Sue

science fiction (I have no imagination), cosy detective stories and predictable cheesy romances

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Desiree

Not a huge fan of science fiction unless is really well done but I’m not that picky!

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Desiree

Nick Stebbins thanks 🙂

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Louise

Romance and crime.

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Hannah

Romance and smut

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Robert

Nonfiction.

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Dawn

Non-Fiction

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Anne

Romance lol Which is funny cuz I don’t mind romantic movies too much, but with books I just can’t stand it. 🤔

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Marjorie

Sci Fi 🙁

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Debbydebz

Erotica

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Adriana

one? ufff…as an antiquarian there where plenty…right, drama , history…I’d rather talk with them an hour about physics, spirituality, Hesse and Steinbeck than recommending the right Shakespeare or Sartre play….I always said “just browse in here, I won’t argue with u on quantum physics if u don’t on civil rights or wrongs” 😛

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Lisa

Romance and sci fi

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Becki

Sci Fi

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Jennifer

Sci-fi. I just can’t get into it.

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Jill

Fantasy mostly

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Julia

Horror

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Sean

Horror, I know it’s popular but I don’t think much of it

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Vern

Cooking

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Clare

Historical romance

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Deborah

Science Fiction

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Connie

Romance

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Jacki

Fantasy, Sci Fi

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Nay

Horror because I get nightmares.

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Vern

@Nay same here

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Kelly

@Vern 🙋‍♀️ it plays with my imagination waaay too much

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Morgan

Me too

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Amy

Romance

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Henrietta

Horror

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Christine

Christian fiction, self-help and westerns

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Lynne

Romance

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Barbra

Sci-fi and fantasy….

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Jen

Romance. Dont get me wrong, I love a good love story but story is often lacking in that genre

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Stacy

Romamce

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Sara-Jean

Crime thrillers. Just not my thing.

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Sara-Jean

Erotica.

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Natasha

Non-fiction

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Mary

Romance

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Ellen

Mystery

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Dee

Romance

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Evelyn

science fiction (there have been a few exceptions but not many)

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Ariel

Contemporary Urban. Just….no.

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Liz

Sci fi

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Millie

Romance for sure

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Jeri

Westerns

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Kim

Fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal, horror, YA, westerns

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Pamela

Westerns!!

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Nilsa

Autobiographies and romance!

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Agnes

Sci-fi

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Danielle

Romance

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Raul

Paranormal romance.

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Nathon

Not a big fan of reading Westerns, prefer to watch them.

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Christina

Sci fi

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Jodie

Erotica

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Wendy

Romance.

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Miranda

Fantasy

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Laurel

Romance and YA

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Caylynn

Romance and mystery

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Eleanor

Romance

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Patricia

(Auto)biographies

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Sylvia

Sci fi. Just blah

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Anh

Romance

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Isobel

Scfi

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Erin

I don’t think there’s really a genre I don’t like 🤔 If I had to pick, I’d say nonfiction or self help books.

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Ginger

Sci fi

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Val

Erotica. Don’t want to see it, don’t want to hear about it and definitely don’t want to read about it in explicit detail. Bores me to death. 😫

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Danielle

Sci fi/fantasy I’ve tried multiple time I just can’t get into it … not a huge fan of erotica either 🤔

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Holly

Romance

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Nichole

Romance/Harlequin porn smut/sci-fi/fantasy….

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Katie

Nordic noir and true crime

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Joanne

Romance

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Emmeline

Romance, erotica

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Laura

Romance

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Sophie

Fantasy

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Morgan

Horror. I get nightmares easly

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Theresa

Dystopian with overzealous political agenda And Romance.

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Stephanie

@Theresa what are some examples of the first?

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Theresa

@Stephanie Margaret Atwood leaps to mind. Actually, IMO, it is the rare dystopian story that is well written. I find them almost as tedious to read as Romance novels. But, this is just my opinion. I am totally fine with the knowledge that others enjoy both of these genres.

