tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891836148334813580.post6192379099202405643..comments2024-03-26T00:14:47.683-07:00Comments on 500 Books: A Month In The Life: July 2021Gabby Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09609887198298869856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891836148334813580.post-56080624901667991172021-07-31T18:17:08.548-07:002021-07-31T18:17:08.548-07:00I felt the same way about The Snow Child. I was lo...I felt the same way about The Snow Child. I was looking forward to it, but I ended up feeling pretty “meh” about the whole thing. I also feel the same way about the wildfire smoke. I’m in Colorado, and it’s gross. I hope you have a great August!<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a><br />Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891836148334813580.post-22260012236411820382021-07-31T10:51:20.277-07:002021-07-31T10:51:20.277-07:00I'm not at all patched in to the YA world, but...I'm not at all patched in to the YA world, but your post reminded me that I recently had a bit of a shock when I learned halfway through that one of the books I was reading (Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi, which I really liked) was apparently actually marketed as a YA book! Given that the last few YA books I read were all from the Hunger Games series (where the subject matter is quite dark, but it's still engaged with in a way that feels very Twilight-era YA to me), I was just not prepared for the idea that this extremely adult-feeling story was marketed towards teenagers. I think I have read actual YA-feeling books that engaged with similar mature subject matter as Yolk, but the direct, unflinching way it was talked about in Yolk felt very "not-YA."Xinhttp://www.invinciblesummerblog.com/noreply@blogger.com