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The Blind FraggleSo now there's a new breakdown of books, new adult. What the...
Kids
Middle Grade
Young Adult
New Adult
Just making it easier to say, "people over this age shouldn't read this book" and what are people over 35 supposed to read? Obviously there should be a distinction between kids and adults books for things like language, violence and themes, but I think that's about all you need.
Asta@Fragglemuppet@fandom.ink Adults absolutely can read any of the books you listed, it's more to make sure kids have a suitable genre for them to find easily. 8 year olds and 14 year olds might read very different kind of books, or they might be like I was at 14 and already move to the adult section. Kids can read whatever they want to, too, but the age listings help find things that are more likely to be suitable for them.
Adam@Fragglemuppet@fandom.ink limited anecdotal counterpoint: I figure I aged out of the YA reading demographic by about 14 and am now coming up on 40, and I've been enjoying ACOTAR. From that narrow experience, it feels like while new adult is targeted younger, it's still engaging past that point (unlike my experience with most YA fiction)
tinkerｑβ§π¦Λβ½wolf@Fragglemuppet@fandom.ink This a million percent.
I think the designations should be shaken up quite a bit. For example, the libraries could occasionally re-organize the books by color based on Roy G. Biv, complete with facts about colors. Like purple isn't a real color, it's entirely man-made or talk about where browns or pinks go in the Roy G. Biv spectrum...
Each time I go to my library, there's a table where books intended for younger readers [teens, grade-school age] are selected for display. That's how I found a book called "How to Money" -- I'm still working on reading it, but it looks very promising for helping me better understand that aspect of my 40-year life thus far... But the point is, I think it would be awesome if each month, the entire library changed things up a bit -- the entire library could display one specific theme [as long as it's decent or discreetly done].
Asta@ishe@cupoftea.social @Fragglemuppet@fandom.ink Having worked in a library, that's a lot of books to rearrange and plan for! Not very easily done, although a fun idea.
tinkerｑβ§π¦Λβ½wolf@asta@mementomori.social @Fragglemuppet@fandom.ink I was once a library assistant for a summer. You're absolutely correct. A lot of my ideas are rooted in wishful thinking, lol. But yes. That's so many books to rearrange.