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James

My two favourite genres, horror and sci- fi, always get shot down when this question is posed.

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Jodi

@James – those are my favorite genres too!!

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Nicki

Romance

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Kayla

Westerns

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Charmain

Romance 🤢🤮

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Nymiko

Paranormal

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Hannah

Romance

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Jodi

Most non-fiction. I can’t stand biographies.

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Lisa

Westerns

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Magpie

Not a genre, but heavy romance bugs me

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DJ

Horror

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Johanna

Romance- just so damn sappy!

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Cathy

History….

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Page

Horror

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Wendy

Anything that has a cover that looks anything like this.

Image may contain: 1 person, standing
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Danielle

YES!!!!

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Stephanie

Hysterical!

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Janeta

@Wendy I agree

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Kim

A bodice ripper! I avoid those, too! lol

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Elizabeth

Sci-Fi and Fantasy

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Mandy

YA

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Mary

Romance

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Stacy

Romance and erotica

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Amy

bio’s

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Mary

Fantasy

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Shayna

Westerns

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Stephanie

Contemporary romance

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Lynn

Romance

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Amanda

Historical romance. I just can’t seem to get into them.

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Scott

Fantasy is probably the one genre I won’t read. I like a thought-provoking, tangible story. It seems like anything can & will happen in fantasy which makes it hard (for me) to stay engaged.

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Renee

Sci-fi

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Amanda

Horror

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Kensley

romance, i’ll gouge my own eyes out before i willingly read about a guy slinging his junk around like a helicopter in some woman’s face

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Morgan

@Kensley same

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Kensley

@Morgan i’m ok with love stories or contemporary romance, but tbh i’d rather read about a serial killer gutting someone in detail than about a guy slinging his dick somewhere 😂😂😂

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Morgan

@Kensley I’m fine with a love story BUT not as the main plot.

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Janet

Sci fi

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Andrea

I can’t think of a genre that doesn’t have redeeming examples

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Kelly

Manga

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Nancy

YA and Christian fiction.

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Andrea

Fascist treatises, 😜

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Juliet

Sci-Fi

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Lorie

Romance.

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Lisa

Romance

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Tiffany

most horror, most romance, most sci fi

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Julie

Romance and Westerns

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Shannon

Western.

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Robin

Fantasy

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Ariannah

vampire and werewolf type stuff

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Chris

Erotica. Read it. Not for me

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James

romance and westerns

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Lucky

The kind of chick lit that seems to have exploded over the past few years that could’ve been written by a GCSE student

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Jessica

@Lucky like fifty shades? Lol

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Brandy

Western

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Stacey

Romance

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Maria

Fantasy and Sci-Fi. I know I’m in the minority 😉

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Kim

I hate it too.

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Maria

There are so many fans here. That’s ok! I DO feel like I’m in the minority (hey, maybe not actually)

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Ariannah

same here.

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Jessica

Romance / smut

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Maggie

Romance.

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Jessica

@Maggie it just doesn’t really satisfy really does it lol

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Maggie

@Jessica It’s always shallow and even toxic. It also takes a mental toll on the reader whether they realize it or not.

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Jessica

@Maggie yes toxic is how I find it too tbh. ESP when you’re looking at controlling stories such as fifty shades. Unless you’ve been around a toxic relationship or have been in one, you’d never get why they can sometimes be distressing to read.

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Maggie

@Jessica Very true! Thankfully I’ve only had to read two romance novels, both for a literature comprehension class. What genres do you read instead?

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Jessica

@Maggie I love crime, general fiction and I still can’t get my head out of a good YA. What about you?

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Maggie

@Jessica Good choices! I like fiction, historical as long as it doesn’t revolve around romance, and fantasy.

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Lola

Horror

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Tami

Romance

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Erika

Memoirs/ Bio’s… I get bored reading about other peoples lives like that. History is another one that I don’t like.

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Jackie

Romance

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Lola

Zombie

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Jill

ROMANCE!!!!

