tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post2452041715320917404..comments2024-01-04T19:29:46.884-06:00Comments on The Not-Writing Spectacle: A Higher StandardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-69017113717738236642012-10-17T14:50:32.467-05:002012-10-17T14:50:32.467-05:00I only read MG if asked by an author. I don't ...I only read MG if asked by an author. I don't read much YA, either, except my CP's work for critique. I keep wondering if I'm missing something but I don't wonder hard enough to actually pick up some of the more popular titles to read. I do have a tendancy to "wall-bang" any fictional book that has an "in-the-reader's-face" agenda.<br /><br />Hrm...I wonder if that means I don't have standards... <i>*looks shifty-eyed*</i>Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-82385384996241569012012-10-17T09:44:01.930-05:002012-10-17T09:44:01.930-05:00I'm harder on YA books too (I don't even b...I'm harder on YA books too (I don't even bother with MG anymore--they always seem to annoy me). I don't quite know why I'm harder on those books. I guess I just get annoyed with all of the angst in them *shrugs* And, I find that YA books have more unrealistic characters than say, romance or fantasy books. It's like YA writers take the extremes and make that their entire character. Now, that's not to say that it always happens that way, I just find it's more common, LOL!<br /><br />Good post!Natalie Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116611923169722657noreply@blogger.com