I read horror, short stories of all genres and lesser known literature (or 'general fiction') which I like to write about, and here I am, with my two university degrees, adult writing and adult reading, caught in public reading a YA novel! For shame! Personally I'm an adult reader of adult fiction, I enjoy the classics, Eastern European fiction and things on the darker side.

I have not jumped onto the YA bandwagon, and don't plan to write any YA material myself, and yet I am glad that there is an emphasis on YA fiction since it promotes literacy and gets people to unplug themselves from social media and be handed some form of food for thought. Perhaps that says a good amount about me, needing to be told the genre of this book, or any mainstream book, but whatever the analysis I was a bit sorry to have made that discovery, since it prejudiced my reading a little. I ended up starting with Slam simply because I had a copy lying around that a neighbour had tossed away, and I was only half-way through when I learned that Slam is a Young Adult novel. Indeed, High Fidelity and About a Boy seem the most popular. Look for other reviews, quite all over the place, of Slam at Goodreads.įans of Nick Hornby will recommend any other book of his as a launching pad to get to know the author. _, Slam, London & New York: Penguin Books, 2008. Hornby, Nick, Slam, London: Putnam Books, 2007.

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