When I was a child, a very young one, I didn't really think about genre all that much. I simply read what interested me. The older I got however, the more I began to lean towards the fantasy genre, with a bit of sci-fi and light horror/supernatural.
I think what I liked about those types of stories was that they transported me to a different world. Whether that was a literally different world, like for fantasy, or if it was a different time and setting on Earth, it didn't really matter to me. I loved following the characters through their journeys, journeys that I could never have except for within the pages of those books. I also loved the use of magic in the fantasy genre. To me, fantasy realms just seemed so much more exciting than the real world.
I still love fantasy; it's my favourite genre. It's definitely my preferred reading as well as my preferred writing realm. Probably for the same reason: I get to immerse myself in another world for a time, and when I'm writing it's exciting to get to create my own world and all of its back story.
But as I've grown older I have definitely expanded my reading to include most genres. I have never been a big fan of mysteries, and I'm still not, but every once in awhile I'll find a good author or series that I enjoy. The only really horror/supernatural ones I read are Christopher Pike's and the occasional other series involving angels and demons. Sci-fi catches my eye slightly more often, but nine times out of ten when I'm going to make a reading choice, it's going to be fantasy.
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