"Adults Should Read Adult Books" anyone else bugged by this?

[CrazyCatPony]

maybe he should read the books he is talking about before he judges people! i read all kinds of stuff....after i read hunger games, my mom did, then my step dad did.... what i read has no bareing on my intellegence!
 

[rosierjay]

sounds like a total jerk. i read nothing but children's books. and occasionally i'll read a teen book.
pretty close-minded.

[Kiwi]

Idiot! Some of my favourite books are in the "Scholastic" club. Harry Potter, Guardians of Ga'Hoole, BSC, Animorphs. The most "adult" I have is VC Andrews, and we have a bunch of sci-fi/fantasy/fiction ones (Wheel of Time, Dragonlance, etc).

Read what you enjoy, it's not affecting anyone else!
I read before bed to wind down, I don't want something super heavy that's going to weigh on my mind all night when I'm trying to sleep. I want something I can enjoy and relax with, and then be able to sleep afterwards.

[Saber-Toothed Crow]

This guy sounds like he has a bug up his nose.

I read "adult" books. I read YA books. And you know what? Many of the books I enjoy most are books aimed at a younger audience. They're fun, imaginative stories and a great source of entertainment. I still have my entire collection of Animorphs books and am actively attempting to finish my childhood series of Dinotopia and The Black Stallion. They sit proudly on the shelf beside my Jane Austen and my Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I will continue to read whatever I like, thank you.

[bewilderness]

I feel sorry for people with this attitude.  They're missing out on a lot of great books.  *clutches Harry Potter books to chest*

[Neon Sparkle]

This guy is a complete idiot shouldn't be taken seriously.

I can't even count the number of adults I know and work with who read books like The Hunger Games and Twilight, and I've never thought of them as 'Kids' books. Is this idiot even aware that there are editions of the Harry Potter books that are specifically geared and marketed towards adults? How is reading these kinds of books even remotely akin to looking at pornography?

I guess this person would be extremely offended by my reading preferences then, considering I love books like the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Dork Diaries, and even books geared towards much younger demographics such as Curious George, Clifford, The Magic Schoolbus, Madeline, Eloise Pinkalicious, Ladybug Girl, Dr. Seuss, Winnie The Pooh, and many others.

Now granted, my job happens to be a profession that affords me the opportunity to read to children often, but I most certainly would not be purchasing these kinds of books if I did not enjoy them myself, and they ARE mine.

What gives this guy the right to decide what people should and should not read? as long as you can read what it says, a book is a book and should be able to be enjoyed by anyone without scrutiny.

[Koudoawaia]

Wow is that person ever judgmental. My belief is that as long as you enjoy reading it, who cares what age range it was written for. I still enjoy plenty of books that are well below my age range and I honestly don't find a lot of adult fiction all that interesting with the exception of fantasy.

[StoryDreamer]

Typical pretentious Brooklynite. Love how to had to mention David Foster Wallace. Jerk. Read what you like dude.

[Stuntmang]

Man, who cares about the age suggestions. Do what you like, read what you want, don't feel like you have to let things go or like things just because they're in your age group.

[Beachball]

I wonder what he'd say about comic books. Would he pass them all off as children's magazines because they're collections of drawings?

[aellos]

HAHAHAH wow. Yeah, dumb article there.

Honestly, I read YA books now because when I was younger I read a lot of older adult books. SO NEYAH

[HavACrumpet452]

I myself am a huge fan of writers like Steinbeck AND I collect children's books. I find kids books fun and endearing. I see children's book thrown out all the time at the elementary school I work at just because they are old. Hello, how does fiction get old? I hate to think that some of the good out-of-print children's books will just be a fragment of the past. I revisit my childhood books all the time.

[DazzleKitty]

It's absolutely shallow for anyone to say such things. Who cares what a person enjoys? The people who care about that are just conforming to the silly standards of society. Life is far too enjoy to deny yourself something you enjoy.

[kiwimlp]

to the writer of that article.  Read whatever you like, I say!

[allhallowsevepony]

Haha. That guy sure has a lot of butthurt going on there. He obviously needs an injection of pony in his dreary life.

That said, anyone caught reading Twilight or Twilight fanfiction (regardless of age, sex, etc) should be very embarrassed