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Two out of every three new series I come across are YA.
What is the deal? These dumb kids need to go out and enjoy their youth. Leave the reading to the adults.
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dude in high school, i didn't know a single person who read for enjoyment. 
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I read in Highschool for enjoyment :P
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I started reading in highschool.... I got grounded once and the only thing I had in my room was a old copy of the hobbit... got me hooked lol.
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Two out of every three new series I come across are YA.
What is the deal? These dumb kids need to go out and enjoy their youth. Leave the reading to the adults.
There are these places that have books that keep YA and A books separated on shelves. I think they're called "book stores".
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Even when I bought physical books in physical stores I did my research ahead of time.
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vn_jurojin posted:
Yossarian_42 posted:
Two out of every three new series I come across are YA.
What is the deal? These dumb kids need to go out and enjoy their youth. Leave the reading to the adults.
There are these places that have books that keep YA and A books separated on shelves. I think they're called "book stores".
i'm confused by you buying anything in a phsyical store outside of food and alcohol.
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Caoilin posted:
vn_jurojin posted:
Yossarian_42 posted:
Two out of every three new series I come across are YA.
What is the deal? These dumb kids need to go out and enjoy their youth. Leave the reading to the adults.
There are these places that have books that keep YA and A books separated on shelves. I think they're called "book stores".
i'm confused by you buying anything in a phsyical store outside of food and alcohol.
they have e-stores for those too.
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I have a nook. Yet I still go to BnN stores to check out new releases and books because I don't especially like shopping for books online and I really don't like shopping for them on the nook. On top of that, you get some really good deals if you buy books on the nook while logged on a BnN store wireless.
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Yossarian_42 posted:
Even when I bought physical books in physical stores I did my research ahead of time.
Apparently you suck at it if you can't find adult books.
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You have awful reading comprehension.
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Yossarian_42 posted:
You have awful reading comprehension.
Longer version:
Apparently you suck at it if you keep finding so many YA books in your book searches that you feel compelled to post about it on a message board.
Happy now?
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Not really, no. The premise does not support your conclusion.
Finding a lot of YA books is a fore drawn conclusion. If you look at the books that are popular, sell well, get rated well, etc. you can not avoid the flood of YA novels; it has nothing to do with my book research skills. Quite the contrary, if I were looking for the best and most popular books and did not find any YA novels I would be genuinely awful (perhaps at this point you should consider your own level of sucking).
I think perhaps your problem here is that your method of searching out new books is small in scope. I like to really get out there and see everything that is available. I suppose if you consider looking at all of your options before making a decision to be poor form then I do, in fact, suck.
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IMO that's just too broad. I don't need deep research and foreknowledge of everything that is available before I buy a book. But then, I think it's a pretty good bet that I'm not as picky as you. I don't over-analyze writing style and I don't fret over untidy prose. I just enjoy a good story. There have been a few stinkers that I've read in my life, but for the most part it is really difficult to write a book that I won't enjoy at least a little bit.
Maybe I'm a creature of habit, but going to a book store is more about being around the books than it is about having the ability to search every book in creation. But then, at a Barnes & Noble store you can still search every book in creation in several different ways. But I've been picking out books for over twenty years in the same way, I pick out several that look interesting and read the first few chapters....from a real book...with pages and everything. These days though, I usually just order the book for my nook after reading that first chapter.
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While I appreciate the romantic concept of strolling through the shelves looking at the books that has never been a real possibility for me. Between living in Germany, an impatient family and the nearest bookstore being an hour away once I was on my own I have never had the access. That isn't to say that even if I had that access I wouldn't still do my research; I grew up with the internet and I enjoy light research.
I also don't think I am picky. I will read anything a friend suggests to me and I've only ever put two books down without finishing them. I would say I attempt to be discerning; I want to read the best books first and I want to ensure that I don't let anything really good slip past me but if you saw the backlog of stuff I have bought on a whim you wouldn't call me picky.
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Most books I don't get recomended to me by friends these days, I buy off of Amazons recomemded list.. Has been working fine so far. (Only series I've been dissappointed in so far, has been the Temaraire series)
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