That was about to change. I started reading a few more YA books since I challenged myself to read all of the Nerdy Shortlist books from 2012. As I was enjoying those, I decided to go ahead and do the Printz Challenge to read all of the winners and honor books. I'm lovin' it!! And I have even more incentive to read YA for the Rich in Color blog I am part of now. It is so cool to have given myself "permission" to read what I enjoy most. I'm still reading elementary level books, but the amounts have flipped. I fully expect that after this bit of a binge, things will settle back to a more even split, but like Donalyn Miller in her Nerdybookclub post today, I don't want reading to just be an obligation. It is one of my avenues of recreation and stress relief. Donalyn reminded us of the Rights of a Reader.
I am holding on to #5 The Right to Read Anything.
I teach Children's Lit and Adolescent Lit at the college level and find that how much children's vs YA lit I read really varies from semester to semester. YA lit is also my main love, though I have a much greater appreciation for and enjoyment of children's lit now that I follow more of a "read anything" policy rather than trying to force myself to read the books I think I ought to have read. I've been trying to do a Newbery Challenge and let me say, that could really destroy a person's love of reading! (I'm trying out some of the winners from the 1920s right now. Ugh!)
ReplyDeleteI completely agree about those early Newberys. Seriously ugh!
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