Article in RA News: Scuse me while I kiss this guy
Who doesn't love love? Summer is always a perfect time for romance, which makes it the perfect time to blatantly self-promote!
Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy: Guy-centric YA romance is the featured article in the June 2008 edition of Readers' Advisor News. I've noticed that in the last few years more and more guy-centric romances for teens have been published and become popular. My personal theory is that the books are following movies, but you can read a little more about that in the article.
And feel free to add your favorite guy romances in the comments!
Labels: blatant self promotion, reader's advisory
2 Comments:
At 1:00 PM,
Angie said…
Hi Carlie! It was super-exciting to meet you at ALA and a good reminder that I need to be a better commentor, so here I am! :)
That was a great article, I think you really touched on some key appeal and reason for this trend.
I'd also like to mention two books that feature guy's POV and are somewhat similar:
Hail Caesar by Thu-Huong Ha and Played by Dana Davidson.
They focus on how guys who are "players" learn how to deal with the consequences and impact of having a "real" relationships. Hail Caesar, especially, has proven to be a big hit with my TAG.
Also, might we consider that this trend traces back to Rob Thomas's brilliant Rats Saw God?
Thanks for writing this!
At 7:48 PM,
Carlie said…
Angie, your comment is muchly appreciated! Thanks for commenting about those two books; I haven't read either of them, which is completely pathetic considering they were both nominated for Popular Paperbacks (but only one is in my library system).
Rats Saw God IS brilliant. I think it opened the doors for a lot of guy-centric romance. I also think it regained a little popularity back when Veronica Mars was still on. I'm sure there are a lot of factors that contribute to guy romance popularity and RSG is one of them.
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