Many thanks to James from This is my Truth Now for tagging me to participate in the “This Is My Genre Tell Me Yours” book tag. It’s a great way to share your love of a whole new area of books for someone else to love. I love getting to know about other bloggers. Especially their bookish likes and dislikes. Be sure to go over and check out James’ blog for a lot of great reviews and bookish fun!
Here are the rules:
- Credit Drew @ TheTattooedBookGeek as the creator of the tag, use the created tag name graphic and link back to his blog. (Also, if you want to learn more about the tag you can see Drew’s post HERE.) He’s also got a fantastic site… lots of humor and valuable insights into life.
- Answer the questions.
- Tag as many people as you want.
And now comes the fun part, the questions!
1. What is your favorite genre?
This is a hard question to answer. I think most people would assume Amish Fiction since I read a lot of it. I promise I have a post coming very soon about that topic! I’m also conflicted on whether to say Fantasy or Historical Fiction. Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series really changed my life. As a genre, however, I really think I have to say Historical Fiction. I feel like the Historical Fiction genre helps me understand historical events. I also understand much more the people involved in the events after reading Historical Fiction.
2. Who is your favorite author from the genre?
Again, this one is hard to answer! For WW2 fiction it would definitely be Kristy Cambron.
For Biblical History, I’d have to go with Tracy Higley and Connilyn Cossette. Connilyn is new to me but I’m already smitten! You’ll have to check back in early June to see my reviews of her Out of Egypt series. It’s so hard to just choose one author for this genre as I read multiple eras but these are a top three. I’m a cheater, sorry.
3. What is it about the genre that keeps pulling you back?
I love being transported to another time. It feels like a whole different life and age. No cell phones or the internet and yet, people still found a way to have drama. I appreciate how hard people worked too! I feel like there’s a certain simplicity to an ancient civilization’s way of living but yet, they made up for it with so much hard work!
4. What is the book that started your love for the genre?
So Shines the Night by Tracy L. Higley
Published by Thomas Nelson on March 12th 2013
Genres: Biblical Fiction, Historical
Pages: 400
Daria’s new home in Ephesus with Lucas both beguiles and confounds her, until she meets followers of The Way.
Her past has taught her that evil is real, that it can consume a person. She saw it happen with her husband, before he took his own life. Widowed, with no family, Daria becomes a tutor to Lucas, a rich traveling merchant from Ephesus. There she discovers evil has a strong foothold and that Lucas himself seems drawn to evil and sorcery.
As her relationship with her employer grows, she fears that she will be unable to pull him from demonic influence. Tension in the city is about to erupt, as a new sect called The Way continues to draw followers. A man called Paul leads the movement against the economic and political strength of the city, found in its goddess cult.
When she learns more of the ways of the Christians and their ability to defeat evil, she begins to have hope. But then Lucas is arrested and jailed for a brutal crime, and it seems not even the Christians can help.
Tensions escalate in the city until thousands are pouring into the arena to protest the influence of the Christians, and a plot to kill Paul is underway. When Lucas’s execution is scheduled, Daria must find a way to prove his innocence, save his life, and help her new friends before everyone she loves is destroyed.
6. Why do you read?
As I stated earlier, I have a new blog coming very soon about this very topic. Make sure to check out June’s “Hey, You!” The short answer is: I love to put myself into the shoes of someone else for a short time. I don’t often read books about people very similar to myself. It sounds so cliché but I like to live life through characters different from I.
I’m Tagging:
You’re definitely going to need to rip apart my post on historical fiction suggestions for 18 to 29. Shred it if you need to! I’d love to hear all the things I’m missing!
Good answers here! :)
I will definitely take a look! :)
Yay!
I’ll post mine tomorrow :)
I might have to try and Amish one some day!
I honestly read it because it’s different from me. I can’t stand reading about people that are like me :D
I’m the same with my sims (my guilty pleasure.) I make all of my sims so very different from myself!
Totally get it. Need different. That’s why I read horror and mystery. I’m so plain. I have Not tried sims yet.
I’m a long time sims fantatic! I have sims that look nothing like me and half the time they’re into all kinds of crazy drama. ????
I need to try this too. Yikes I am sheltered. Lol.
Do it and blog your sim stories! ????
I think I deleted the reply. Time for bed since I can seem to operate my phone. Was trying to say I am sheltered and need to get this one to try. Lol.
Hah! Nope, its there. WordPress app is acting a little strange. I need to head to bed as well but the three year old, Arie, woke up at 11 and thinks she napped ???? WIDE OPEN!
Oh she is not gonna let you sleep easily. Good luck!
Nope. She says she isn’t sleepy anymore and that her toes feel awake. Not sure what she means by that!
Might be time to put on some music and dance until she’s crashes. Or reading time might help.
She’s laying, playing quietly but I won’t sleep until she does. With her chronic pain issues, restless nights can be the norm so we have worked hard to teach her that she needs to be respectful of the rest of her siblings that are asleep. It doesn’t work so well when she is crying but on nights like tonight, I’m glad we have tried to make her waking as least disruptive as possible.
I’m hoping she settles soon. It has been a long week and I need sleep! Her daddy has to be up for work at 4 a.m. so I can’t really wake him for him to take a turn with keeping an eye on her.
Hopefully you got some sleep last night. I wish I could do something to fix the chronic pain. :( It’s just unfair for her (or any child or person) but it sounds like you’re doing everything you can for her.
She finally crashed around 1. She slept good once she was able to settle back down though.
Ty for the well wishes! ????