I grew up reading books like The Babysitter Club and The Boxcar Kids. Now I read Romance, Young Adult, New Adult, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Dystopian and any mixture of these all depending on what my mood is. I love Stephen King, Michael Connolly, JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Jane Austen, JK Rowling, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs and many others.
Wow! I'm not one for alien novels usually, but Edie Ramer has yet to let me down. Her spin on extraterrestrial life had me glued to my book. It isn't too outlandish. The aliens are similar to Earth people, with a few differences, mind you, but it wasn't something completely bizarre that would make it unrelatable.