I intentionally read a wide variety of genres and one thing I've learned is there are boring and poorly written books in all genres and great stories and characters I fall in love with in all genres. However, some genres are harder for me to find gems in.

When I was in school, horror especially the occult was my favorite genre and that continued into my young adult life. Work then required a lot of nonfiction reading on topics of health, psychology, mindset, and business building. I retired a few years ago and I'm actively exploring a wide variety of genres and authors from around the world. I don't research much about the books I read I prefer to go in without expectations and for the most part, I've been pleasantly surprised by the books I've read.

I will say, last year when I was in a book club that had a "genre of the month challenge" romance was the month with the most poorly written books, I did find a few that were written well and had a good story line.