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Top Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist (if you could make
authors write about these things you would. Could be a specific type of
character, an issue tackled, a time period, a certain plot, etc.)
Wow! What would I like to see?
Dystopia that actually gets in to the WHY and the HOW! Not some silly romance, or worse yet,
TRIANGLE, that just so happens to be set in a future world that sucks.
Spy mysteries that aren’t all sexed up! There are some titles out there I think might
be interesting, but they turn out to be a bunch of bodice rippers – no thanks!
Chick Lit that has teeth!
I loved “Emily and Einstein” and “Skipping a Beat” because they provoked
emotion.
Well-done historical fiction that doesn’t seem like either:
A) a history lesson, or B) a romance simply set in the past. I really enjoyed “The Rosetti Letter” and “The
Devlin Diary” by Christi Phillips.
Humorous “self-help” books.
I am currently reading (and ABSOLUTELY LOVING) “The Undiscovered Goddess”
by Michelle Colston. I am LMAO as well
as getting great journal prompts to help guide me to better wellness.
Duets – books written by two different authors. I have read a few, and have loved them all!
(So, it would be a ‘more of this type’ on this one!)
Non-sciency Sci-Fi – does that make sense? My husband loves reading Sci-Fi, but what he
tells me about them, there is just too much science for me (and violence). It would be nice to see something “out-there”
but written for minds like mine! We
would groove on that, but don’t want our brains turned to mush just trying to
understand it.
Victorian-esque without the paranormal. I love the concept of bringing back the
Victorian Era with futuristic gadgetry – but please keep your paranormal
creatures out of it! Really sick of
vampires and other ghouls invading my stories!
Time-Travel – this might be part of the whole Sci-Fi
thingee, but not necessarily. I like
time-travel (as long as it doesn’t get too sciency, but doesn’t seem
far-fetched. Maybe with alternate
histories because of said time-travel.
Modern adaptations of Classics. I know that this is a touchy subject with
some, but WELL-DONE modernization of classic storylines would be great. (I just watched “She’s the Man” again
yesterday and it’s a great modernization of Shakespeare!)
If you know of ANY books that fall in to these categories,
please feel free to mention them in the Comments below. I am always looking for new stories to read!
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