tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523741214914719296.post3399370617659436905..comments2024-02-29T09:03:10.981+00:00Comments on Beautiful Bookish Butterflies: #PROMOTEYAINSTEAD: Slate, YA and Reading What You WantAmanda Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357839391966441808noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523741214914719296.post-27129922192557949002014-06-12T15:39:01.371+01:002014-06-12T15:39:01.371+01:00Thank you hunny! :) Well said too, we should read ...Thank you hunny! :) Well said too, we should read whatever we want to read, right? :)Amanda Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357839391966441808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523741214914719296.post-45854682992873181742014-06-11T09:38:30.378+01:002014-06-11T09:38:30.378+01:00Great post, Amanda! A really good response to the ...Great post, Amanda! A really good response to the article! Personally, I think this person is either a book snob or a troll. Either way, it's supposedly a free society - if a guy wants to read chick-lit good for him, if a girl wants to read a book on engineering whoopie for her, and if I (at 24) want to read a Roald Dahl book aimed at young children never mind young adults then I bloody well will :)confessionsofabookgeekhttp://confessionsofabookgeek.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523741214914719296.post-81468657283373699372014-06-06T18:49:13.505+01:002014-06-06T18:49:13.505+01:00Thank you for liking it! I wasn't sure whether...Thank you for liking it! I wasn't sure whether people would hate me for speaking out and targeting the article, so it's good that people are seeing it from my perspective instead. It was an angering article and was a foolsih thing to publish!Amanda Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357839391966441808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523741214914719296.post-36975746480384236872014-06-06T18:41:22.848+01:002014-06-06T18:41:22.848+01:00Amanda, thanks so much for this! Such an amazing r...Amanda, thanks so much for this! Such an amazing reply to such a stupid article. I definitely feel like that article is written JUST to get a reaction. The Slate article got me soooo mad, could barely read that as it was making me so angry and annoyed. Clearly they haven't read many YA books before because they don't seem to have very much knowledge about it. Great response, love this <3Reviews from a Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523741214914719296.post-9974504906803247862014-06-06T18:39:13.340+01:002014-06-06T18:39:13.340+01:00Thank you Annamaria! Sometimes, I completely agree...Thank you Annamaria! Sometimes, I completely agree with you! :DAmanda Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357839391966441808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523741214914719296.post-40679740469720720832014-06-06T18:38:41.735+01:002014-06-06T18:38:41.735+01:00I know! I really just had to get my thoughts and o...I know! I really just had to get my thoughts and opinions on the article out there! :)Amanda Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357839391966441808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523741214914719296.post-27121626899992594522014-06-06T17:19:23.805+01:002014-06-06T17:19:23.805+01:00amanda, thanks for the rebuttal. i enjoyed reading...amanda, thanks for the rebuttal. i enjoyed reading your article. the slate one... when i got to page 2 i just couldn't read anymore... i'm an avid ya book reader and writer... sometimes i think people talk for the sole purpose of hearing themselves talkAnnamariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04891891760725152866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523741214914719296.post-83507468601918624982014-06-06T04:01:49.200+01:002014-06-06T04:01:49.200+01:00Wow, what an unbelievably single-minded article, a...Wow, what an unbelievably single-minded article, and a load of rubbish at that! People who think with this type of mindset are not personally affected by the choices others make, so why do they insist on acting as if their opinion is the only correct one and feel the need to bash something that they obviously don't understand?! Ugh, it makes me feel so frustrated!Ebony Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065013357892944156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523741214914719296.post-51444395747945741852014-06-06T00:58:20.375+01:002014-06-06T00:58:20.375+01:00I know Tiffany. I certainly seemed as though there...I know Tiffany. I certainly seemed as though there was some sense of being better than others and intending to make people feel worse about themselves for no reason. YA has already taken a beating lately with things said about BEA and other issues, I'm sure the more than gets said to put it down, the firmer we stand against the claims.Amanda Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357839391966441808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523741214914719296.post-25105794227003422462014-06-06T00:43:28.257+01:002014-06-06T00:43:28.257+01:00Wow. I cannot believe that article. Sounds like so...Wow. I cannot believe that article. Sounds like someone thinks they are better than other people, and is trying to express that feeling by bashing YA, which is ridiculous. I feel sorry for them, really. They cannot see just how much YA has to offer for people. They're missing out on a hell of a lot. <br><br>Tiffany<br><a href="http://beneaththejacketreviews.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Beneath the Jacket Reviews</a>Tiffany Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06438087855840678107noreply@blogger.com