12/05/2019

My reading habits

Is there any? What kind of books I like? Read this post and find out.


I have been reading as long as I can remember. When I was a kid I read books by Enid Blyton or Babysitter's Club series. I remember reading Nancy Drew

When I got older I started to read YA and NA -books. I liked the romance and crime books. I think I was something like 14 or 15 years old when I found this book with really interesting title  "I'll be seeing you" (actually this title sounds better in my first language). I got the book and read it. I liked it a lot! 

After that I got obsessed with "Queen of Suspense", Mary Higgins Clark. Still this day my favorite book by her is "Pretend You Don't See Her". I have read that book at least dozen times. I love her older books. The newer ones are not the same quality. But still, she is one of the authors who have shaped my reading habits.

At some point I read only crime books written by Nordic authors. I read books by Anna Jansson, Liza Marklund, Leena Lehtolainen, Ilkka Remes, Mari Jungsted... There was a time when I had read every book by every author I liked in that genre. I haven't read crime books for a while, maybe now's the time.

Then there was a time when I read only dystopian books and it didn't matter whether it was NA, YA or anything else. I have read tons of trilogies; Divergent, The Hunger Games, The 5th Wave, Uglies, Delirium, Under the Never Sky, Matched, The 100, The Maze Runner, Anyone?... Then there are standalones like The City of Woven Streets, Memory of Water. I still love a good dystopian book! I can't wait to get new Anyone? -book on my hands. 

For a few last years I have been reading mostly romance books. There are tons of subgenres. I love enemies-to-lovers and friends-to-lovers kind of books. I have tried reading Reverse Harem (not my thing), MM (the ones I have read have been good), billionaire, MC, age gap and so on. You name it and I have probably tried it. 

Reading is an escape to me. A way to reboot myself. I get to live in another world for a while. I get to feel all the things, I can be sad or happy or devastated or joyful. Reading is something that everyone should try. If you think that reading is boring you haven't find the right books. World is full of books. There are books out there that are made for you.

I can not choose one favorite book. I can not choose ten favorite books. My favorite books are different every time. So many thing influences to my choices. My mood, time of the year, the genre.. But I promised that I'll post some of the books I like in here. I have already posted about two books.

If I want to teach something to kids, it's the habit of reading. There are so many things you can experience through books. You learn so much about life and about yourself and people around you. 

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