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Book Blog Hop (10)

The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Jen at Crazy for Books and is a great way to meet other book bloggers and check out some really neat blogs.

This week's question is:  What's the one genre you wish you could get into but just can't?  

I wish that I was more interested in science fiction.  I have friends who really love this genre but every time I try to read a science fiction book, I get really bored or the story will seem really lame and I just give up.


What do you all think?
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  1. AnonymousJuly 22, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    Hi! Just stopping by from the hop! I am your newest follower!

    Have a great weekend!
    www.gracedwithbooks.blogspot.com

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  2. ChristineJuly 23, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    Try Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I'm not a fan either, but I read this with my sophomore students and it forced me to get into it- and I ended up really liking Bradbury (and so did the kids).

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  3. pussrebootsJuly 23, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    There are a lot of sub-genres to science fiction. Maybe you just haven't found the right one yet.

    Since last week's pie chart about where I get my books was so popular, I thought I'd share what types of books I do read. Please stop by to see which genres I don't typically read.

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  4. DeniseFJuly 24, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    Christine, Fahrenheit 451 is probably the only science fiction book I have read and loved. It is one of my all time favorite books.

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  5. KristinCanReadJuly 24, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    I don't read science fiction either.

    My Follow Friday!

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