Genre confuses many readers. At least it confuses readers on Goodreads. It’s not a rare occurrence that fantasy is shelved as science fiction and vice versa, or that books set in the 1980s are shelved as contemporary and as historical fiction with equal frequency.

When was the last time you downloaded a PDF of a book you wanted for free? When was the last time you torrented an epub version of a book?

Looking at the books I read, it’s obvious that I am extremely partial toward YA fiction. I tend towards contemporary fiction a lot of the time, although I do read a fair bit of science-fiction as well, and try to engage in other genres too. Yet for all my love of YA fiction, I also make it a point to read non-fiction.

I might have mentioned before that I only found out about the book blogging community a few months into setting up my own blog. Before that I did look up book reviews on blogs once in a while but I’d just google the book titles to see what popped up.

A few days ago Michael Rosenwald wrote an article for The Washington Post, reporting that researchers say online scanning and skimming affects serious reading.