Book Blogger Hop and Follow Friday

This week's question: 

"Why do you read the genre that you do? What draws you to it?"

Although I read a lot of different genres, I primarily read and review YA. I honestly have no single idea as to why I love YA so much, so I don't think I can answer that part of the question!

However, within the YA genre, I absolutely love the dystopian genre. Does this make me a depressing person? Perhaps. I think that one of the reasons why I love dystopian novels so much is that I love reading about futuristic worlds that could easily become our reality. I love reading about the struggles that the characters have to go through to try to either live in these worlds, or the rebellions that take place to try to make these worlds better places. 

Another subgenre to YA that I really enjoy is the paranormal/supernatural genres. I like to read about all the different creatures - however unrealistic! I love learning about each of their characteristics, because no creature is the same in any book! They great for the imagination, and I love escaping into their worlds.

This week's question:

What makes up your non-human family??

Ah, good question! I have two border collie dogs. One is male and named Trevor. He's a black and white border collie. The second is female and she's named Jensen (after Jensen Ackles who stars in Supernatural!). She's only 8 months old, so she's still a puppy, and she's red and white. Everyone always mistakes her for male, because of her name. But I promise you, Jensen is definitely a she!

I know you're all dying to see a picture of her, so here she is:

I also have four cats, who are all siblings. Their names are Lizzy, Lily, Rosie and Berty. They were born in my great-grandmother's bed - rather unexpectedly, I can assure you! - six years ago. They all have different coloured coats, which is nice as well!