I used to read a lot in elementary school, but COVID and the jump to high school meant I slowly lost interest. Now that I have a bit more free time, I want to get back into reading.
The problem is, I haven’t found a genre I like yet. I like Disney movies, but fantasy books are challenging to follow with all their foreign names and spells. What happened to just wishing for things? I liked short stories set in high school / college, but there aren’t too many anthologies of those and a lot of them end the same way (friends (re)unite, protagonist gains self-esteem, etc). Another problem is that I don’t like long descriptions, which is why I prefer more visual media like TV, graphic novels and manga. Outside of books, my interests are languages, history, and sports stats (random, I know).
I know my post is kind of vague, but I do have an oddly specific request. A book about a friendship that develops like a romance (single protagonist experiences a meet-cute, opens up to the stranger, and gets to know them) without actually becoming one. A platonic romance, if you will.
by ilemworld2
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You might enjoy cozy genres – cozy fantasy, cozy mystery, cozy horror, etc. They tend to be more simple on the world building, lower stakes, and easy to jump right in, like a movie would be! These aren’t my most read genres, so I won’t recommend anything specific, but maybe a place to start!