Yeah, I've got whole swathes of reading material I don't tend to touch because the concept has been done to death in badly written fiction these days...Twilight related stuff, most Urban Fantasy of any sort...essentially the majority of the YA stuff that the bookstore stocks and a good chunk of the Fantasy section to boot since the bookstore tends to stock what's currently selling rather than a broad selection that covers a wider range of possibilities. I *have* found myself pleasantly surprised by a few of the books I've read within those genres, but the overall quality of the writing tends to make it hard for me to convince myself it's worth the effort of sorting through the junk. I'd hate to imagine how much harder it would be to find the good stuff if suddenly the covers weren't decent indicators of what you're likely to find inside.
Also? If you do happen to want to try out some interesting Urban Fantasy, I recommend Ilona Andrews. She has a really distinctive voice and I love her characters.
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Date: 2011-01-17 08:11 am (UTC)Also? If you do happen to want to try out some interesting Urban Fantasy, I recommend Ilona Andrews. She has a really distinctive voice and I love her characters.