Obviously they have to be trolling.
"Adults shouldn't read YA fiction"
Nobody could be that cluesless.
Or could they?
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate...t-books?ref=nf
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The only thing more embarrassing than catching a guy on the plane looking at pornography on his computer is seeing a guy on the plane reading “The Hunger Games.” Or a Twilight book. Or Harry Potter. The only time I’m O.K. with an adult holding a children’s book is if he’s moving his mouth as he reads.
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The comments are amusing.
Tells us where the NYT stands these days, huh?
(Those *are* the same guys who think Jennifer Lawrence is too fat to play an athletic backwoods huntress.)
They did feature dissenting opinions, though:
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate...-not-kid-stuff
But even that is more than a bit condescending.
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For a young adult audience, authors have to be at the top of our game. Were competing with Facebook and smartphones, DVRs and iPods -- not to mention SATs and extracurriculars. We have to capture and hold our readers’ (limited) attention on Page 1 and sustain it until the end.
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