Happy Friday! What are you drinking? I am sticking with coffee and cream these days.
I never thought twice about the gender of writers until I had a blogger who usual only read male authors. I then noticed I tend to gravitate towards female authors. I get a little anxious when the author is male. I don’t have a good reason for why that is. I just like the comforting prose of female writers.
I find that I can’t relate to male generated prose as easily as one that is written by a female. Lucky me that the book industry is fairly dominated with women. Have you ever stopped to think why that is? I feel this is a strong component in why I have reader bias in the first place. Most books I read are female authors so I think I’m just more used to it.
I would say though, I am reading a book right now by Marius Gabriel that is breaking the glass ceiling. He’s got amazing prose going on. Other male writers not so much.
Do you have gender bias in reading? What is your preference?
I can’t say that I prefer one gender over the other, but I can’t help but notice that most of the books I read are written by female authors.
Those from male authors I read I really, really liked, but since my favorite genres are women’s fiction and romantic comedies it is no wonder I read more female authors.
I love that! Lol I read mostly out of those genres as well, there are male writers that do that, but it seems more natural coming from a woman. Check out Galgorithim. By Aaron Karo it was a romantic comedy (ya) that was well done.
okay, I will. Thanks for the rec!
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Lately I’ve been reading lots of chick lit, women’s fiction and rural romance, so most of the authors have been female. I have found a couple of great male rom com writers too.
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I think it really has to do with availability.