Fact or Fiction

Why do I read only fiction

And my husband just reads non-?

Since so many fit this pattern,

To this puzzle I am drawn.

 

After many conversations

Asking people what they read,

Men like history or bios,

For the truth is what they need.

 

Women dive into a story

Where the characters seem real,

But the fact that they are not

Is what enhances the appeal.

 

Still, a book that is well-written,

Be it fictional or not,

Takes the reader on a journey

Via chronicle or plot.

 

But the female of the species

Goes on hoping and pretending

That the characters will flourish,

While the men all know the ending.