YA Bloggers Want...Originality! Dystopian! The Neverending Shelf

Welcome back to another installment of the astonishingly popular chronicles of What YA Bloggers Want. Today I am thrilled to welcome Kate from The Neverending Shelf! Kate was a a very early fan of TELL ME A SECRET through Other Shelf Tours, and I am grateful for her kind words about the book. It's an honor to turn the blog over to her to chat about...dystopian, of course!

Welcome, Kate!

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What YA bloggers want? More Dystopian novels!
Why? Because each one usually offers something completely different. For me, there is nothing like reading a dystopian novel. I love reading about a society that has been destroyed/altered and what the outcome is like. They transport me into a another society... time period that I cannot experience currently. It is the ultimate escape.

Something else I want on the YA shelf is more originality. I love, love authors that think outside the box. As a reader, I crave those novels that offer something that I have not seen before. Whether it is a twist on a classic tale or a new original tale, I just need something that will make me believe that this novel is offering something special. Something that I cannot find anywhere else.

Want to get to know me better as a reader? Here are a few of my all-time favorite YA novels:

The Looking Glass Wars (Looking Glass Wars, #1) by Frank Beddor
Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods, #1) by Melissa de la Cruz
Uglies (Uglies, #1) by Scott Westerfeld
Skin Hunger (A Resurrection of Magic, #1) by Kathleen Duey
*****Thank you for stopping by, Kate!
Readers, are you mad about dystopian? Do you think it will be fly-by-night, or do you think it's here to stay as a major force in YA lit? Do you think the series factor has anything to do with their popularity? And I'd be especially curious to know if anyone has written about about modern dystopians for any kind of school writing assignment. Tell us!
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