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Top Ten Reasons We Love YA Literature
We at Girls in the Stacks love reading Young Adult literature! While we may be more on the “A” side of YA (*ahem*), these books take us back to our wonder years and remind us of our lives before careers, kids and mortgages. For us, YA is about adventure, discovery, first romances and coming of age – can you blame us for wanting more?
So, in fitting #nerdybookclub style we give you our TOP TEN REASONS WE LOVE YA – using some great YA titles.
10. YA is CATCHING FIRE and we want to tell all our PEEPS, and THE OUTSIDERS, their many virtues.
9. We never feel like LITTLE WOMEN when we read YA, instead they make us feel like BEAUTIFUL CREATURES.
8. They’re quick reads so we don’t have to LINGER on one book too long, we can read them STUPID FAST.
7. YA books SHINE like no other, their plots and characters make us SHIVER with delight, FOREVER.
6. We feel like REBEL ANGELS when we read them.
5. They are a HOOT and we love to go ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
4. Each and every time we pick up a book it’s like a CHAMBER OF SECRETS waiting to be explored.
3. They ILLUMINATE us, AWAKEN us and SPEAK to us, and sometimes leave us LOST FOR WORDS.
2. The RUMORS are true, we HUNGER for YA because they light our PANTS ON FIRE.
1. Really, there is no question about it; THE FUTURE OF US depends upon reading YA.
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The Girls in the STACKS are a dedicated group of book lovers comprised of librarians, writers and an extrovert. They like to think they bring their “A” game when it comes to YA literature with their spot-on reviews, witty commentary on their weekly podcast and their hilarious video interviews with authors they stalk, er, adore.
You can check them out here, at girlsinthestacks.com
Nerdy Book Club 
I love that you Girls in the Stacks love to read, and you proudly exclaim your love for YA. That means that at some point somewhere on your life journey from youth to adult you chose to be readers. You saw the value in story and the value of being a part of a reading community. That is what I hope for my students: I want them to become life-long readers. I imagine that all of us Nerdy Book Clubbers have a book that gave us our first perfect book experience. Mine was ANNE of GREEN GABLES. I’d love to know some of yours.
Proof that I need to be in the Nerdy Book Club, I looked up every title in your post I didn’t know. Thanks for sharing your love of reading and recommending titles at the same time.
Words cannot express how much I love this post!
Your forget that the boys are so dreamy they make me WITHER with FEVER!
Jac @ For Love and Books
Fun, clever, and great titles, too.
Keep at it, “girls”, you’re never too old for YA (spoken as a really old “girl”.)
Love this! So clever, so fun! Have bookmarked girlsinthestacks & look forward to checking out more great content from you guys…um, I mean girls 🙂
Haha, thanks for letting us be a part of all the nerdiness!!!
Great way to do the post. Made me chuckle and great titles!
I love finding a new blog to follow & yours looks wonderful! My list will grow longer and I will go SPINNING THROUGH THE UNIVERSE because IT’S AS EASY AS FALLING OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. Here’s a big SMILE for you!
#4 is totally my fave because it is so true and the HP reference makes my heart sing. Hell, I’d even let THE BOOK THIEF steal my copy.