tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415046084006074576.post4260954619138318982..comments2023-09-06T08:32:08.560-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Book Lover: To Have or Not to Have: An African American fiction sectionLatoya Allowayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318940641933205875noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415046084006074576.post-7863458616570420252011-01-21T13:38:24.251-08:002011-01-21T13:38:24.251-08:00Thanks for your input. I agree that it limits the...Thanks for your input. I agree that it limits the readership. Just a book being in that section might make it unapproachable for people who aren't AA. When in reality, it's actually quite the opposite. Getting to Happy is a perfect example of a book found in the AA section that many people other than AA can relate to. I mean, who over the age of 40 can't relate to menopause, adult children and---unfortunately for a lot of people--divorce. Thanks for the comment.Latoya Allowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00318940641933205875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415046084006074576.post-21564521565382122312011-01-20T07:35:27.242-08:002011-01-20T07:35:27.242-08:00I've never been a fan of the "African-Ame...I've never been a fan of the "African-American" fiction section. I think it limits a book readership. <br /><br />A lot of wonderful books I've read I've stumbled upon doing book browsing of the general fiction shelves. Books that I never would have sought out.<br /><br />This is what I think happens with books that are put in the AA section --- they can get overlooked by potential readers.Karen Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08697785820907711723noreply@blogger.com