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more about #ya 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 » laureltreedaphne: Publishers are beholden to sales and marketing. Authors like to think we are all evil, but when your sales person says to you "Barnes and Noble will t... more » -
#gossipgirls
"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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#liarliar
"Whitewashed" Book Gets A New Cover
Justine Larbalestier's Liar, whose original white cover image didn't match its black protagonist, is getting a new jacket. The publisher is sorry the old cover was "interpreted by some as a calculated decision to mask the character's ethnicity." [Independent] -
#finelines
Fine Lines Quiz Spectacular: Partial Coverage
I'm not sure if you've heard anything about it but...our old, wrinkled pensive Fine Lines feature has spawned a brightly covered book, 'Shelf Discovery, out today! Want to show your YA chops and win a copy? Please click through...
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#thewhysofya
Young Adult Fiction Is Dark For A Reason
Katie Roiphe has an astute piece in the Wall Street Journal about why so many of today's young adult bestsellers focus on dark themes like suicide, eating disorders, and car crashes — and why we shouldn't be worried about it. More » -
#bookreviews
Wintergirls: Possibly Triggering, Definitely Thought-Provoking
Is Wintergirls, Laurie Halse Anderson's young adult novel about anorexia and bulimia, a dangerous trigger for eating-disordered readers, a thoughtful examination of a terrible disease, or both? We read it to find out. [Spoilers follow.]
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