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Not literally a book diet, although I wish, I would be the thinnest person ever if you could loose weight by reading books. I mean, what type of books do you like? Everyone has what I call a "Book diet" A set type of books you read, like fiction or historical, and if you read too much of a different type of book ( however good it may be ) you start to feal upset. Like, your not getting enough of something and you miss it. That craving for a good book, despite the fact you are already reading one. But once you go back to your favorite type you feal all better ^_^.

Discuss:

Do you believe in book diets?
Do you have a book diet?
If so what do you think yours is?

And most importantly:
Please tell me I am not crazy and other people know what I am talking about! gonk

I would say my book diet, because I definitely have one, would probably consist of fantasy romances that lean further toward action. However, comedy is usually thrown into the books I absolutely adore.

I do sometimes feel the need to add variety and I'll occasionally wander away from the norm. I usually like the books too. It seems to me that fantasy romance is the easiest genre to find bucket loads of crap in.

Example of book I liked that isn't in my normal diet: Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton

Well, I can't say I have much of a book diet. More like a book binge. When I don't have enough time on my hand, I don't touch a single book.
...Unless it's to buy it. I always seem to think that there will come a time when I'll have nothing to do and I'll need all those books to keep me from boredom...
Anyways, when the time does come that I've got more than enough time on my hands, I can devour a book within a couple of hours to about three days.

My book diet is typically historical fiction. It can have the tendencies of being from the romance genre, but not always. When I feel upset by this diet, I'll typically grab a fantasy or non-fiction book for a change of scenery.

You are most definitely not alone with book diets.

I think my book tastes change every now and then. My current diet consists of non-fiction, and for the past several months has ranged around astronomy and marine biology. The specific subjects change over time, but non-fiction is always an important part of my diet. wink

Fantasy and historical fiction, actually.

This is an interesting idea, I think. Now that I consider the possibility, I realise that I never actually feel at ease if I haven't read a good fantasy novel or historical fiction in a week. It's like a drug to me.