I am not really a kid anymore and still read YA. I have noticed tho that a lot of the people I meet on ya book blogs aren't even in their 20's anymore. What do you think YA offers to them? Wouldn't the situations releate more to teenagers?

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They are easy to read but often thought provoking and entertaining. I didn't read many YAs when I was the "appropriate" age so I'm reading them now.
I work in a bookstore, so my reasoning for reading current YA fiction is to know what's out there. I can recommend any classics from my own time as a YA, but that doesn't always cut it. Also, having a child, I'm more interested in what topics are being written about now compared to when I was that age. Are there similarities, differences? What do I need to educate myself about now, so when my son becomes that age, I'm not completely in the dark about that age group.
Why wouldn't it? Good writing is good writing. I still love good children's books as well, and I am 50 years old.
YA tends to be a little more calm, less sex and violence. That's the reason why I read it. In addition YA is a good genre for reviewing because you pull in all the Google hits from young students looking up information for book reviews.
I love a great story & don't care where it comes from. YA writing just keeps getting better & better.
Yea, I do not really see YA as a category, fiction is fiction to me...if it is a good engaging story that is all that matters to me. Some of my favorites (that I still read to this day) are: Alice in Wonderland, Phantom Toolbooth, Twilight Series, Chronicles of Narnia..I still adore childrens and YA books.
I often find the young adult nonfiction books to be helpful in explaining things if I need a very basic overview of a subject. They tend to be better illustrated and give clearer explanations than many adult books.

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