{"id":1589,"date":"2009-06-11T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1589"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:31:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:31:08","slug":"drama-and-books-and-suc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1589","title":{"rendered":"Drama and Books and Such"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Teenagers have historically shown a certain appetite for calamity; they like a little madness, sadism and disease in the books they curl up with at night.”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Wall Street Journal article about YA lit<\/a> tries to be positive about the dystopian and\/or what they see as darker YA books, making special notes of 13 Reasons Why<\/i> and Wintergirls<\/i> as examples of particularly depressing fiction that may seem, to uninformed adults perusing the copies, “fairly uncommon and overwrought.” I’m glad to say that the writer does sound quite a bit more informed than many who write about YA lit (although to blame all dark books on L.H. Anderson, as the “doyenne” of such — eh?), however, despite the popularity of The Hunger Games<\/i> and If I Stay<\/i>, the overarching theme of YA lit as “dark” is obviously a matter of …opinion. Or maybe I just like “dark?” Anyway, obviously not all YA books embraced now are depressing — or bleakly mindless. There are<\/i> plenty of other options, which is why I’m glad that Colleen is looking at What A Girl Wants<\/i><\/a>. Depression and snark aren’t the only things teen girl readers look for, is it? These writers say no<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And speaking of Katniss — casting calls are going to be going out soon for The Hunger Games<\/i> movie. Mitali has an intriguing question about… what the characters look like<\/a>. Check out her 12-second-tv spot.<\/p>\n

Man, the Bay Area booklights a lot of us have known forever continue to go dim. Black Oak Books<\/a> is closing. That’s a real shocker, and the community is speechless — as there was no warning. Ugh. WHY do they keep doing that? Can’t they at least say, “Help!” so the community can rally ’round? Aargh.<\/p>\n

On a happier note, though, I just discovered Charlotte’s post<\/a> which announces the new Meghan Whalen Turner Attolia book, A Conspiracy of Kings<\/i>!!!!<\/a> This makes life somewhat more worth living.<\/p>\n

And this little vimeo<\/a> on BookMoot’s blog is so me, it made me smile. Books really are where I live<\/i>. Lately I haven’t been getting to read enough. Time to change that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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