Booking Through Thursday asks:
Do you read books written for children or teens? Or do you stick to books for adults?
I read books written for non-adults all the time. In fact, that's mostly what I read! When I started this blog, I was reading mostly YA and MG... and then I added in more picture books. I have read and reviewed a few adult titles, but they make up a very small percentage of my reviews.
I really feel like I should read more adult titles, though, especially since I haven't been all that thrilled with some of my YA reads lately. I have a few adult novels in my TBR pile; maybe I'll get to them next year.
Do you read books written for other age groups? Tell me in the comments!
I used to read all adult books, but it was tricky finding ones that weren't to adult if you know what I mean. This year my plan was to read more kids books and I really got into young adult. I read a few excellent middle grade books too.
ReplyDeleteHaha... yeah, I know what you mean. I'm still not really drawn to... um... "adult content". :) I've also stayed away from adult books in general, because I find it a bit hard to find stories I can relate to. I may be an adult, but I haven't been married or had kids or gotten a divorce... so I'm not really looking to read books that feature those things as themes. I mean, I don't mind if a character is married or divorced or has kids, but I'd rather that not be the whole story.
DeleteThat said, some of my top-rated books have been adult books with adult topics. Room by Emma Donoghue is awesome. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly, The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares, The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, and Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion are all "adult" books that I've really liked (Warm Bodies is not YA, as far as I'm concerned; in the book, the main character is in his 20s or 30s and the love interest is 19).
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DeleteIt's fantastic that the YA genre has had such a boom in the past ten or so years. It's about time there is good reading for teens (and others).
ReplyDeleteI know! Teens today are lucky. When I was that age, YA was mostly... actually, I'm not sure. Judy Blume and Lurlene McDaniel? I didn't read a lot of YA when I was a teen; I don't think there was a lot to choose from. (Which was kind of good, in a way, because I ended up reading a lot of classics that I might not otherwise have read.)
DeleteI've only read a small handful of adult novels, to come think of it. I find them hard to get into--but hey, I probably find all the bad seeds.
ReplyDeleteI find some of them hard to get into, too. And so many of them are so long! (I can't really use that complaint anymore, though. YA books seem to be getting longer and longer...)
DeleteI go back and forth between adult and YA. I just find that books in both age groups appeal, and most adult content doesn't bother me - as long as it doesn't get too graphic. Now that I think about it, my favorite book of 2014 (once I get around to finishing that list) has an adult historical fiction as my #1.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, thank you for commenting on my blog a little while ago! :)
A number of my top reads this year have been historical fiction, too. Middle grade historical fiction! And here I thought I was a YA fantasy sort of girl...
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