tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177998667440806027.post4354454379283592203..comments2023-07-06T09:33:53.605-04:00Comments on The Word Digger: Discussion: Genres Kierrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03882406677613292716noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177998667440806027.post-37047771519451092682013-02-27T17:17:26.637-05:002013-02-27T17:17:26.637-05:00I do agree with you that high school ya books are ...I do agree with you that high school ya books are probably the worst contemporary. ALthough, I do also agree with Dorothy that adult books can be just as bad( most of them probably aren't). But, then again, I know ALOT of people who adore contemporary, and I sometimes even enjoy it, but most times I just find it too predictable. And other times, I don't mind that it is predictable...I just might be in the mood! P.S. I usually don't read adult contemporary simply because I'm only 15 and if my mother ever caught me reading that I would be in alot of trouble ;) So I probably shouldn't judge adult-ish contemporary based off of other's opinions. Kierrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882406677613292716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177998667440806027.post-68787364302319118992013-02-27T02:57:24.551-05:002013-02-27T02:57:24.551-05:00Not just high school. I read one recently about a ...Not just high school. I read one recently about a business woman who had to choose between two men. She couldn't decide. The "right" guy left her. She made it up to him. Wedding.<br /><br />I dare you to try and figure out which book it it, lol. I can think of three off the top of my head that could fit that description.<br /><br />But you are totally right about it being the romances that circle around each other. I'm actually quite fond of contemporary stories that focus on some sort of action or devastation, etc, etc. If the MC happens to fall in love along the way, all's the better, haha.Dorothy Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957186943801380768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177998667440806027.post-8397880236137337592013-02-27T02:53:45.571-05:002013-02-27T02:53:45.571-05:00Great post! I feel exactly the same way about cont...Great post! I feel exactly the same way about contemporary. It's not that the books are badly written, but that there are only so many ways the author can go. Get together. Don't get together. Get together, break up, and get back together. And then there are the love triangles -_-<br /><br />I love romance, but a book that revolves around it will have no other direction to take save the same road every other romance centralist has gone. Wizardry, apocalyptic, or murder-mayhem with a side of romance, however, are my bread and butter.<br /><br />I'm not a huge fan of the sub-genre paranormal, only because vamps and werewolves seem to be the central theme there, and I can go without, thanks very much. I'm iffy on ghosts and angels, but give me any other creature and I'm totally game. Epic fantasies are of course a favorite of mine. Ugh. LOVE. I just can't get over it, lol.<br /><br />And Sci-Fi! Gotta love me some aliens, teleportation, and super-heal-anything-drugs, haha. I like dystopian, for sure, but I don't like the general formula all dystopians seem forced into. Sometimes it seems like an author says, "I'm going to write dystopian!" instead of just writing their story and categorizing it later. I'm more a fan of sci-fi books like Cinder (which I wouldn't classify as dystopian) or The Host.<br /><br />History. LOVE history. You're so right that some historical writers have a problem with over-informing the reader, but if it's done right... so good! One of my favorite stories that does history right (though series-wise it isn't great) is the Bloody Jack series. The lingo, the setting. It's a wonderful passport into a time long past without boring the reader with "Look, I did my research!" details. Dorothy Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957186943801380768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177998667440806027.post-66854164819533885102013-02-26T03:36:30.506-05:002013-02-26T03:36:30.506-05:00Not all contemporaries are like that- just the con...Not all contemporaries are like that- just the contemporary romances (and usually set in high school). Which, admittedly, is most of what you're going to get if you confine yourself to YA.Kirsten!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10348539280521809973noreply@blogger.com