News! And Goodreads Recommends--Romance!

[skjam]

First, I finished the last of my homework, now it's just waiting to hear back if I did well enough to earn my Associates' degree. If so, it's time off from college and hopefully a new job somewhere

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[q99]

Now this is a list I know a lot about

[skjam]

I'm not sure what my tastes in romance are, although I do find I somewhat prefer it from the male point of view. And I seem to prefer romance to have a second genre mixed in, rather than straight up love stories. Comics and manga do better for me by making it unnecessary to have a mushy internal monologue.

I have to admit I'm utterly baffled why Kare Kano isn't on this list, as Goodreads has suggested it on other lists.

The next list up is young adult, which continues the pattern of mostly being the same books as previous shelves...but then the next couple will be very distinctive.

[q99]

-I'm not sure what my tastes in romance are, although I do find I somewhat prefer it from the male point of view

[skjam]

Enjoyed Midori Days, though I skipped most of the volumes the anime covered to get to the new bits.

Well, the two books with gay romance in them I've read in the last year didn't freak me out like they would have twenty years ago, but I wasn't overly enthused either. (They had other issues that were more important to me as a critical reader.) By the way, protip to writers: If I catch you avoiding pronouns that might hint at gender, I know something's up and won't be surprised.

Might consider the Skollan books.

I've been reading the Saga posts on Scans Daily, and entered the giveaway for one of the volumes from Goodreads--didn't win.

Have read most of Empowered and Love and Capes. The latter is a lot of fun, the former is deeper than it has any right to be.

Made a mistake, the next shelf post will be sports and games. Then young adult.