Um, Write Much?

*chuckling* I loved The Tale of Despereaux, too Clellie. Though I must admit that I think I love her Because of Winn-Dixie even a little better - very different books, of course.

I wonder about those whose writing seems to be formulaic (the Sue Grafton mysteries, those One for the Money books, etc.) - does one have to be a fan of the author and/or the genre in order to derive pleasure from every book they crank out? I mean, after I read one or two in a series like that I pretty much think "well, now I know what her writing's like, so onto something else." But I know others who will buy and devour every book in a series - where I might see all of the books as being basically the same they see each as standing alone.

I do wish that people would broaden their reading habits and venture away from the basic genre works - but at the same time I'm pretty thrilled to think that people are reading anything these days. So I'll quit my complaining *grin*.