http://www.metafilter.com/tags/youngadults Posts tagged with 'youngadults' at MetaFilter. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:41:11 -0800 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:41:11 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/121228/The%2DKids%2Dare%2DAll%2DRight%2DA%2Dhigher%2Dpercentage%2Dof%2DAmericans%2Dunder%2D30%2Dread%2Dfor%2Dpleasure%2Dthan%2Dthose%2Dover%2D30 <a href="http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/10/23/younger-americans-reading-and-library-habits/">Younger Americans' Reading and Library Habits:</a> "The Pew Research Center’s Internet &amp; American Life Project has taken a special look at readers between the ages of 16 and 29... This report examines how they encounter and consume books in different formats. It flows out of a larger effort to assess the reading habits of all Americans ages 16 and older as e-books change the reading landscape and the borrowing services of libraries." tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.121228 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:41:11 -0800 libraries pew readers reading study youngadults ocherdraco http://www.metafilter.com/104494/Doom%2Dand%2DGloom%2Don%2DYoung%2DAdults%2DBookshelves Is contemporary young adult fiction too dark for its intended audience? Meghan Cox Gurdon, writing in the Wall Street Journal <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576357622592697038.html">thinks so</a>. Publishers Weekly blogger Josie Leavitt <a href="http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/?p=5015">disagrees</a>, as does YA author <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/06/09/why-the-best-kids-books-are-written-in-blood/">Sherman Alexie</a>. Other reactions <a href="http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2011/06/06/WSJ_young_adult_literature_too_dark">here</a> and <a href="http://bookingthrough365.blogspot.com/2011/06/there-are-whole-lives-in-these.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FsAHH+%28Booking+Through+365%29">here</a>. Via <a href="http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/">The Reader's Advisor Online Blog</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.104494 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:46:58 -0800 fiction YAbooks youngadults Daily Alice http://www.metafilter.com/23200/Dr%2DKraws%2DGuide%2Dto%2DBetter%2DLiving%2Dfor%2DYoung%2DAdults%2Dat%2DRisk <a href="http://secret-passage.com/kraw/index.html">Dr. Kraw's Guide to Better Living for Young Adults at Risk.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.23200 Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:34:36 -0800 BrokenLink DrKraw YoungAdults holloway