by Shannon Fox
As always, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic, a companion to the earlier topic from April 30th, top ten topics that won’t make me pick up a book. Not that they’re always deal breakers, but as a rule I don’t particularly enjoy these types of topics.
1. Cancer
2. Divorce
3. 9/11
4. The Holocaust
5. World War II
6. Zombies
7. Fairies
8. Cars
9. Planes
10. Ghosts
How about you? What are your deal-breaker topics?
SHANNON FOX
Shannon is a multi-genre writer of stories spanning past, present, and future. Her work has appeared in DreamForge Anvil, Air & Nothingness Press, and Third Flatiron, among others. She has a B.A. in Literature-Writing from UC-San Diego. When not writing, she spends her time dancing with horses which she’s found is significantly easier to do with four feet instead of two. She lives in San Diego, CA, with her husband and three cats – one of whom may or may not be a demon in disguise.
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Zombies are a deal breaker!?! NOoooooooooo!
I know i know haha
I’ve seen zombies on several lists, but I know there’s other apocalyptic-book fans who love a good zombie outbreak like I do.
(Braaaiiinsss….) 😀
All items on your list that could be put under the umbrella of ‘depressing events’ I agree with, though.
I prefer vampire apocalypse to zombie apocalypse haha… Also I should have put aliens on this list *shudder*
i don’t like to read about divorce either. Not really what I look for in my escapist reading. And ghosts and fairies probably should have been added to my list too.
Yea… Not everything has to be completely escapist, but I don’t want my funtime hobby to make me super sad 😦
Zombies! Especially zombie romance. Eww….. What if she kisses him and his tongue falls off?
Ewwww!!!
What about divorced zombie ghosts who died while driving a car to their oncologists, but were run off the road by fairies hired by holocaust deniers who had a hand in the 9/11 attack, and now are looking to use planes to start World War III because they were not happy with World War II . . .
. . . that’s right, they be Nazies!! (not on your list)
Personally, anything with any kind of human drama induced by people being stupid or irrational (most dramas I hear about).
Hahaha I would read that, actually. Sounds great!