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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:57 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:58 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:10 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:23 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:02 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:51 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:14 am
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:02 pm
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NightIntent Maze353 Seriously, why can't they be mature young adults? Because then 99% of people couldn't identify with the character....
I find it rather depressing that that is a true statement.
My final pet peeve (since I'm on the topic) with YA is how these kids are just handed super powers. One minute they're whining about how they hate their 11 pm curfew. Then its "Happy Birthday you're 18! Which means you're now suddenly an adult in every sense of the word! You now have more power than Yoda and are destined to (insert grand destiny that come with a hot and sexy BF or GF who will go from wanting you to drop dead to trying to jump you in 2 chapters or less)"
In case you hadn't noticed I'm not a huge fan of YA.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:18 pm
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I really used to like YA novels. Admittedly, that was when I was still a young adult, but still. I still like Tamora Pierce. I haven't read them in a long time, but I would probably still enjoy the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane. Madeleine L'Engle, C.S. Lewis, Cynthia Voigt, Lloyd Alexander, Brian Jacques, Sherwood Smith....
Man, now I wanna re-read whatever of the good childhood books I still have. rofl
There are so many bad YA books, though. The sad thing is, you don't realize it until way, way later. Like what's her name who started writing when she was 13. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. (Definitely had to Google that.) They were decent when I first read them, when I was like 13. Now, they're kind of Twilight level.
I mean, I guess anything that gets kids reading is sort of good. I just wish all the hype was about better books than, say, Twilight. Especially YA books. There are plenty out there with decently-adjusted teen characters--it's just taking more and more looking to find them.
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:17 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:23 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:40 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:38 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:37 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:33 pm
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