I have weird self consciousness about my cozy fantasy I like. It's not guilt, but I don't always share it with my circle because I know they would find it a very weird (and probably childish) genre. I'm fine with that, I'm not going to force them to read it, but I feel weirdly protective of it and don't want to hear their criticisms. A lot of my book choices are like that. Most of my friends and family tend to read kind of mainstream or more literary stuff where I'm more into niche scific and fantasy.