2015 Discussion Challenge - Why I Don't Read Certain Genres

@NicoleMHewitt @ShannonMiz #LetsDiscuss2015 

Why I Don't Read Certain Genres

There are certain genres that I just can't get into. Steampunk, historical fiction, and fantasy are a few. 

Steampunk loses me because the women in these type books are still bound by the Victorian standards of what a lady should be. Anyone who knows me knows that I hate the phrase 'act like a lady'. I'm convinced that the 'lady' standards were made by some man. 

Historical fiction loses me because many times I feel like I'm reading something for high school. I am not a fan of the way people spoke in the 1800 and earlier. Stories like that drag for me. 

Fantasy is to hit and miss for me. Fae, unicorns, and such do make for some good stories but some times the world building is just to dull for me to read through. I find myself getting bored quite easily in fantasy novels. The same is often true with science fiction.

Basically, if I can't get lost in the book because the setting is something that I can't gel with then chances are I won't like the book. 

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 What to Join? Here’s All You Have to Do:

• The 2015 Book Blog Discussion Challenge runs from January 1st until December 31st, 2015.
• Sign-ups will remain open until December 31st, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. Central. (So, you can sign up all year long! Come join us!)
• You DO NOT have to have a book blog to join this challenge. If you don’t have a book blog, you may link up to discussions that you’ve started on Goodreads groups.
• Create a sign-up post announcing your intention to participate and link up below. If you do not have a blog, you can link up to your Goodreads profile. There is no need to say what your discussion posts will be about – just tell us that you’re joining and let us know what your goal is.
• Please link back to both challenge hosts and include the challenge button in your sign-up posts.
• Every month, we’ll update this 2015 Book Blog Challenge Page with the links to that month’s Challenge linky – so you’ll always know where to find the latest link-up!
• Share it! The more people we get to participate in this, the more awesome discussions we can all be a part of and the more fun it will be! So, invite your friends to join us!
• This challenge is to help get us discussing books and book blogging, so talk about whatever you want as long as it’s relevant to book blogging. Discussions can be book related or book blogging related (or generally blogging related – no discussions about things that are completely off-topic like travel or fashion, etc). Discussions can also be about you personally if it’s a get-to-know-you type post.
• There will be a kick-off post on January 1, 2015 on both Feed Your Fiction Addiction and It Starts at Midnight where you’ll be able to leave your links for any January discussions. At the beginning of every month, a new post will go up  on both blogs for that month’s links.
• If you forgot to leave your discussion link in the challenge month in which you posted the discussion or the linky list closed before you had a chance to leave it, you can leave it in a future month. (No duplicates though.)
• There will also be monthly giveaways, so make sure you check in each month!
• Use the hashtag #LetsDiscuss2015 to share your progress and connect with other participants on Twitter.
• Have questions? Feel free to ask in the comments on hosts Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight blogs!

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