Stop & Chat ~ Say It Loud! ~

Posted February 9, 2015 by Octavia in Features & Spotlights / 0 Comments

Stop & Chat

Welcome back to another Stop & Chat discussion! Today’s discussion starts, like most good things, with a story. You see, last week I told one of my residents (I’m a leasing consultant for a luxury apartment) that I LOVE reading. My resident, lit up by this information, jumped into questioning me about James Patterson. Now don’t get me wrong, I know WHO JP is. I know SOME of his work. But I’m no expert on the guy and he isn’t on my “authors I must buy all the things from immediately” list. This “confession” threw my resident for a loop and she asked a question I’ve been asked a lot lately…”Well what do you read?”. Ecstatic that I now have a reason to gush YA I reply with “I’m a huge lover of Young Adult Fiction! I like a ton of genres within that category, like Sci-Fi or fantasy or post-apocalyptic but all things YA are my thing”. And do you know what she said?

“Oh. So like kids books?”

Lucy Gasp

This was the third time in as many months that I had to remind myself that not everyone appreciates or understands YA. I had to explain to my co-workers that while YA is for “Young Adults” it doesn’t mean it’s on a 10 grade level. Of course then I was hit with “well when you read some grown up books I’d love some recommendations”.

Kick You

Since when does a person “grow out” of a genre?! I’m 25 and I, in all honesty, LOVE picture books! I also love zombies, ghost, love triangles (on occasion) mind-blowing world building, character development, smut (again, on occasion) magic and just BOOKS.

I know I don’t “have” to defend what I read but I am so over people looking down their nose at YA! So I’m saying it loud..

 

I LOVE YOUNG ADULT FICTION!!

What about you? Have you experienced someone judging what you’re reading? Leave your experience in the comments!

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