“𝓔𝔁𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓻𝓮” 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 

 

I would be remiss if I were to get in these Booksta streets and pretend like I didn’t think that literary fiction and classic literature were not “the creme de la creme” of books to read.  However, my attitude was abruptly shifted after about six months when I realized there were so many other books being piled, pushed, and shoved in my face. It wasn’t a forceful invasion of books either, but one that I needed to understand that there are so many other genres that I had been nearly “institutionalized” as an academic to dismiss as inferior. 

 

While I do have my preference of reading genres, I have really grown as a reader over the last two years to include more thrillers, romance, nonfiction, and memoirs into my reading horizon.  However, I still struggle in the areas of fantasy, romance, dystopian, and science fiction. I also would like to read the several different versions of graphic novels that I have of classic novels, too. I have a great list to start out with.  So, if you cannot tell by now, my challenge for myself and for other readers that want to join me in 2024 is to 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚 in 2024. 

 

From the #ExpandYourGenre Challenge, I would like readers to read a minimum of 𝟭𝟬 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 that you would normally dismiss from any given reading season because you are too comfortable in your safe genre.  I want you to get uncomfortable, but risk taking a chance of broadening your literary horizon with a few new genres in 2024. You just might find a new genre to call your own, meet a favorite new author, and engage with other readers, too. 

 

Expanding your genre has benefits that you cannot see right now, but my ultimate goal for us is to read differently, diversely, and intentionally. Thank you for joining me this year. 

 

XOXO, 

 

Candice (@blackbiracialandbookish)