I can't imagine avoiding reading books because they are aimed for young people. I count books such as Number the Stars, Maniac Magee and the Harry Potter series as some of my favorite books of all time...and I think I learned more from them then most "adult" books.
I'm right there with you. Plus, who the heck agrees on a YA definition (certainly not authors, publishers and marketing teams seeing $$$$ in the genre nowadays).
I may be ashamed of not DNF'ing a few horrible spa uploads; but, I've never been ashamed to buy or read any genre (outside of some personal or family healthcare issues in the hopefully non-fiction books). Good luck going to your preferred genre in a bookstore and not finding YA or Urbsn Fantasy creeping in.
silverneurotic ~ Number the Stars is a wonderful book.
One of my favorite quotes by C. S. Lewis: “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
That's always been my opinion, too.
And I will never be ashamed of what I read. I just finished a little alphabet book called "The Hidden Alphabet." It was adorable and much cleverer than Ms. Graham's silly article.
I may be ashamed of not DNF'ing a few horrible spa uploads; but, I've never been ashamed to buy or read any genre (outside of some personal or family healthcare issues in the hopefully non-fiction books). Good luck going to your preferred genre in a bookstore and not finding YA or Urbsn Fantasy creeping in.
One of my favorite quotes by C. S. Lewis: “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
That's always been my opinion, too.
And I will never be ashamed of what I read. I just finished a little alphabet book called "The Hidden Alphabet." It was adorable and much cleverer than Ms. Graham's silly article.