More About Blogging for a Good Book

Previously . . .

The other day I introduced you to Blogging for a Good Book and talked about how it can help you find your next good horror novel. Today I want to talk about how it can help you find books of interest that are not in the horror genre.

--GASP!--

Has the Undead One gone over to the Bright Side?

An Ugly Truth

This really deserves a post of its own but here is the ugly truth: a steady diet of horror fiction and only horror fiction is the quickest way to burn out on the genre. It's not good for you. Not only will it stunt your literary growth but it will ruin your love of horror. Over time you'll grow to find horror boring and move on to thrillers, mysteries, fantasies or some other genre.

Occasionally cleansing the palate with a fine classic or a brooding piece of mainstream fiction not only broadens your literary horizons but refreshes you, which keeps the horror from growing stale. This is a warning: I nearly burnt out on horror until I began to vary my diet with fantasies and thrillers, sprinkled with a little bit of non-fiction and anything else that caught my fancy.

How Blogging for a Good Book Can Help

How, you ask, can I find something I want to read that isn't horror?

The answer is as simple as it is fun. Randomly or methodically stroll through the summaries of Blogging for a Good Book until you find one or two that catches your interest. You can use the category list on the left hand side to select the type of book you're looking for. You can use the archive list below that if you want to start with the first summaries and work your way up or start with the most recent summaries and work your way down. You can also drop in on a daily basis just to see what's new. I use all three methods.

The idea is to read or skim the summaries until something catches your attention and give it a closer read. Doing this today I found the next book I need to read: The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier. I wasn't really looking for yet another book to read but I couldn't help myself. The summary made it sound so appealing.

The Undead Rat Shows You How it's Done

Here are links to summaries of books that while not horror, still caught my interest. I invite you to take a look at them. You just might find something you'd like to read.

Red Hourglass: The Lives of Predators by Gordon Grice

Last Season by Eric Blehm

Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss

The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade by Thomas Lynch

Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

Read On . . . Fantasy Fiction by Neil Hollands

The Triumph of the Thriller by Patrick Anderson

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry

Go, check out Blogging for a Good Book and then, if you have a moment, come back and tell me about your experience in the comments. Did they show you a book that caught your interest? What was it?


(Originally posted on . . . With Intent to Commit Horror)