Good books are rare

Warning: I dictated this blog post in a bit of a hurry but I will come back to edit it later. I was just excited that I actually found a good book to read. So happy that I had to blog it.

I used to read just about anything voraciously. Even if i wasn’t enjoying a book I’d still finish reading the entire thing. But that was ages ago probably when I was in my 20s. I’m 49 years of age now and I just do not have time to finish a book if I know it’s going to suck. And I can tell pretty fast if the book is going downhill. So imagine my delight when I manage to discover a book that I want to read. To be honest, I am amazed that I have managed to find a book a week in 2025. That is surely a sign of a star to a good year. A couple of winners that I recently read was The Husbands by Holly Gramazio, and The Glitch by Leeanne Slade. And now I’ve come across another romantic comedy novel with a science fiction and fantasy twist. Contemporary books that are absolutely right of my alley and frankly they have plot lines similar to what I like to write as well. Finally! I have been waiting for my own rather niche genre to gain popularity. So now I feel positive about carrying on with my style and genre of writing. I do enjoy writing romantic comedy but mainly I love giving it a science-fiction or supernatural twist. I’m not going to say what the current book I’m reading is because I don’t want to jinx anything. But rest assured I will put up my review when finished. I mean, this must be something if I’m actually blogging about it. Seriously, I get so frustrated with the lack of books to read that I actually enjoy. I had the TikTok app for a few months last year and I thought I’d enjoy all the popular booktok recommendations. But I did not. Booktok is for smut. And that’s fine for readers who enjoy it. I used to read smut a long time ago but I’m not in that phase of reading at the moment. And the romantasy book recs were not good either, just really bad writing.

But yeah, it is incredible really when I find a good book to read considering how much crap is out there. Which I know I shouldn’t be so rude about. I just know not to waste my time if I’m not enjoying a book or a movie or a series on TV. I can’t get that time back and I’m getting on and age so time is essential and all that. But I’m not really making much sense because I listen to audiobooks and I get other stuff done at the same time. So I could read books that I’m not enjoying all the way through because I do manage to get other things done while listening to audiobooks. But now it is still a waste of my mental time. Fact!

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