This week’s musing is…
~Why do you thing that the Young Adult genre is so popular with even adult readers? Do you read YA books, yourself?~
Most YA books are fairly short compared to adult books, so maybe adults want more quick fun reads. Also, YA can pack a mean punch. What I mean by that is that in that short amount of pages its an emotional roller coaster, full of action, deceit, subplots, etc. Okay, so maybe all books have that, but in my experience it takes more time to build up all that intensity in adult books than in YA.
I love YA because of that intensity. Mainly because of the romance, but I love the action too (like in Dystopias *squee*). While everyone else might hate them, I go ga-ga over love triangles. I live for the thrill of first love with a paranormal creature. Not love at first sight...that actually bothers me. But yeah, I realize I might have made a mess of things trying to explain, but there's just something about YA...a magic ingredient X which I can't pin point but I know it's missing from adult.
PS: Not all adults books are missing it! Nicole Peeler's Jane True series certainly has that magical ingredient!
I love YA because of that intensity. Mainly because of the romance, but I love the action too (like in Dystopias *squee*). While everyone else might hate them, I go ga-ga over love triangles. I live for the thrill of first love with a paranormal creature. Not love at first sight...that actually bothers me. But yeah, I realize I might have made a mess of things trying to explain, but there's just something about YA...a magic ingredient X which I can't pin point but I know it's missing from adult.
PS: Not all adults books are missing it! Nicole Peeler's Jane True series certainly has that magical ingredient!
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My readings have almost crawled to a stop in favor of finishing my class readings on time. It's a lot of reading, and the how-to books take a while to get through. But not to worry, I have many cool reviews still waiting to be posted, so I'm good for a few weeks. In which time I hope to read and finish two review requests, and start reading The Hunger Games again. Hurray because its both a class reading, and I was planning on reading the series again to review it. As for future reads, I have no idea what new book I'll end up reading next but I do have my eye on Everneath and Incarnate.
Just Finished Reading:
Roderick Blackwood and The Demon Stone by Ralph Rathbone
Currently Reading:
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Planning To Read:
Planning To Read:
Making a Scene by Jordan E. Rosenfeld
Dialogue by Gloria Kempton
Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression in Adolescent Literature by Roberta S. Trites
