The TIme For Lies Has Ended

START MONDAY NIGHT, POST TUESDAY MORNING
TIMING, I HAVE IT.

So I was going to choose a dare option, I really liked peanut butter face, but I don't have peanut butter at home. So while I was holding a jar of frosting I was previously eating and a jar of Nutella I would never eat, trying to decide between them and my brother was setting up the video camera, my folks came home.

And no way was I going to cover myself in sugar and/or liquified nut based product in front of them. The camera was quickly replaced and the jars shoved to the back of the fridge.

So I believe I'll be spilling some secrets to you all.

The only thing I can think of that I'm actively trying to hide from people is my reading selection.

 I tend to make a big show of being superstitious about books, just so people won't ask what I'm reading. Saying that I can't tell people what I'm reading while I'm reading it because if I do it might turn out to be a bad book.

 I prefer to read on my Kindle because I don't want people to be able to see the titles and especially the covers. Unfortunately when you read on a Kindle people are more likely to ask what it is you're reading.
The conversation goes a little like this.

Person: Hey, whatcha reading?

Me: A book.

Person: What book?

Me: A good one.

And either they'll realize I'm not going to tell them which specific book I'm reading, or more often they'll continue to press me for more information. For me this is really uncomfortable because I am typically ashamed of what I'm reading.

I always say, "Oh no, I hate romance books." I act really uncomfortable about the genre partly because I'm ashamed to like them and partly because I feel people probably won't understand why I like them if I have such major anxiety issues regarding relationships.

So yeah, I really like urban fantasy and paranormal romance, and I read them rather frequently. And mystery romances too.

I'm not sure if this is a major secret that counts for this. But I'm constantly afraid of being judged for what I read because the genre that have romance as a common feature tend to get a bad reputation. They're considered lesser literature and "mommy porn". But when from what I've read, there's just as many amazing stories as there are bad stories that you would find in any genre romance or not. It's just that not everyone else realizes it so I feel like I have to hide it from everyone.

But here, I'm coming out of the closet about it.