tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post971305849390719088..comments2024-02-21T10:23:37.299+00:00Comments on Fluttering Butterflies: My thoughts on New Adult booksMichelle Fluttering Butterflieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-54631156999716725682014-04-07T09:44:42.193+01:002014-04-07T09:44:42.193+01:00I think initially the label came about for the rig...I think initially the label came about for the right reasons ... and then 50 Shades happened and it all got taken over by that, sadly. Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-41596740576501285392014-04-07T00:21:36.112+01:002014-04-07T00:21:36.112+01:00Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes. I think when New Adult...Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes. I think when New Adult was first emerging I was wary but quite excited about what it could be...but all I'm seeing is an overwhelming amount of romance with macho bad boys and reluctant virgins and YAWN. We already had this! It's not new, it's just been relabelled! I ignore almost every book that's being marketed as New Adult because the stories don't interest me at all.Juliannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16717669339443902755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-6777225302335866962014-03-28T11:08:36.856+00:002014-03-28T11:08:36.856+00:00I had a great discussion about this on Twitter and...I had a great discussion about this on Twitter and yes, there are some great stories and authors of NA out there and we've just got to search them out :( I really don't want NA to keep going down the route it's going though... Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-16294234904076160912014-03-23T10:31:57.055+00:002014-03-23T10:31:57.055+00:00I think that there are some excellent NA books out...I think that there are some excellent NA books out there, but it does seem to be a category that books are trying to be shoe horned into just because it is so popular at the moment. I am not sure that it needs to be a separate category really either.Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-84942923036535955732014-03-21T12:41:41.161+00:002014-03-21T12:41:41.161+00:00Thanks, Jesse. It seems a popular choice - avoidan...Thanks, Jesse. It seems a popular choice - avoidance :) I wish at times I'd gone down that same route!Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-80088156984415978882014-03-20T13:17:42.440+00:002014-03-20T13:17:42.440+00:00Really interesting post - I haven't read much ...Really interesting post - I haven't read much NA (Easy being one of them) but I'm not particularly attracted to the 'genre' either for many of the reasons you state.Jesse Owen (Reading to Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08057299676515885811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-2861392667213124372014-03-20T10:55:20.760+00:002014-03-20T10:55:20.760+00:00They are definitely the top things putting me off ...They are definitely the top things putting me off reading more. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth and an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach.Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-21731710318896728632014-03-20T10:53:50.807+00:002014-03-20T10:53:50.807+00:00Yes, a lot of these things are deeply concerning.....Yes, a lot of these things are deeply concerning... Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-90174772690588447052014-03-20T10:53:24.540+00:002014-03-20T10:53:24.540+00:00It is pretty difficult to nail down a good definit...It is pretty difficult to nail down a good definition of YA/NA/Adult! GOod luck.Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-32603315375092732522014-03-19T18:59:16.827+00:002014-03-19T18:59:16.827+00:00Fantastic post! I completely agree with you here, ...Fantastic post! I completely agree with you here, esepcially on the YA + sex and stereotypes of being a man or a woman. Those are the things that have put me off the 'genre'.So Many Books, So Little Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044634459274703941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-65694732814910096832014-03-19T18:32:06.290+00:002014-03-19T18:32:06.290+00:00I agree with all that you have said. It's a su...I agree with all that you have said. It's a superfluous and troubling genre. The Mountains of Insteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516503331898832248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21582709.post-21373646433144332512014-03-19T15:53:01.446+00:002014-03-19T15:53:01.446+00:00This is interesting. I have a manuscript for a boo...This is interesting. I have a manuscript for a book *I* have been calling YA. But it has been suggested to me that it is really NA because some of the chapters are written from adult POV. I don't have many of the problems you outline above, since the book is an alternate history fantasy. Trying to decide if it's YA, NA, or....A...is harder than jusy YA or Adult.SaraThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15773982314404003528noreply@blogger.com