August 10, 2010 | Tuesday | 82 Comments
Christine, a librarian, forwarded me a link to this article from the NY Times this past weekend: The Kids’ Books Are All Right, by Pamela Paul. Paul takes a look at adults craving the third installment of The Hunger Games, and who seek out YA books in general. The themes are serious and the discussions intense, but the books are fast-paced and fun. “A lot of contemporary adult literature is characterized by a real distrust of plot,” Grossman said. “I think young adult fiction is one of the few areas of literature right now where storytelling really thrives.” Y.A. may…
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March 30, 2009 | Monday | 27 Comments
Going Too Far is edgy, tense, and seductive, with a very tough-tender, wounded heroine who is trying to figure out who she is, and an intelligent, thoughtful hero who thought he had that all figured out. It mixes humor and sarcastic wit (my favorite) alternating with terribly tender and sneakily seductive scenes. Meg has blue hair, facial piercings, and a tendency to do some breathtakingly risky and altogether stupid things. When drinking one night with her boyfriend and another couple on a railroad bridge, she’s arrested, and her punishment is to ride along with the arresting officer, John After. John’s…
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