tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post5119137678876882174..comments2024-02-10T21:34:03.128-05:00Comments on Writer of Wrongs: How to Convert a YA Doubter into a YA BelieverGillyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03622344092774777709noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-31859665419469213942016-12-22T17:08:07.599-05:002016-12-22T17:08:07.599-05:00This is the best post ever, Gillian, and I concur ...This is the best post ever, Gillian, and I concur with all your choices & have oh so many more I'd add since it has now been 3 years since you posted this and that's a lot of awesome new books. Mary Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07068032118168881784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-35832830802229010612014-06-08T00:44:54.271-04:002014-06-08T00:44:54.271-04:00I have to stand and applaud this post. I can't...I have to stand and applaud this post. I can't even add anything to this list because YES! YES to all of it! Lyn Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471867801089862828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-55949657664492887912014-02-05T10:45:45.354-05:002014-02-05T10:45:45.354-05:00Anything by Kevin Brooks and Melvin Burgess. Now T...Anything by Kevin Brooks and Melvin Burgess. Now THOSE are authors that take risks.<br /><br />Oh, and Anne Cassidy and Marcus Sedgwick and Bali Rai.<br /><br />Book snobbery annoys me. Some of the best books I've ever read are YA.Cora @ TeaPartyPrincesshttp://teapartyprincess.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-88110536218518777732013-11-19T14:45:52.635-05:002013-11-19T14:45:52.635-05:00You win the Internet, Gillian. That is all. Take...You win the Internet, Gillian. That is all. Take a bow, my friend. :D<br /><br />Molli | <a href="http://www.booksandwhimsy.com" rel="nofollow"> Books and Whimsy</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473351242691599229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-25730303709864575222013-11-15T17:51:15.657-05:002013-11-15T17:51:15.657-05:00Don't feel bad, I'm a 30 year old libraria...Don't feel bad, I'm a 30 year old librarian who still reads YA all the time (and I'm not a YA librarian. I'm in Adult Reference). And I'm always recommending YA books to people if they ask for new reads and talking about YA books with my friends/fellow readers. Give those judgy people an eye-roll of epic, YA proportions and shrug those haters off, kid (I call you "kid" because like I said before, I'm 30 and therefore old :) ).Jenny Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936856293121991263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-10464700872027259032013-11-15T14:35:44.056-05:002013-11-15T14:35:44.056-05:00"You fling at their faces." HAHAHA! I lo..."You fling at their faces." HAHAHA! I love this post. Bookmarked it for future reference because I'm terrible at coming up with good book examples. A couple of months ago I was talking to my friend who majors in English and since she's my friend on Goodreads too, she knows what books I read. What bugged me was when she said, "I noticed you like to read those kind of books," in a tone that came off as looking down on my book choices. I am going to fling your blogpost at her face instead ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-67232920910938693652013-11-13T19:31:11.098-05:002013-11-13T19:31:11.098-05:00I am SO IN LOVE with this post. Well said! I agree...I am SO IN LOVE with this post. Well said! I agree with many of your choices and need to investigate many more!<br /><br />Sharon (A Book Barbie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03923363390909309303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-18901499330687946472013-11-12T20:05:58.691-05:002013-11-12T20:05:58.691-05:00Very well said. I just finished Two Boys Kissing ...Very well said. I just finished Two Boys Kissing and think it not only stands up to many adult novels, but it puts them to shame. I know I'm going backwards, but I read John Green's Fault in the Stars recently so now am turning to Will Grayson, Will Grayson for funsies. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611534680303099918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-37106349223860706492013-11-12T20:05:35.087-05:002013-11-12T20:05:35.087-05:00Very well said. I just finished Two Boys Kissing ...Very well said. I just finished Two Boys Kissing and think it not only stands up to many adult novels, but it puts them to shame. I know I'm going backwards, but I read John Green's Fault in the Stars recently so now am turning to Will Grayson, Will Grayson for funsies. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611534680303099918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-242187292086711132013-11-12T16:28:40.405-05:002013-11-12T16:28:40.405-05:00The only ones I don't second wholeheartedly ar...The only ones I don't second wholeheartedly are the ones I haven't gotten to. Yet. <br /><br />This is the Golden Age of YA, with scores of writers pouring into the field to work with editors like David Levithan and the many strong writers groups, working within a classification that allows them tremendous latitude in subject, theme, plotline, treatment, viewpoint. I don't think the only creative writing is happening in YA these days, but I think the only books that will still be read in a century will all have been published as YA.Kaethehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138988651491869091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-70650835106673496082013-11-12T16:10:28.801-05:002013-11-12T16:10:28.801-05:00Word. This was the series I thought of for flingin...Word. This was the series I thought of for flinging.Kaethehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138988651491869091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-37313235156762205292013-11-12T13:38:11.719-05:002013-11-12T13:38:11.719-05:00Oops, there were more. I also gave them Leviathan ...Oops, there were more. I also gave them Leviathan and Grave Mercy. If my 60 year old parents, both with college degrees and one with a PhD in Mathematics of all things, can embrace YA fiction, so can anyone, right? RIGHT.