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Was just wondering, after looking around the site, how many people chose their genre, or did it choose you? I know for myself, I have always had an interest in the paranormal, especially the sweeping, romantic notion of it. As a kid I would sneak my mother's old gothic romances (like Victoria Holt) and the first books I can remember ever buying and rereading were the Sergeanne Golon Angelique se…