tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525933411758850207.post1767566239505039914..comments2023-10-02T09:15:04.756-04:00Comments on The Grammarian's Reviews: Drawing the line between MG & YA.Alissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09419017172433094292noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525933411758850207.post-8580857486099417142011-03-20T20:23:34.099-04:002011-03-20T20:23:34.099-04:00Awesome, awesome post!!
To me, MG is more about t...Awesome, awesome post!!<br /><br />To me, MG is more about the younger age of the characters and the lighter subject matter the novel deals with.<br /><br />The HP series is sort of an interesting exception because it really did start out as MG when they were younger but then about midway through, for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to me, I would say it started moving to YA when it started taking on a darker tone...Midnight Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13066607315430568010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525933411758850207.post-85344054991003189952011-03-19T21:23:28.241-04:002011-03-19T21:23:28.241-04:00College is such an untapped market. I would love t...College is such an untapped market. I would love to read stories about college characters because it's this whole new world of trying to grow up, but still wanting to be a kid at the same time. It's an exciting and scary time and it would be an awesome landscape to put some extraordinary stories in.Najelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529650047480022627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525933411758850207.post-54791957732626725882011-03-17T23:21:56.195-04:002011-03-17T23:21:56.195-04:00You know, I really crave for YA that centers aroun...You know, I really crave for YA that centers around the college age. Because you're right! College kids are teenagers too... I'm pretty sure there would be a market for college-aged books for older teens.<br /><br />I think if it's part of a series, you can definitely tell when the writing shifts audiences from MG to YA. I think the Percy Jackson series is a good example. I can definitely tell when Percy is starting to mature. It's kind of cute.Cialina at Muggle-Born.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15149012619221886587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525933411758850207.post-20011982319195928262011-03-17T22:21:45.770-04:002011-03-17T22:21:45.770-04:00I think that age is the main factor for me, then p...I think that age is the main factor for me, then probably romance, though I've read some really cute MG books with sweet first-love type stories, and love them.<br /><br />Great Post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525933411758850207.post-90573464321265799712011-03-17T14:21:36.154-04:002011-03-17T14:21:36.154-04:00For me I always think about age first. If I see th...For me I always think about age first. If I see that a character is under 14 I definitely tend to stay away from it, just because those books don't really speak to me in the same way that YA still does, even though I'm in my 20s. So yah, age is a big factor with what I classify as middle grade. But reading those descriptions of the other two, those are big ones, in what the tone of the book is.Ashley @ Book Labyrinthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395484656811182553noreply@blogger.com