[OYAN] Chicklit vs. ?

[Danielle Jones]

I like Lisa's  "Friendship and Courting" a lot - it really sums up the
subject matter. If you want to be boring, but have some flexibility "From a
Female POV" and "From a Male POV."


On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Lisa Elliott <lisae at tigard-or.gov> wrote:

>  Hi Stacy! I agree that the term “Chick Lit” is limiting to the varied
> readers who enjoyed it, or would if they gave it a chance. Are you going to
> be labeling the books or just putting them into different sections? Maybe
> you can make a category up if you don’t have to choose a specific sticker.
> How about “Friendship and Courting?”
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> -L
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> Lisa Elliott
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> Young Adult Librarian
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> Tigard Public Library
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> lisae at tigard-or.gov
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> *From:* Stacy Johns [mailto:s.johns at newportlibrary.org]
> *Sent:* Friday, August 08, 2014 10:19 AM
> *To:* 'oyan at listsmart.osl.state.or.us'
> *Subject:* [OYAN] Chicklit vs. ?
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> Hi All!
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> I’m working on splitting my smallish (2000 item) YA section into genres,
> and one of the genres is, in essence “CHICK LIT.”    (It’s light, it
> focuses as much or more on friendship than romance, it can sometimes be a
> little bit steamy, it’s often humorous.)
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> I have mixed feeling about the term--  between “it’s derogatory” and “it
> is what it is”—plus there are boys who like them, and books with male main
> characters, gay or straight.
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> Any thoughts on alternative terminology for the signs?  Or a defense of
> the term “Chick lit”?  What do y’all think?
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> Thanks much!
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> Stacy Johns
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> YA Collection Development
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> Newport Library
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Danielle Jones
YALSA's 2015 Alex Award Administrative Assistant
Oregon Library Association Children's Services Division CSLP Chair
Oregon Young Adult Network Secretary
work email daniellej at multco.us
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