Tomorrow is the starting day of our annual Dutch Boekenweek (book week). A perfect time to talk to you about reading. On average Dutch people read 7,2 books in a year. So apparently, with a little over a hundred books last year, I read a lot. People do tend to do patronize the categories of books I read. Apparently lesbian fiction does not qualify as real books. Real books way at least 2 pounds and while reading you should experience at least a mild headache.
I don’t know about you, but I read to relax. When at work I have to read all sorts of complex texts and when coming I don’t feel like repeating that process for fun. Because it’s always busy in my head I went looking for something to quiet it down. For me, that is reading lesbian fiction: I love it!
Just like ‘love is love’ I find that ‘reading is reading’. It reduces stress, improves your memory and it makes you smarter. It doesn’t matter what kind of book you read. By reading lesbian fiction in different genres I have learned a lot about varied topics. Because also writers of lesbian fiction deepen themselves into topics that they write about, before entrusting it to us readers. I learned about facts and happenings in history, country’s, cultures and professions. About people and psychology, bullying, discrimination, crime and so on.
Below just a couple of books I enjoyed and learned from last year for varied reasons.
Let me know what you enjoy reading?
Bitter Sweet Revenge van Donna Jay
No Good Reason van Cari Hunter
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