Is it coincidence that both the authors of the Hunger Games series and the Twilight series are coming out with new spin-off installments of their series? Perhaps. It might be that there were whisperings within the industry about one that prompted the other. Or maybe enough years had passed that people thought it time to reap upon nostalgia. And perhaps it is just coincidence. Its especially an interesting time to tap into the nostalgia reservoirs. Remembering that there was a time when YA novels were actually much talked about in my friend circles, I’ve gone back to listen to some of the soundtracks to the movie adaptations of those series, which manage to pull me back into my teenage years like covers drawn from the bed. I watched a few Booktubers talk about their lackluster experience reading A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and ended up talking with a couple friends about the books we read as teenagers, adding selections to a list our friend who was a high school teacher planned to recommend to his students – and as much warm fuzzies that the genre’s nostalgia gives me, I’m still able to notice how completely removed those experiences are from the present. Although YA books are read and loved by people of all ages, I’ve noticed that I’m unable to enjoy YA in the same way I did as a teenager. And that’s to be expected. Our relationship with reading and books changes over the course of our lives. But I guess it’s a little sad to realize how diminished the feelings and reactions are with a particular genre. How we’ll never quite have that same relationship; and yet, some of those feelings are able to resurface just when you least expect it.
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