If you like that one

In order for you to know if my choices of a good read will match yours, you should probably learn more about what I really, really like and what I really, really dislike – in a literary sense, of course.

Really Really Like:

• I prefer tomes, but I can read short books if they have a good story, good character development, good word-smithing, or just good writing. 
• Large sweeping stories 
• Deep character development – interesting characters 
• Surprising plot twists 
• Historical fiction where I can learn something 
• Sci Fi / Some Fantasy / Alternate realities / Dystopian 
• Spy / Intrigue / Conspiracy Theory 
• Banned books 
• True Literature 

Really, really dislike: 

• Angry-divorced-woman stories 
• The same book every other book club is reading
• Most romance – especially bodice rippers and the kind that suggest all females want to be rescued 
• Formulaic, repetitious, derivative drivel 
• Self-help / religious / spirituality 
• Business or Technology books 
• Porn

I want my readings to make me think, and to celebrate my individuality.