When asked what my favorite genre is I usually say I can read anything because I like all genres and while that is true I'd be lying because when it comes to the dark side of the mystery genre? I am scared.
Of course there is a reason for this. When I was a 13 year old, I somehow ended up getting my hands on Mystic River by Dennis Lehane and reading it. It's a psychological thriller. So anyway, Mystic River isn't the type of book that 13th year olds should be reading. Of course that is not to say they cannot, there are plenty of mature readers but I wouldn't recommend it. The book was kind of intense and shocked the hell out of me and so ever since that I haven't read any 'dark mysteries/thrillers/suspense' novels.
Recently I've been getting this urge to read the darker stuff, I want to read horror, I want to read things that will creep the hell out of me and will scare me and so I've decided it's time to step out of my comfort zone and am going to challenge myself to read at least 10 books that fall under the following categories:
-horror
-dark mystery (okay so there is no such thing but what I am trying to say is the intense stuff)
-psychological thrillers
I've already started looking into books that would fall under those categories and I am kind of excited because this means I can finally read Stephen King.
Are there certain genres you don't read because of 'some reason'? Challenge yourself!
