I recently tried a book called ... "Dark Heroine"? anticipated to be part of a series called Dinner with the Vampire (not sure ... obviously it made quite an impression on me) by someone named Gibbs. She was in her teens when she began writing, doing it online (fan fic?). Anyway, I can't really recommend it, even to Jilli - there were some good ideas but she seems to have been a little young to really address them.
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Toddson - Sep 24, 2014 12:29:48 pm PDT #22703 of 28343
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Atropa - Sep 24, 2014 1:07:11 pm PDT #22704 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Anyway, I can't really recommend it, even to Jilli
I am delighted that I am the low bar recommended reader for trashy vampire books.
Kate P. - Sep 24, 2014 3:51:40 pm PDT #22705 of 28343
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I'm at John Darnielle's (of the Mountain Goats) book reading/signing for his novel Wolf in White Van. Exciting! During the Q&A I asked him if he'd ever consider writing YA - I think he'd be perfect for that audience.
DavidS - Sep 24, 2014 4:15:29 pm PDT #22706 of 28343
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kate, did you read his 33 1/3 book? It has a teen protagonist.
Pix - Sep 24, 2014 5:17:41 pm PDT #22707 of 28343
The status is NOT quo.
I am delighted that I am the low bar recommended reader for trashy vampire books.
What I love about this is that Jilli is saying it with zero sarcasm.
Polter-Cow - Sep 24, 2014 5:34:52 pm PDT #22708 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I am delighted that I am the low bar recommended reader for trashy vampire books.
What I love about this is that Jilli is saying it with zero sarcasm.
HA. Yeah, I wouldn't read it any other way. It's Jilli!
Kate P. - Sep 24, 2014 5:49:01 pm PDT #22709 of 28343
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Kate, did you read his 33 1/3 book? It has a teen protagonist.
I did! And loved it, especially the first section. I thought it was one of the best YA novels I read that year. That's what made me think to ask the question. (He says no, or at least that he doesn't write with a particular audience in mind, but says if he wrote a book and his publisher told him it was YA, that would be fine with him.)
Connie Neil - Sep 24, 2014 5:52:50 pm PDT #22710 of 28343
brillig
What makes something YA? I've never been sure.
Kate P. - Sep 24, 2014 5:58:07 pm PDT #22711 of 28343
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
It's a tricky question for sure, and has probably as much (or more?) to do with how a book can be marketed than with the content of the book itself. But in general, YA books have teen protagonist(s) and are primarily, in some way, about teenage concerns, and/or told from a teen perspective (as opposed to the perspective of an adult looking back on their adolescence, although I'm sure there are at least a few YA books that do that).
Atropa - Sep 24, 2014 6:04:19 pm PDT #22712 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
What I love about this is that Jilli is saying it with zero sarcasm.
I EMBRACE MY RIDICULOUS BAT-WINGED CLICHES. I OWN 26 DIFFERENT EDITIONS OF DRACULA.
The problem is there are so many direly awful vampire books out there, even reading them for eye-rolling fun gets a little painful.