A BOOK PARTY!! Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Crazy For Books – please come along and join the Party!
This week’s question comes from Barb who blogs at
“Why do you read the genre that you do? What draws you to it?”
Hmmm… what a great question! I am currently only reading Young Adult books and that started about 1.5 years ago. Before that I would read Adult murder-mystery and romance (Nora Roberts was my hero then 🙂 ). I can’t say with any certainty what drew me to YA, maybe the need to try to understand a bit more about what grabs our kids today or the easy & fun reading or if I’m really truthful with myself… it’s an escape! Living someone else’s adventures! It’s also a great conversation platform and a great way to get my girls reading 🙂
Pineapples & Pyjamas - YA 
I think the idea of reading books with your kids is great. It gives you a way to broach topics in a general way, not, “You can’t date til your 104!” but, “do you think so-and-so was mature enough to handle dating you-know-who?” THEN you can say “You can’t date til your 104!” 😉
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I read PNYA/UF,Adult PNR and erotic PNR or UF – not for kids! But would love to have you swing by!
Fangs, Wands and Fairy Dust
email: steph@fangswandsandfairydust.com
twitter: @fangswandsfairy
Hopping by to say Hello! I’m also a YA fan and love the genre! You can find me blogging here: http://blog.juliealindsey.com/
I read more than one genre. But there are a few genres I don’t read. Come see what I do and don’t read.
Stopping by from over at the hop to say hello, nice to meet you, I’ve enjoyed my visit.
That’s a great reason to read. Understanding teenagers is what YA is for, isn’t it?
I’ve been reading a lot of YA as of late but my favorite genres are still urban fantasy and paranormal romance. I like my books to have some steamy chapters to them that YA simply can’t provide! Thanks for stopping by for FF, I’m returning the hop and am your newest follower. Have a great weekend! 🙂
Carmel @ Rabid Reads
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Hopping by! I’m your newest follower. ^-^
Please stop by my blog and follow me back if you get a chance: http://www.blackfingernailedreviews.blogspot.com
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I’m a huge fan of YA as well thought I can’t entirely say what draws me to teen books in general, it’s just a thriving market at the moment and I can’t get enough:) Hope you have a great weekend!
Here I am hopping on by…
I went all over the map with this question on my blog. I read and enjoy almost every genre of fiction out there. There’s no way I could just pick one.
So I talked about all of them. Even romance fiction (sort of)! I invite you to hop over to my blog at http://www.howardsherman.net and see for yourself.
Howard A. Sherman
http://www.howardsherman.net
I’m definitely hoping my love of YA books rubs off on my daughter when she gets to that age. She’s just 6 now and already a little book worm so lets hope that continues. She has one awesome library to inherit!
It is a toss-up. My youngest gets a little protective over some of the books she reads – in that she doesn’t want me reading them. But every once in a while there’s this fantastic book that I just have to read!
Hopping by to return the visit! I was into Nora Roberts a couple of years ago, too. 🙂
I haven’t read much YA,but I love cozy mysteries.
Ann
I’m here from the blog hop. I can’t wait to have book swaps and discussions with my daughter someday! Right now, she’s at the picture book age 🙂
It’s really cool 🙂 To get their take on a book and to see how different it is from yours. It’s been fun 🙂
Thanks for dropping by my blog, and yay for Canadians! 😀 YA does provide a fantastic escape – and it’s great to hear it’s also a conversation starter for you guys!
Hi, thanks for hopping by my blog! I’m here to return the favor 🙂 Yay for young adult! And haha, Nora Roberts is a great author.
I too love YA 🙂
Thanks for hopping by!
Hopping through. I read mostly YA. I always have read a decent amount of YA but Twilight opened the floodgates.
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I’m hopping through to see everyone’s answers! Drop by my blog to see what I had to say! Hope you have a great weekend.
Great answer! I started reading a lot of YA after I took a class where we had to read 25 YA books. That was the year I first read Stephenie Meyer and Sarah Dessen among other popular YA authors and I haven’t stopped reading it.
Thanks for visiting my blog during the hop!