Comments on: Bigger Really Is Better http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/bigger-really-is-better/ Et ignotas animum dimittit in artes Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katie http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/bigger-really-is-better/comment-page-1/#comment-925 Katie Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:59:06 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3480#comment-925 I've always heard that, if you get equal parts ecstatic and infuriated responses (and no one in the middle), you've succeeded. Those are big books! Oh, and I'll never forgive Jo either. Will I forget that book? Nope. I’ve always heard that, if you get equal parts ecstatic and infuriated responses (and no one in the middle), you’ve succeeded. Those are big books!

Oh, and I’ll never forgive Jo either. Will I forget that book? Nope.

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]]> By: The Breakout or Crossover YA Novel | Uncreated Conscience http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/bigger-really-is-better/comment-page-1/#comment-913 The Breakout or Crossover YA Novel | Uncreated Conscience Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:51:33 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3480#comment-913 [...] few days ago, I wrote about rejecting manuscripts we felt were too YA for our list. But I’ve also said we wouldn’t turn down really great YA that’s solidly for the [...] [...] few days ago, I wrote about rejecting manuscripts we felt were too YA for our list. But I’ve also said we wouldn’t turn down really great YA that’s solidly for the [...]

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]]> By: Laura Daimond http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/bigger-really-is-better/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Laura Daimond Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:12:31 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3480#comment-910 Woo-hoo! Congrats!! Big books: Again, I have to say Mary Doria Russell does this with The Sparrow, Children of God, and A Thread of Grace (Oh, Renzo!). I also enjoyed the "bigness" of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Woo-hoo! Congrats!!

Big books: Again, I have to say Mary Doria Russell does this with The Sparrow, Children of God, and A Thread of Grace (Oh, Renzo!). I also enjoyed the “bigness” of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

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]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/bigger-really-is-better/comment-page-1/#comment-909 uberVU - social comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:01:33 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3480#comment-909 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by sjaejones: What makes a "big" book? http://ow.ly/V9tt A look at why we (regretfully) pass on some really lovely, wonderful novels. We like 'em "big".... Social comments and analytics for this post…

This post was mentioned on Twitter by sjaejones: What makes a “big” book? http://ow.ly/V9tt A look at why we (regretfully) pass on some really lovely, wonderful novels. We like ‘em “big”….

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]]> By: Kristan http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/bigger-really-is-better/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Kristan Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:08:37 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3480#comment-908 Oh, and congrats on the acquisition! I look forward to reading more about that. Oh, and congrats on the acquisition! I look forward to reading more about that.

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]]> By: Kristan http://sjaejones.com/blog/2010/bigger-really-is-better/comment-page-1/#comment-907 Kristan Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:08:15 +0000 http://sjaejones.com/?p=3480#comment-907 I think MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult might qualify. I mean, on one level, it's just about sisters. But when you go further, it's about a family that's falling apart trying to save the life of one of their own. Also, Junot Diaz's BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. On one level, it's about a nerdy Dominican American who wants to fall in love (and get laid). When you go further, it's about an immigrant family struggling to rise above their circumstances (and also save the life of one of their own). And maybe also SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd. This one doesn't have the big consequences you're talking about (life or death) but I think identity can be a big stake/important issue (especially in your realm of New Adult, although SECRET LIFE isn't NA). On one level, SECRET LIFE is about a girl running away from home. When you go further, it's about race relations in the South, it's about a girl coming to terms with the death of her mother, and it's about a girl finding her real place in the world. To me that's big, even if it doesn't involve saving villages or worlds. I think MY SISTER’S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult might qualify. I mean, on one level, it’s just about sisters. But when you go further, it’s about a family that’s falling apart trying to save the life of one of their own.

Also, Junot Diaz’s BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. On one level, it’s about a nerdy Dominican American who wants to fall in love (and get laid). When you go further, it’s about an immigrant family struggling to rise above their circumstances (and also save the life of one of their own).

And maybe also SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd. This one doesn’t have the big consequences you’re talking about (life or death) but I think identity can be a big stake/important issue (especially in your realm of New Adult, although SECRET LIFE isn’t NA). On one level, SECRET LIFE is about a girl running away from home. When you go further, it’s about race relations in the South, it’s about a girl coming to terms with the death of her mother, and it’s about a girl finding her real place in the world. To me that’s big, even if it doesn’t involve saving villages or worlds.

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