attempting obscurity
I mess around with writing, but deep down I'm pretty sure I'll never actually get published because I treat it like a hobby and not a passion -- I write when I have time, instead of making time to write.
When I read, I prefer YA sci-fi/ fantasy as my go-to fiction reads. I tend toward this genre because I read fiction as an escape from the daily drudge of life. YA sci/fi-fantasy usually has more upbeat/ hopeful endings, while adult fiction of any genre (except romance) tends to have more depressingly realistic endings. Sometimes I read romance novels, but I really prefer the type with plot/ character development between sex scenes, and I don't like having to hunt for them.
In non-fiction, I prefer history, biographies, psychology, gender studies, social/applied sciences, and law/ public policy.
Currently reading
Lips Touch: Three Times
First off: Illustrations. Beautiful. Marvelous. Incredible. They're two-tone, and they are just lovely. There's about 5 or 6 pages of illustrations prefacing each of the three short stories, and the illustrations all tell a sort of short story in themselves. For instance, the first short story is based on the poem "The Goblin Market," by Christina Rossetti. While Taylor references this background in the story proper and even outlines it a little, she just outlines it as needed for the backstory. What's beautiful is that the prefacing illustrations tell the story of the poem in and of themselves, without words but with all the emotion. It's beautiful.Each story is similarly two-layered, a feast both visually and literally. It's a great book and I fully recommend it to anyone.
