I’m a YA blogger. 100% of the books I read are YA, pure and simple. Until September 29, 2019, you could count on this. That’s when I picked up and finished Red, White & Royal Blue within a single day and became an immediate fan of adult literature. Before then, I’d always dismissed the genre out of hand, thinking it couldn’t be as entertaining or topical as YA. No, all adult books were dry stories about divorce and death, and weren’t for me.
I have never been so happy to be wrong. I’ve stepped inside a magical world, full of grit and relatable characters. I suppose this is what “growing up” is supposed to feel like. I devoured Ninth House yet—a novel full of both fantasy horror and the mundanity of real life, from one of my favorite YA authors. That book imprinted itself upon my soul, and I am so ready for more. I thought for the longest time that these were isolated incidents, and I couldn’t possibly want to read more adult lit. This is not to say that The Baroness of Books is going to be reinvented—I still read a majority YA books, and I don’t see that changing for a long time. They brought out a magic inside of me that I didn’t realize I had, ignited my love of writing, and connected me with a fantastic bookish community. YA will still be the heart of my content, but I hope no one would oppose some crossover content! For starters: Being new to the genre, I have no idea what I should read first, so here are some of the first books I want to read:
The more I think about it, the more I know how right this is. Growing as a reader is inevitable, especially the books we read shape us for the ones we’re about to discover. And I’m so ready to jump into a whole new set of stories. What do you think? Let me know in the comments how your reading taste has changed over the years!
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