tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558626810909480570.post7496745817437145731..comments2024-01-12T22:06:33.549-08:00Comments on Ten Cent Notes: How to Fall in Love With YAJordynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07544006301357995240noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558626810909480570.post-77921961547817347092011-08-21T22:06:08.386-07:002011-08-21T22:06:08.386-07:00I loved this post so much, I created a list of my ...I loved this post so much, I created a list of my own. Just wanted to let you know!<br /><br />http://www.bookmarkedblog.com/2011/08/how-to-fall-in-love-with-ya.htmlJamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737257899132411186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558626810909480570.post-35291819672536525702011-07-03T11:40:29.229-07:002011-07-03T11:40:29.229-07:00Step One: Read books that were always "too ha...Step One: Read books that were always "too hard" for you since age 9.<br /><br />Step Two: Get questioned at a B&N by a bookseller because I looked too young to be in the YA section.<br /><br />Step Three: Get really obstinate and walk out of the B&N determined to keep reading the books I wanted. <br /><br />Step Four: Find John Green, Scott Westerfeld, Justine Larbalestier, Maureen Johnson, etc (aka the coolest group of people ever) online and get hooked on their blogs and nerdfighterdom. <br /><br />Step Five: 8 years later, still finding solace and glee in the YA section of the bookstore and library. sniff at the boring covers and dull displays of adult books (okay I love reading literary or adult books but it's so much harder to find the good ones...)Jennilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795712498540469626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558626810909480570.post-6502643382424959532011-06-25T14:46:31.247-07:002011-06-25T14:46:31.247-07:00Alexa
Oh, awesome! I have a feeling that Dessen ha...<b>Alexa</b><br />Oh, awesome! I have a feeling that Dessen has inspired a generation of future (and present) YA writers. :)<br /><br /><b>Michael Offutt</b><br />Nope, it has to be YA because I was *already* a voracious reader since... well, since my parents started teaching me to read when I was tiny.Jordynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544006301357995240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558626810909480570.post-11242730286487570552011-06-25T07:07:48.513-07:002011-06-25T07:07:48.513-07:00Why does it have to be "fall in love with YA&...Why does it have to be "fall in love with YA" though? I mean...couldn't it be just "fall in love with reading?"Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558626810909480570.post-33618803531919074972011-06-25T03:42:33.406-07:002011-06-25T03:42:33.406-07:00Hey we started with the same book, kind of.
I was...Hey we started with the same book, kind of.<br /><br />I was in B&N looking for Eclipse (having gobbled up the first two books) and I saw a Sarah Dessen display and went home with The Truth About Forever. So I always say Stephanie Meyer introduced me to the genre and Sarah Dessen got me hooked (and made me want to write it) :)Alix https://www.blogger.com/profile/04684209302932310537noreply@blogger.com