Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Dear YA cult: we have a new convert.

I've been trying to get my little sis to read YA for, well, ever now. She would read the occasional one (mostly out of necessity when she was staying at my house), but she always went back to the adult ones.

And then finally, this week she calls me and says, "So ... All I want to read lately are kids' books. I've been looking through Amazon, and it keeps showing me all these other books I might like, and when an adult one comes up, I'm like, 'Ehhh ... I don't care about your lame adult problems.' I want to read about teenagers, damn it."

My evil plan for total YA domination has taken root. Now, I'm off to convince my husband that there are other great kids' books in the world besides Harry Potter ...

5 comments:

Amparo Ortiz said...

I LOVE your plan! YA conversion is definitely the toughest. People are so biased abut what they might find that they just discard it. I'm glad to see at least SOMEONE coming around ;)

Abby Annis said...

Yea! Good job, Jess. Glad you've brought your sis over to the dark side. ;)

Tere Kirkland said...

LOL, hilarious! I can barely bring myself to read adult books unless they're urban fantasy or paranormal romance, and even then I get a little tired of waiting for the bullsh^t to end.

Adults are funny creatures. Glad I'm not one. ;)

Elana Johnson said...

YES!! Another one has come to the dark side... Excellent job, you Sith Lord you. :)

Little Ms J said...

Mr. J can't wait for the third in the Hunger Games installment to come out....