tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post2307066558171426873..comments2024-03-24T13:49:53.099-04:00Comments on Romance Books '4' Us: Guest Blog: Sue Grimshaw, Editor, Random House:, flirt, New Adult, Coming of Age -- pffftttt, it's all romance to me . . .Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-82995120884299433962013-10-03T01:04:37.522-04:002013-10-03T01:04:37.522-04:00It's nice to be able to read something from a ...It's nice to be able to read something from a fresh (and perhaps a bit naive) point of view.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822002034350514039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-27800785432454778242013-09-28T18:31:03.806-04:002013-09-28T18:31:03.806-04:00Thank you for sharing Random House's line, Fli...Thank you for sharing Random House's line, Flirt. I haven't read a lot of New Adult but I love the idea of second chances and romance with conflicts.<br /><br />Thanks!<br />Melissa <br />daringzoey at yahoo.comMelissa Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247037321769755660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-62506633966015144352013-09-28T13:06:47.814-04:002013-09-28T13:06:47.814-04:00OMG...just realized my Arbor U series could be cat...OMG...just realized my Arbor U series could be categorized New Adult!! College kids learning to live on their own, find love, and learn from their mistakes!<br /><br />I jokingly call it 'Young Adult Smut', since it's too graphic for YA, yet not graphic enough (with the exception of a few scenes in books #4-7, lol!) to be called 'Mainstream'. An editor told me four or five years ago I was writing Women's Fiction, but I think NA hits it a bit closer.<br /><br />Going to check out the books mentioned!Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-75854320175666795572013-09-28T12:55:48.647-04:002013-09-28T12:55:48.647-04:00I like to read stories in the New Adult theme beca...I like to read stories in the New Adult theme because it's wonderful to experience, again, that time when you're learning your place in the world with the newfound freedom of being a post-teen!Sofia G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-54591695980336413832013-09-28T12:18:27.591-04:002013-09-28T12:18:27.591-04:00Thanks Cara -- I think there are many interpretati...Thanks Cara -- I think there are many interpretations of the category or sub-genre and it will be interesting to see its longevity and /or if it will get gobbled up into the adult world of romance as just another sub-genre within -- regardless, readers will find these stories.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473783079321673576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-3242944999788887402013-09-28T10:57:18.634-04:002013-09-28T10:57:18.634-04:00Sue, thanks for explaining New Adult. I admit I wa...Sue, thanks for explaining New Adult. I admit I was confused as to what it is. I agree that a good story with conflict and deep POV is a good story, regardless of the ages of the protagonists. Cara Marsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384839120633419382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-52759270268432407192013-09-28T09:36:28.212-04:002013-09-28T09:36:28.212-04:00Thanks ladies, great comments. It definitely has ...Thanks ladies, great comments. It definitely has something to do with that first love. Also, that deep thought and introspection that Rose mentions is key -- and a TSTL heroine just never works -- unless she can wise-up at some point. Anxious to hear what everyone has to say - thanks RB4U for having flirt/me here today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-2809935149615190842013-09-28T06:45:58.093-04:002013-09-28T06:45:58.093-04:00I've always enjoyed conflict and resolution in...I've always enjoyed conflict and resolution in romance because life goes like that sometimes. But I have no patience for stupid. To me, the best novels have deep thought and introspection on important issues in the tale. I guess the best way to say this is I'd prefer reading about a Hermione over a Bella any day.Rose Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429566802562925080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-35348834919659243132013-09-28T05:59:17.459-04:002013-09-28T05:59:17.459-04:00First serious love that you could see going all th...First serious love that you could see going all the way, clean slate of life so to speak. Lynn Cahoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12075459480706211807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-77630145500516604232013-09-28T03:15:54.429-04:002013-09-28T03:15:54.429-04:00I think people like the young idealistic love that...I think people like the young idealistic love that comes before the more cautious love that a few hard knocks tend to color. There's a freedom with young people that vanishes after a few years of adulthood. I think people have been reading these stories forever. It's just been recently given its own place on the shelves. E. Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01434761738048963826noreply@blogger.com