Follow Friday & Book Blogger Hop

Here we go! This week's hop question:

 "Why do you read the genre that you do?  What draws you to it?"

Well, I read a lot of genres, so I'm not really sure how to answer! I don't really classify YA as a genre - it's just a designation that covers books of all genres, such as fantasy, romance and mysteries. As I mentioned in last week's Follow Friday post, I read fantasy because I stole my older brothers' books from their room. I also read mysteries because those are the books my mother read, so they were around the house! Turns out my literary preferences are totally based on proximity. Although my dad read biographies and historical non-fiction and that never caught on. Heh. But truly, I'll read any genre if a book catches my fancy. Fantasy draws me because of the infinite possibilities and creative worlds, mysteries draw me because of the puzzles involved and the satisfaction of wrongs being righted, and romances draw me because there are few things more interesting that how and why people meet and fall in love. People are amazing, and good romances are in-depth examinations of two people! 

A personal question for the Follow Friday fun today:

What makes up your non-human family??

 

I've always had cats as pets. Growing up we always had two together, but now that I have full responsibility for vet appointments and litter box cleaning, we've downsized to one. Azriel is gray and very quirky and sweet. He startles ridiculously easily, he hides from thunderstorms and small children, and he is very funny. He has transitioned very well to a world with little kids around, and put up with it very well when Malcolm's favorite game became chasing him around the house while shrieking like a banshee. He's never scratched or bitten and has been a saint while we teach Malcolm the meaning of the words "gentle pats."