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-3748011814106143192013-11-12T13:36:20.154-05:002013-11-12T13:36:20.154-05:00Don't lie. You also bought all four because yo...Don't lie. You also bought all four because you wanted them. I know you and your book-wanting ways.<br /><br />So, basically, most of the things I love are lesser? I'll show you lesser, oh Pantheon. *kicks Pantheon and the nuts and watches as they cry* http://gifs.gifbin.com/480503758.gif<br /><br />The Goodreads categories made me so mad. Really? I can only pick two YA books? YOU MONSTERS.<br /><br />Okay, so on an individual level, I disagree with some of these, but whatever. I love the category break downs.<br /><br />Also, the following are ones I've forced on my parents and that they have loved: Shadow & Bone, Seraphina (Mom's fave), Maria V. Snyder (though not this one), Throne of Glass (Dad's fave), Graceling, Legend, The Diviners, The Mediator, Something Strange & Deadly, Cinder, The Book Thief.<br /><br />I totally need to give them Trickster's Choice, Finnikin of the Rock, Scarlet, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, and For Darkness Shows the StarsChristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370486039531015541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-22881281652140371582013-11-12T11:25:55.637-05:002013-11-12T11:25:55.637-05:00Totally sharing this on Facebook. Awesome list!!! ...Totally sharing this on Facebook. Awesome list!!! I'm 37 and I LOVE reading YA. A good book is a good book no matter who it is intended for.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01091149341792250132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-86692514060583173102013-11-12T00:44:04.850-05:002013-11-12T00:44:04.850-05:00ERHMYGARHD!!! I love this list. I'm 25 and sti...ERHMYGARHD!!! I love this list. I'm 25 and still love reading YA as much as I love reading 'adult' fiction. There's some truly grown-up, absolutely gorgeous prose and literature in YA books and they get frowned on because they aimed at getting teens to read. Well poop to that I say. THis list will also come in handy at work (I am a librarian) and it will be useful for recommendations. Chantelle (aka the Blogmonstar)http://blog.butterflytempest.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-83813455345204328872013-11-10T22:24:48.390-05:002013-11-10T22:24:48.390-05:00This post is EXCELLENT. Thank you so much for com...This post is EXCELLENT. Thank you so much for compiling such an awesome list!Britthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10411666177606301124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-54152209272190851572013-11-10T21:21:18.300-05:002013-11-10T21:21:18.300-05:00THIS POST. It makes me want to run up to stranger...THIS POST. It makes me want to run up to strangers on the street and say LOOK AT THIS RIGHT NOW AND THEN GO READ ALL OF THESE. Seriously. Now.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058009271288566400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-1206439656286610722013-11-10T12:17:45.311-05:002013-11-10T12:17:45.311-05:00I LOVE THIS!!! So much awesome :)I LOVE THIS!!! So much awesome :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17598625552680067674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-3618757692093360082013-11-10T12:16:41.920-05:002013-11-10T12:16:41.920-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17598625552680067674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-57973381440107055032013-11-10T12:06:56.576-05:002013-11-10T12:06:56.576-05:00Oh boy, this post is made out of awesomeness. I...Oh boy, this post is made out of awesomeness. I've scrolled through the books you've picked and we have so many titles in common. There are definitely A LOT of these books I would recommend to other people. Thanks for sharing this <3Mel@Thedailyprophecyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516514938771433319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-21878702643733861382013-11-10T11:56:08.283-05:002013-11-10T11:56:08.283-05:00LOVE this. I am sharing it all over the place!LOVE this. I am sharing it all over the place!Julie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06462386948229063576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-39249465071643209272013-11-10T09:14:32.438-05:002013-11-10T09:14:32.438-05:00Oh my, what an incredible post! I got sent here fr...Oh my, what an incredible post! I got sent here from a link on storiesandsweeties.com - so glad that I clicked on it. This is brilliant and love so many books on here. As someone who can happily read YA and adult fiction, I completely agree that YA fiction is as important and note worthy as adult fiction. I was also dismayed to find it only gets two categories on the Goodreads awards, it's just not enough! <br /><br />There are so many that I love to fling in people's faces. Some favourites: The Sight by David Clement-Davies, The Noughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman, His Dark Materials, The Hunger Games, Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma and on and on and on! <br /><br />Such a great post! I will definitely be sharing this. Thanks! Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-7911958071934058152013-11-09T18:02:56.008-05:002013-11-09T18:02:56.008-05:00Yes, I love this post and I love you!! And now you...Yes, I love this post and I love you!! And now you've given me quite a few more books that need to be added to my TBR list!!<br /><br />*standing ovation*Pilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05235628363081574896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-84983002066516269752013-11-09T15:52:33.720-05:002013-11-09T15:52:33.720-05:00GILLIAN. I adore this post! It was high time someo...GILLIAN. I adore this post! It was high time someone created a collection of books like this, and the choices you and everyone else made were spot on. I've read quite a few of these and would certainly recommend them too!Alexa S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13185723439360170259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932292247636823526.post-41864113887269151442013-11-09T11:43:54.056-05:002013-11-09T11:43:54.056-05:00PERFECT POST IS PERFECT!PERFECT POST IS PERFECT!Chenise Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04021845419401946914noreply@blogger.com