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Jenny

Horror, used to like it but now, not so much

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Kimberly

Romance

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Jane

Sci fi

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Liz

Sci fi

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Niffer

Horror

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Ashley

Romance

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Ashley

Dystopian

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Francine

Romance

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Jennifer

Anything with gratuitous gore

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Mel

Sci fi or mills n boon lol

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Lyn

Romance

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Leslie

Sci-fi

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Chelsey

Most Victorian lit if that counts as a genre.

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Victoria

@Chelsey I think it does. And I mostly agree

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Kathie

Gore and Horror

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Colleen

porn magazines

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Victoria

@Colleen 💯with you!

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Christine

Poetry

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Millenia

Horror. Avoid it like the plague. 🙃

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Ashley

Highschool history. I love historical fiction 🙂

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Anna

Romance and poetry

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Dinara

Romance. Western.

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Cath

Lovey dovey

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Cassandra

Romance

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Heather

Romance

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Maria

Business books

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Lily

Romance/Sci-fi/YAadults

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Valerie

Male pregnancy. I won’t be caught dead reading mpreg unless someone’s paying me to.

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Jessica

Is this actually a genre??

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Valerie

Definitely so. More popular than you would think.

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Lisa

What the actual . . . ?! I’m clearly VERY sheltered as I’ve never even heard of that. Although, I’m glad I hadn’t.

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Savannah

Whatever Nicholas Sparks, E.L. James, etc are

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Ashley

Crime drama/thriller

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Manal

Horror. I´m such a chicken 😶

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Ramona

Horror

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Stacey

Romance!

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Joe

Historically based fiction!

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Linda

Not keen on horror.

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Elizabeth

@Linda

Me either on horror.

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Melissa

Romance, fantasy.

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Marci

Scifi

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Cheryl

Historical romance

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Beth

Horror

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Susan

Paranormal

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Deb

Western

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Bethany

Westerns

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Sarah

Heavy romance

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Valerie

Romance novels! If my book club picks one I just read something else..🤮lol

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Angela

Sci fi

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Deborah

Romance that is over the top sickly sweet and makes you want to be sick

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Brandy

Romance.

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Miranda

Sci-fi

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Angela

Romance. If it’s blended into a good plot it’s ok. But straight up I don’t enjoy it.

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Betty

Romance.

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Marlene

Westerns

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Cheryll

Sci fi, espionage

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Tasha

Romance

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CJ

Paranormal …

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Sari

Historical based fiction

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Kala

Horror

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Amanda

Romance, especially if the word “member” is used 🤢

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Traci

Westerns

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Sharon

Sci-fi…..romance!

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Margie

Romance!

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Elizabeth

@Margie

Oh yes…I don’t read romance either.

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Amber

Biographies

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Tracey

Horror

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Fiona

Fantasy

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Monica

Fantasy and sci fi

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Alysia

Horror and anything with witches etc

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Rachel

Historical fiction rarely entertains me… And westerns don’t interest me at all

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Janice

Horror

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Christian

Romance, Erotica, Non-Fiction, Self-Help

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Mary

Romance, YA.

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Jandee

Self help

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Cari

Definitely romance

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Danielle

Romance

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Ashley

Non-fiction 🙈🙈

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Christine

Romance 🤮

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Gab

Anything with overused, cringe-worthy plots. Sometimes the genre isn’t the problem.

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Loretta

Fantasy

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Tracie

This question kind of stumped me..
Science Fiction I think

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Bird

Fantasy , Sci-Fi- Horror

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Anthony

Sci-Fi

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Tram-anh

sci-fi, ya, the hype books

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Randy

Horror

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Kimberly

Non-Fiction

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Claire

Paranormal romance

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Amanda

Western or Romance. I can do some contemporary romance but not books like Harlequin.

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Melanie

Romance

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Monique

Most adult fiction and biographies/autobiographies.

