People who say you need to read 'literature' generally mean you need to read a lot of stuff by dead white men. Bah.
My mom used to read romance novels all the time. We always had a bunch of Harlequin books around the house because she took them with her to work. Since she worked a job that often had bouts of activity between stretches of nothing (she was an RN at the Clark County Jail for most of my life), they were books she could pick up and put down without worrying about forgetting the plot.
If you don't mind a few recommendations? Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate books are a fun romp through supernatural Steampunk Victorian England. Each book is a bit of a take on different genres of the time, with the first, Soulless, is Victorian romances. Don't know if it would be something you'd be interested in, but I like them?
Other fun books are the October Daye mysteries by Seanan McGuire. Faerie mysteries set in San Fancisco. And I'm a big fan of The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. It's sort of supernatural noir, the main character being a private detective and wizard. He starts out a bit overly chivalrous, holds back what he knows from the women in his life and all, but he soon learns differently. The first two books are the first books that Butcher ever wrote and it shows, but the world building is good and I rather like the stories. Some people say to skip to book 3, but I think the first two are still good enough to read as well.
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Date: 2011-07-09 12:51 pm (UTC)My mom used to read romance novels all the time. We always had a bunch of Harlequin books around the house because she took them with her to work. Since she worked a job that often had bouts of activity between stretches of nothing (she was an RN at the Clark County Jail for most of my life), they were books she could pick up and put down without worrying about forgetting the plot.
If you don't mind a few recommendations? Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate books are a fun romp through supernatural Steampunk Victorian England. Each book is a bit of a take on different genres of the time, with the first, Soulless, is Victorian romances. Don't know if it would be something you'd be interested in, but I like them?
Other fun books are the October Daye mysteries by Seanan McGuire. Faerie mysteries set in San Fancisco. And I'm a big fan of The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. It's sort of supernatural noir, the main character being a private detective and wizard. He starts out a bit overly chivalrous, holds back what he knows from the women in his life and all, but he soon learns differently. The first two books are the first books that Butcher ever wrote and it shows, but the world building is good and I rather like the stories. Some people say to skip to book 3, but I think the first two are still good enough to read as well.