Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

It is not weird. I think that some people would have their opinion of thinking that was weird. YA are suitable for all ages i think.

According to Goodreads:

Young-adult fiction (often abbreviated as YA) is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages 13 to 21.

So, 24 is not such a stretch.

And since we're talking ages, I was way past 30 when I come across Vampire Academy and not only did I binge reading it, it is still one of my fav series.

Yes, there is not such thing as too old for YA.

Actually, there are very good books YA targeted that put adult target ones to shame!

Some of my favourite chick lit books are written by men (Rich Amooi, T. A. Williams)
Never too old for YA. I'm way past 30 too and still read lots of YA.
No such thing as a stupid question, and no such thing as weird :)

I was wondering about this--why would women in their 30s read YA? Isn't it time to move on to more mature material? So, I guess there's nothing weird about it. The reason it sparked my interest is that I read one older blogger who said that she loves YA heavy on boy crushes. I thought that was a bit weird that someone that age wants to read stories of young boys and romance in it.

Groovy wrote: "I was wondering about this--why would women in their 30s read YA? Isn't it time to move on to more mature material? So, I guess there's nothing weird about it. The reason it sparked my interest is ..."

remember twight-moms? :)

I always find it interesting when people think it's appropriate to comment on other people's reading interests. Like as an individual, does it harm you if a 30 year old woman reads YA? As a society, are we being held back because people are reading books that they are having fun with, instead of books that others deem socially appropriate due to age?

Personally, I'm 26 and I still read a TON of YA. I find the majority of "adult" fiction to be boring, the style doesn't hold my interest more often than not. And I think this idea that all YA ISN'T mature is kind of misguided. Teens aren't stupid. Authors who write for teens aren't stupid. There are numerous, numerous stand alones and series that are brilliant and marketed towards teens. It doesn't make you less mature or less intelligent if YA is your genre of choice.

Edit: To answer OP's original question now that I've rambled... No it is not weird in the least. I consider YA to be marketed towards 14-19 year olds as that's the age group of most of the protagonists.

Cait wrote: "I always find it interesting when people think it's appropriate to comment on other people's reading interests. Like as an individual, does it harm you if a 30 year old woman reads YA? As a society..."

I'm 40 and I love YA. I think one of the advantages of being adult is to have access to more genres, more books and a lot of reading fun..

^ Agreed. The flip side of the fact that I read probably 50% YA is that the other 50% is adult horror lol The gorier and more messed up the better. So...to each their own and all that. I don't think age should matter when it comes to what you read. If you're enjoying it, there you go.

What really bothers me about people who judge YA, and adults who read YA, is that they don't seem to realize what YA is. They see YA as immature, a field of Twilights, but while we have our fair share of those, that's not all of YA. In fact, 50 Shades of Grey is an adult book, but no one judges adult books for that one book. They judge the genre, but no one sees that book and assumes all adult books are like that. That's part of the problem. YA is seem as a genre, when really YA is just YA because the characters are young adults. That's it. Almost every genre is represented within YA and YA is actually similar to adult books, just in YA the characters are younger have less sex. Seriously. And on the basis that YA is considered more immature than some, it's not. There are some bad YA books, but there's bad adult books too. I really wish those judgees would pick up some of the wonderful YA books out there that actually talk about important things (for example, I just finished rereading Thirteen Reasons Why). Honestly, I think that you can be any age and read YA. There's nothing wrong with YA and it's not supposed to be for a specific age group.

Anyway, sorry for the rambling! I have a fierce love for YA! :)

I only asked because I wanted to know the appeal, not because I was judging. And like I stated above, "it's not so weird then". I understand now that it's not about immature content, but more indept and that people of all ages can enjoy it for those and other reasons--that's all.

Next time someone asks, which is the purpose of this thread, just simply tell them why it's not what they think, and explain the joys of it, no need to get huffy--now who's judgmental?

I actually wasn't replying to anyone.
I was just commenting on YA and explaining how it's not so different than adult novels.

I honestly did not write in reply to anyone's comment, in fact, I did not see your comment, and I'm sorry if I offended you in anyway, that was not my intent.