Tuesday, July 31, 2012

My mom sent me the link for this and anyone who reads/loves YA should check it out.

Vote for the best-ever teen novels

Of course any list like this will have disagreements and leave out one or two greats, but the thing I find most interesting about this is the number of books on there that are either children's lit or adult books. There is nothing wrong with adults reading children's books or teens reading adult books and so we should call them what they are. I doubt Douglas Adams, for example, would have considered teens his main audience. As someone who reads kid's books, teen books, and adult books, I wish people would respect the differences between the three and not say that any one is better than the others.

And yes, the commenters are right and Ender's Game deserves a spot on the top 100.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Yep, I'm terrible with consistency and follow-through. I think about blogging and plan posts, and then other things get in the way, such as:

*Travel
Since my last post, I've visited New York, Israel, Los Angeles, Vancouver Island, Alberta and Saskatchewan and I have four more trips planned in the next two months.

*Gardening
I'm now taking care of two gardens instead of just one. Pictures will follow.

*Typing and proofreading the novella I wrote as a tween so that I could post it if I want to. Still haven't decided if I want to, but we'll see.

*Telling people about my friends' awesome new game Pyro Touch!
Check it out and if you have an iphone 4 then download it because it's fun!