Comments on: Cross – what?

By: Little Willow

Little Willow — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:39:26 +0000

It’s just reading. Crossover is fine – that applies to any book/movie/story/song/anything that reaches more than just its target market/audience/genre.

Cross under sounds condescending.

By: Minor Musings « Venn Librarian

Minor Musings « Venn Librarian — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:30:12 +0000

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By: Links Galore « Annie Cardi

Links Galore « Annie Cardi — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:08:03 +0000

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By: Liz B

Liz B — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:41:32 +0000

so far, the results of the poll: 23.1% say cross over; none say cross under; and 79.5 % say just reading.

By: Liz B

Liz B — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:23:21 +0000

Kelly, it’ll be interesting to see if they keep using if, even if they are the only one.

Melissa, true that.

Stephanie, yes, just enjoy it.

Sarah, most people in the survey say (so far) just call it reading, no labels or shorthand. I tend to agree / hope that this won’t go beyond one publication, but we’ll see.

e wein, yes! cross over, above, under, back, forth — uhg.

By: e wein

e wein — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:26:47 +0000

“Mr Earbrass can only assume that the apathy of the lower figures is due to their having been deprived of novels.”

I have always kinda thought that “grownup” readers who “discover” teen fiction (or children’s fiction) didn’t read these books as teens (or children). Otherwise it would not come as a big revelation that they’re great books, or when less than great literature, supremely readable. Some of us never STOPPED reading them.

The Once & Future King – The Lord of the Rings – To Kill a Mockingbird – Crossover? Cross under? discuss. Just kidding.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:46:20 +0000

While I get that talking down about what people are reading is bad all around, I guess I just see this term being only discussed by the Atlantic and then fading away. To me, people who aren’t really involved in an online environment surrounding books rarely if ever know of these terms to begin with. I know as a librarian or a general reader discussing books with my friends, would never use this term. The Atlantic likes to make a “big” deal about nothing just to get people’s goat it seems like.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:54:09 +0000

I answered the survey but I will admit my answer to pretty much everything is “what’s with the labels?” We spend so much time trying to put everything in pretty little neatly labeled boxes. Just enjoy it all. Read what you want to read, watch what you want to watch, do you what you want to do and call it something if you feel like it but it is up to you.

By: Melissa @ Book Nut

Melissa @ Book Nut — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:39:56 +0000

I would like to say right now that I’m tired of labels. Books is books is books. And a good story is good no matter what age it was “meant” for. Period.

That is all.

By: Kelly Jensen

Kelly Jensen — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:01:28 +0000

Almost as if in direct conversation with my post, the same day they write about Twilight and in that article, say that “cross under” is the term THEY prefer. Because THEY ARE the only ones using it.

I’m curious what the results will look like to this survey.