tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post6134297443408057491..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): To YA or not to YA??Sarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-65644100631642143002008-01-24T19:19:00.000-08:002008-01-24T19:19:00.000-08:00Quality is more important than quantity. Likewise,...Quality is more important than quantity. Likewise, quality of a book should be valued, rather than pre-judging it based on genre, audience, etc. Some of the most well-written books I've ever read have been categorized as YA or children's books, including classics.Little Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058463472836988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-24548264414282581882008-01-24T16:03:00.000-08:002008-01-24T16:03:00.000-08:00Jessmonster, I have to agree with you there. It's ...Jessmonster, I have to agree with you there. It's likely that Nick Hornby's cachet as a mainstream non-YA author influenced the review's placement. Then again, I don't think they even review YA books usually...Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-58031211152205820402008-01-24T15:50:00.000-08:002008-01-24T15:50:00.000-08:00The idea of trying to define YA makes my head hurt...The idea of trying to define YA makes my head hurt, but I can't help but wonder if Slam would have gotten a review in the straight-up fiction reviews section if it hadn't been written by an established writing-for-adults author.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563414055936087654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-40075269750737863822008-01-24T14:50:00.000-08:002008-01-24T14:50:00.000-08:00I love YA--reading it and writing it. Why else wo...I love YA--reading it and writing it. Why else would I be reading the "WritingYA Weblog?" My feeling is, people who don't like it don't have to read or write it. There are genres I don't read just because they're not my cup of tea. <BR/>That said, there are so many different kinds of YA now--literary YA, historical fiction YA, chick-lit YA, romance YA, sci-fi YA--that one would be hard pressed to say anything too generalizable about all of it.Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.com