What is "New Adult?"

[hidari]

Key Point. Amazing the number of Jane Austin fans that I have met that don't see the satire. To me that is one of the best parts of her writing...Taking the piss out of society....among other things

Originally Posted by HarryT

Yes. Romance is a genre predominantly aimed at female readers. Not exclusively, though; I'm a big "Jane Austen" fan myself. But her books are an awful lot more than "romance".

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Joykins

I've never seen a Nancy Drew in the YA section; always the children's section. Even though Nancy is theoretically 17...

Before the advent and general acceptance of YA, Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys and the like were in the Juvenile section of my library. We had a Juvenile section and we had an Adult section. That's it. Until 13/14, you were stuck with a juvenile library card (unless you got explicit permission from a parent). The age of the protagonist wasn't really a factor (except incidentally) in which section of the library a book was shelved. It was based on content, language and reading level (who decided, I have no clue).

[meeera]

When do people think YA had its advent as a category? I know I was browsing/borrowing in the YA section of the public library in the early 1980s (possibly late 1970s). But I see a lot of people speaking as though it's something that was invented by marketers around the turn of the century or something.

[DiapDealer]

I graduated from High School in the mid-eighties and YA certainly never appeared anywhere in my public library's card catalog. If it was around before that, it wasn't universally accepted/utilized... regardless of when the term might have been coined. Because I lived in libraries/bookstores during the '70s, '80s and most of the '90s.

[Joykins]

I haunted the libraries from 1979 and there was always a YA section. Adjacent to the romance sectio as it happens. That's where I discovered my predilection for racy historical sagas (they were in both sections!) Luckily my mom signed that I could check out anything.

[androidrooting]

I think it is referring to 18 and above age.
When you are already 18 I think it opens up all the privileges in life.
especially "LOVE"

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by androidrooting

When you are already 18 I think it opens up all the privileges in life.
especially "LOVE"

Bowm chicka bowm bowm.

[elemenoP]

Originally Posted by androidrooting

I think it is referring to 18 and above age.
When you are already 18 I think it opens up all the privileges in life.
especially "LOVE"

and getting drafted.

[Joykins]

Originally Posted by elemenoP

and getting drafted.

The last time an American soldier was drafted was in 1972. I doubt it's high on the minds of young people these days.

[xg4bx]

Originally Posted by Joykins

The last time an American soldier was drafted was in 1972. I doubt it's high on the minds of young people these days.

Not to get political but it kinda should be. There's a few ''mandatory national service'' bills floating around in D.C.

http://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/m...6#.UTbMGt1OnDk

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Bowm chicka bowm bowm.

That's not love. That's porn. Bad 70s porn at that.

[Joykins]

Originally Posted by xg4bx

Not to get political but it kinda should be. There's a few ''mandatory national service'' bills floating around in D.C.

http://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/m...6#.UTbMGt1OnDk

not to go on too much of a digression, but it's well-known that the military doesn't want a draft (weird old Charlie Rangel notwithstanding). They don't need a huge supply of warm bodies; they want professional soldiers who can fight high-tech wars.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's not love. That's porn. Bad 70s porn at that.

Suddenly, I'm hearing that sound that's used when adults are speaking in the Peanuts cartoons.