Today's meme at Booking Through Thursday asks:
However... my father hooked me on some mystery subgenre that really appealed to me. One was the serial killer novel. I read a whole bunch of those, starting, of course, with Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs. Anything where I could get into the brain of the killer, either from the perspective of the killer himself or the investigator, was awesome.
I also love mysteries when there's a little bit of supernatural built in -- which I would consider to be an urban fantasy variant. The series I liked the most was the Pendergast books by Preston and Childs.
I'm a big fan of Sherlock, but it's not because of the mystery component. It's the characters. So I think that's the key for me -- I like character-driven books, and the genre doesn't matter much.
My guilty secret is that I don't read adult books. I never have -- except for science fiction and fantasy -- unless I was required. I read tons of YA and children's books, and I still do, and that's about it.
Do you read mystery novels? If so, why? Is it the mysteries themselves that appeal to you? The puzzle-solving? The murders? Or why don’t you read them? What about them doesn’t appeal?
However... my father hooked me on some mystery subgenre that really appealed to me. One was the serial killer novel. I read a whole bunch of those, starting, of course, with Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs. Anything where I could get into the brain of the killer, either from the perspective of the killer himself or the investigator, was awesome.
I also love mysteries when there's a little bit of supernatural built in -- which I would consider to be an urban fantasy variant. The series I liked the most was the Pendergast books by Preston and Childs.
I'm a big fan of Sherlock, but it's not because of the mystery component. It's the characters. So I think that's the key for me -- I like character-driven books, and the genre doesn't matter much.
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