Books Today

I am disappointed by the selection of books in bookstores today.

A couple things are definite: 1) Everything by John Green (and y'all know I do not appreciate John Green as an author), 2) The Hunger Games trilogy, 3) I'm not actually in a bookstore now so I can't tell you exactly, but pretty much any other super popular series — like Divergent.

Then the rest are just disappointing. My friend says that when she was at a book store a few months ago, she decided to not just window shop, but actually read the description of each book. She got to the second rack and couldn't go on because everything sounded exactly the same. And everything is pretty much a romance.

Now, I don't have any problems with romance, but the way romances are written today just sickens me. They'll be a strong female character that pretty much ruins her already screwed-up life for a guy — never anything but heterosexual females with 1st-world problems. Except in paranormal romances, where the girl is either in love with a vampire or is a vampire.

Even looking at the covers of the books sickens me. Every book — especially paranormal romances — has the same cover. I won't explain it — you can see for yourself. But it pretty much makes me want to figuratively die.

I understand that to a certain extent, most teenagers — excuse me, young adults — are looking for something like that, but that doesn't mean that authors can't be more creative. Some of the best series' that I've read don't include romance, or if they do, it isn't the main focus.

Please. Just please.

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