Novels are like beer. You need to read a lot of them to get drunk. Short stories are like wine. They are more condensed in flavor and you don't need to read as many to get drunk. Poems are like pure alcohol. You read a couple and you start to forget who you are and what life means. My favorite color is blue and out of the four elements earth, fire, water and air I am water. I love reading novels and enjoy mysteries. One of my favorite books kind of outside both of these categories is Fahrenheit 451.