Blog 7 - Stepping out of my comfort zone

The book that I read for my out of comfort zone book is American Spy. The book in a quick general summary without spoiling is framed as a letter from the narrator Marie Mitchell to her twin sons. After there was an assassination attempt on Marie she sends her sons to her mother in the Caribbean where they can stay safe. The novel goes back and forth in time, alternating between Marie's younger years in New York in the 1960s, her career as an FBI agent in the late 80s, and her retreat to Martinique in 1992.

The book is out of my comfort zone due to me being not a very open reader. I tend to stick towards nonfiction and sci-fi genre books as they interest me more than mystery books. However, reading American Spy was fairly interesting for me, as I read through the book I couldn't help myself but continue reading as I was hooked. I'm not easily interested in books like these but the way the story is panned out was amazing, it gave me this kind of jump reading through some of the scenes. My thoughts after reading this genre I might consider reading more of this type of genre but also expanding my library with different genres as well. And I believe the value of stepping out of your comfort zone is that it opens up new doors to reading, you get more out of reading several different kinds of genre books not just the ones that you like.