How My Reading Has Changed Over 10 Years
Back when I first started K-Books my taste in books was so very different to what it is now. Back then 99.9% of what I read was Adult Romance books. I has just recently discovered YA and Paranormal Romance and it was just starting to change, gradually.
Introduction to Paranormal Books
I originally would only read things like Cecelia Ahern, Paige Toon and Sophie Kinsella. They were my go-to authors, and while they still are staples on my list, they probably make up the minority of my books now. The first change that I really noticed was my love of YA. Right from the moment I discovered Twilight and then started reading other YA books such as Obsidian by Jennifer L Armentrout, Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine and many others, I discovered that paranormal books were my favourite. I couldn’t get enough of all these supernatural creatures living in our normal world.
Discovery of Fantasy
If you have followed me for a while you will probably have noticed that 99% of the books I read are now epic fantasy. I absolutely love fantasy books but that wasn’t always the case. I used to find them too slow to get into and too complex to read. Not that I can’t read complex books, but reading is my hobby I didn’t really want to analyse and think about things… I wanted to just enjoy the books. Then Bloomsbury sent me an ARC of a little book called Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas… I fell head over heels in love with it and never looked back. Now I don’t even need to know what the characters are called, what the story is about if it’s fantasy, especially YA fantasy I am sold… and if there’s dragons? Even better!
Now, I pretty much read anything (except horror… I’m a big baby). Blogging definitely opened my eyes to trying new genres and discovering things and tropes that I love. Now I’m pretty open minded and love so many genres. I am so glad that I discovered all of these… however, it definitely hasn’t helped my TBR.
Giveaway
Today’s giveaway is a book from one of my new favourite authors. In 2020, a good friend of mine asked if I would read a book that her friend was publishing. I agreed… fell head over heels in love with it… and now I am in her beta team. It is the phenomenal Sanctum by Hannah McBride. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. So here you go… your chance to win a paperback copy of Hannah’s amazing book!
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I’m Kayleigh, a teacher and blogger who is obsessed with all things bookish. I love reading YA books of all genres and I am happiest when sharing my love and passion for books.
8 Comments
kindlendcrochet
I still haven’t read this yet 🙈
Alayna Winters
Wow. I didn’t know you were reading SJM since that long. Looks like you’re one of the OG readers for both Jen and Sarah!!
Congratulations on 10 years Kay!
chelie
Congrats on 10 years!
Karla calzada
My best bookish memory is discovering the bookish community. I had been reading for years but had no one to talk books with. It was a life saver.
Tracy
Eeep!!!! Sanctum 😍😍
Stephanie Stephens
Congratulations on 10 years! YA fantasy is the best! And you mentioned Dragons which is the magic word for me. Haha.
Kaitlyn Barlow
Yay 10 years I love this book. It’s so good. I’m glad I read it.
Rachel
My favorite bookish memory has to be discovering the community and making new friends as I discover new books!