What grabs you? (Fiction Genre)
I’ve just finished a book by Randa Abdul Fattah, Does My Head Look Big in This, and have started on the sequel, 10 Things I Hate About Me – both if which reflect on issues facing young adults – body image, friendships, choices, faith and religion. This started me thinking about how students select the books they read. Do secondary students enjoy Realistic Fiction like this, or something else?
Also, I have just spent time with classes looking at some examples of Historical Fiction, which is a favourite genre of mine. Students were enthusiastic, teachers were enthusiastic, and lots of popular titles and authors were shared and borrowed. Why is this genre so popular?
Throughout my ‘library experience’, authors of Historical Fiction have enthralled me. Tales about the rigours of their research have always facscinated me (e.g. with Michelle Paver swimming with killer whales, and spending time with the natives and wildlife of Iceland, Norway, South America, the Rockies for her research purposes! and Carole Wilkinson going into detail about a particular flower for Dragonkeeper, or historically correct detail for her Ramose series).
But I have gone off track. Which fiction genre appeals to you? (e.g. mystery, fantasy, crime fiction, adventure, school stories, humour) Or do you just read what you have to, to meet school requirements? What was the last book you read purely for pleasure?
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