Follow My Book Blog Friday

Hello everyone! My name's Samantha and I've been blogging off-and-on for about a 6 months now. I first began blogging because I love reading and it's that simple! I saw all the amazing book blogs around and I figured - I read as much (maybe even more) than some of them, what about making one myself?
I read mostly YA romance or contemporary, but I will read just about anything that catches my eye.
Why'd everyone else here start? What genres do you read?