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Monica

Romance, horror, chick lit

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Eve

Sci Fi/Fantasy

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Crystal

Non-fiction

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Sherri

Sci-Fi-Horror

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Ivy

Sci Fi

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Jenny

Self-help

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Allison

I don’t read romance, self help, erotica, or any religious texts.

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Yana

Romance, sci-fi, dystopian, and YA

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SistersWitha

Self help or erotica

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Michele

Horror

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April

Romance.

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Annemette

Poetry

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Nafeesa

Self help

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Sharmina

Romance ,sci fi and self help till an extent…

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Jill

Sci-fi

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Jenelle

Scifi

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Lee

Hmm… I’m not exactly a romance kind of guy 🤷‍♂️

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Yang

Romance

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Lexy

Horror 😞

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Jess

Sci-fi

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Anca

Sci-fi and horror.

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Shannan

Romance and chick lit

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Belinda

Horror and Sci-fi!

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Derek

Horror and anything overly sexual. Especially Erotica.

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Stacey

Fantasy. My ex husband could sit for hours and enjoy the one genre I don’t find interesting. I tried. He would recommend a book but it would take him hours just to explain the back stories so I would understand the beginning chapters.

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Tracie

@Stacey so no time travel?
I had to say Sci-fi because while fantasy doesn’t excite me, I find the concept of traveling to another time fascinating. Especially going back in time.

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Crystal

Horror

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Kavita

Romance

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Jola

Romance

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Colleen

porn…https://www.google.com/search?q=porn+ideos&oq=porn+ideos&aqs=chrome..69i57.4723j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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Anja

Chick Lit/ Romance

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Christine

Rape, murder & mayhem. Steven King. I can watch the nightly news for that crap.

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Joan

Sci-fi

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Justine

Fantasy🤷🏽‍♀️

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AliAa

Romance, I can’t stand it

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Dion

Sci-fi

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Lisa

Sci-fi

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Tori

Thriller/horror

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Hafsah

romance

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Irene

Fantasy

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Ami-May

Fantasy and Sci-Fi

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Faby

Christian

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Lisa

Crime or mystery.

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Roodi

Sci fi

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Holly

Erotica, horror, gore, paranormal, sci-fi, fantasy

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Bln

Romance/ erotica

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Lynita

Not a big fan of sci fi. I have read some though

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Donna

Romance

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Ara

romance

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Dallas

Horror 🙀

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Melissa

Romance

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Donna

Romance

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Lesley

Sci-Fi

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Amber

Western, Biography and Romance if it’s all that lovey dovey stuff. Those genres are all just so boring lol. Some Sci-Fi I like but not the whole StarTrek space crap.
Everything else I’m game for if the story is good. I’d never read Erotica until recently and I didnt even realize what I was reading till I got to that part lol. Other than that the book was great! So don’t ever not try new genres cause you never know if you might like it or not until you read it 🙂

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Colleen

porn magazines

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Erin

@Colleen I second this 😂

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Karin

General romance, a good rural romance is hard to pass up though.
Sci-Fi, westerns (read so many they become a bit of a formula) horror, crime (true crime can be fascinating though) erotica…..

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Chandra

Romance

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Jessica

Sci fi

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Serena

Horror, crime fiction (that describes grisly crimes). There’s enough of that in real life, which is what I’m reading to get away from…

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Sonya

Romance

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Kellie

Horror

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Cinnamon

non fiction.

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Serenity

Erotica. I am not comfortable with sex in general and most read like a porno. To quote Simon Cowell “That’s a no for me!”

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Louise

Sci-Fi

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Robert

war and peace three generations books. after 200 pages I have no idea why am I reading the book anymore.

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Jodi

@Robert – that’s a good way of describing your experience with that book!! 😂😂😂

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Emilie

Romances, they’re boring and predictable. If it’s a side plot, sure, but when it’s pure romance I get bored quickly.

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Hannah

@Emilie I love reading romance! 😅

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Emilie

Hey, keep reading it if it’s your thing.

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Lisa

Western, erotica

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Lorelei

Romance.

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