Comments on: Phases http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/01/phases/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Christine Jernigan http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/01/phases/comment-page-1/#comment-35852 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:45:42 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=8418#comment-35852 You might try Swagger by Lisa Bloom. Very compelling.

]]> By: sohbet http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/01/phases/comment-page-1/#comment-35732 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:37:16 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=8418#comment-35732 gooods blogos

]]> By: chat http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/01/phases/comment-page-1/#comment-35730 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:35:48 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=8418#comment-35730 enjoyed watching this funny video with asdas

]]> By: D. C. DaCosta http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/01/phases/comment-page-1/#comment-35589 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:33:41 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=8418#comment-35589 If you read a lot of the same genre in a short period of time, doesn’t it all become formulaic?

It seems to me that one would become increasingly critical of the underlying structure of the story and the cliches and conventions of the genre.

]]> By: Joelle http://www.dystel.com/blog/2013/01/phases/comment-page-1/#comment-35588 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:59:02 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=8418#comment-35588 When I was first trying to get over that hump of “almost but not quite” with my writing, I set about reading only YA (and some MG) for almost three years. It was great, but over the last couple of years, I’ve expanded a lot and now probably half my reading is adult – both fiction and nonfiction. Lately, as I’ve been struggling a bit with book number five (really number ten, but the first five don’t count!), I’m wondering if maybe I should drop some of this adult reading for a while and go back to only YA. But honestly, so much of the YA out there doens’t interest me now…at least what’s on my library shelves (tons of fantasy, paranormal, and gritty), so I guess that’s what’s pushed me toward adult, too.

Like you do with books, I do with food…I eat the same snack every day until I can’t stand the thought of it and then move on to a different one!

I know you’re looking for something besides contemporary YA, but have you read THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST? It’s so good!

For a totally different recommendation from YA, have you tried Canadaian writer Louise Penny? She writes a literary mystery series. I’ve only read the first one, but many Canadians have read the whole series and can’t wait for the next.

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