It's Sex in Teen Lit Month. Didn't you know that's what it was? I actually just found out today, and not a second too soon. How fabulous. I inadvertently picked a doozy of a book on which to kick it off: Garret Freymann-Weyr's After the Moment. I don't have the time the book deserves to fully weigh in right now, but I will make a priority to get to it next week not only because it lingers in my mind even now, days after I finished it, but because it presents an interesting way to apply ideas about teenagers and sex. And so much more.
As for Grace Dent's super hilarious and unexpectedly sweet Diary of a Chav, I really enjoyed it and laughed out loud more than once. I'm looking forward to reading its follow-up, but I have to say (and this goes for you, too, Miss Georgia Nicholson), I do so wish that these books would ease up on the thoughtless homophobic comments. For me, they add nothing to the story or the characters. Just saying.
Happy July 4th to those who celebrate, Happy Summer (maybe? finally?), and of course, Happy Sex in Teen Lit Month!
Written material copyright 2009 Dawn A. Emerman
i didn't love diary of a chav as much as i'd hoped to. i liked it, and liked shiraz, but felt the other characters weren't as well developed. also, doesn't it say on the flap that this is grace dent's first YA novel? i'm pretty sure she is the same grace dent who wrote the LBD series, which was hardly great, but i actually liked a lot.
thanks for the info on sex in teen lit month! after the moment is about three books down in my pile, so i look forward to getting it read and seeing what you think.
Posted by: amanda | July 03, 2009 at 08:44 AM