tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post4926834216402428868..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Feeling the love.Sarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-79558557745021457272011-04-06T18:22:26.214-07:002011-04-06T18:22:26.214-07:00Thanks for the Strange Horizens link, Tanita!Thanks for the Strange Horizens link, Tanita!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-84783311421474529952011-04-06T10:54:47.640-07:002011-04-06T10:54:47.640-07:00Oh, how I <3 Paolo for saying that. It's li...Oh, how I <3 Paolo for saying that. It's like a salve for all those other critics who dismiss YA. <br /><br />I've got this odd (and probably not entirely accurate; oh well) book genre hierarchy in my head--it seems like many readers and critics hold the view that when you're a kid you read kids' books; when you're a tween/teen you read YA until you're mature enough that you can "graduate" and start reading "adult" books--often genre fiction like mysteries or SFF ends up being the transition point--until you reach some sort of literary enlightenment and do nothing but read literary fiction all day. That seems to be the assumption, anyway. SIGH.<br /><br />One last thought on this post, which is simply this: So many conferences, so little time or money...Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.com