I love YA books.

Yes, I am 28 years old, not exactly considered a “young adult” by the book industry, but I have discovered YA fiction once again.

I’m not sure how old I was when I stopped reading YA. I started reading adult fiction when I was about ten along with YA fiction. I guess I was somewhere around 15 when I started phasing YA fiction out. I’m sure it had to do with the fact that at that age I wanted to be older and wiser; I longed to be an adult. So out with the old and in with the new, and I let go of my favorite authors like Christopher Pike, Lois Duncan and Barthe DeClements.

Then about a 6 months ago I was at the library (trying again to read borrowed books and not my own) and I picked up The Giver by Lois Lowry. I have always wanted to read it, mainly because of the controversy surrounding it, and I loved it. Alas, my love affair with YA began there.

Since then I have read some really great YA books, and added many to my TBR (to be read) pile. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is one of my all time favorite books now and I cannot wait to read the rest of the trilogy. I loved Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and I thought Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson was excellent with a good message and great sarcastic humour.

So if you see me reviewing books that your kids are reading, now you know why, and you might want to pick them up and read them too.