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more about #rebeccamead more comments → ohayou_kun: Morbid dead-girl lit is okay, but I find it full of hypocrisy and half cocked plans. I need a protagonist that follows their plan/ethos to the end. I ... more » norapelizzari: as a former cog in the commercial YA machine, i can safely say that the "at least they're reading" argument is bunk. utter bunk. avid readers of drive... more » dj_chick: Because I work for one of the companies mentioned in the article, I have to throw this thought out there ... A corporation has one and only one goal. ... more » aliasmisskat is kung fu fighing...: Okay, I'm going out on a limb here: I don't really have a problem with serialized books being written by committee. *ducks* Serialized TV is written... more » katie.scarlett.o'hara: I think these books are more of a phase that girls go through, rather than something that will permanently shape them. I read a couple of the Gossip ... more » likepenguins: oof, I hate this. There are SO MANY awesome YA novels, with really strong, kickass characters - Hunger Games, The Disreputable History of Frankie Lan... more » Sev: ...I told my boyfriend that I think I should give up writing. Put this in the "reasons I SHOULD give up" category. more » pmerrick: those books mentioned at the end, the victorian gossip girl books, are my biggest guilty pleasure. the details are so pretty and everything, but yeah ... more » f_t_e: Oh, Alloy! The bane and blessing of all young adult librarians existence. Just when you're about to pull your hair out over the fact they treat book... more » bowleserised: What if they're junior Smart Bitches reading Trashy Books? more » TransFat: Morbid dead girls are nothing new to those of us who had our own Midnight Societies where we read Scary Stories You Tell in the Dark and dreamed of be... more » PaigeTurner: Whatever happened to kids reading good, old-fashioned morality tales? Like V.C. Andrews? more » TurtleWexlerKickedMe: If anyone's interested in learning more about the first book packaging/development company, I recommend Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths: Girls' Seri... more » Penny_Esq: Anyone else read the Vampire Diaries when they first came out in the early '90s? I know I read them in middle school, not that I can remember a damn t... more » -
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"Morbid, Dead-Girl Lit" Is Hott
A look into the minds of teens - who are actually adults thinking like kids, but stay with me - is really, fascinatingly scary:
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