Friday, October 2, 2009

It all started with Harry Potter

It all began in the late 90's with Harry Potter. We all started reading kids books, Harry sucked us right in. Worlds of mystery and adventure knocked the lid off of stuffy uptight fiction for grown ups. Then cam the 'Twilight' series with it's throngs of adults lined up to see if Jacob or Edward was going to win. But it's all over now, no more Harry Potter stories to whisk us away, no more endless romantic plots of Bella and Edward, no more teen bravado standoffs between vampire and werewolf to keep us going. Well guess what, there's an entire section of books in the bookstore filled with these fantastic plot lines. I call it the Teen Crack section. I frequent it, I read as many as I can. It's all I read. I did take a short pause to read Dan Browns new book, but other than that grown up books are pretty low on my list. Now I realize that I'm supposed to like adult books, and that I am reading to increase my intelligence and widen my horizons. Frankly, I want to escape into thin plot lines and easy characters, books that get to the point in less than 300 pages. I'm a busy person, I have a full time job, a husband and a son. So I need something that is quick, not too complex and most importantly good. It may sound like I'm trashing teen books or categorizing them with chick lit, dismissing them as frivolous fun, but I'm not, I love them, I'm a whore for the drama, the teen angst, the first loves and bad dates, the witches and vampires who yearn to be good. I'm not ashamed to be 32 and a reader of the teen crack. So if you too are looking for some good teen crack, something to get you through the day I'm your gal, I'll lead you in the right direction. I'm a dealer of the teen crack.:) So stay tuned if you want the skinny on the good teen stuff.

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