Hey Cindy, While Romance novels are not advertised in the kids/young adult sections, restrictions on them aren't usually made to my knowledge. I believe Carrie told us once that Gustavo often sees Adult Content as something you would find in an erotic section of a bookstore, or a restricted section of a library. It of course doesn't generally matter to me, as I am 19.... I was a bit surprised to find a few books I read marked as adult though. The books did have a good amount of violence, and some implied sexual relations, but nothing I thought to warrent adult. It was something I would have felt comfortable reading a few years ago, but then again I've always been told I am mature for my age. HTH, Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 2:16 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookshare tool > --- Mike Pietruk <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Elizabeth is right; this is a tricky subject. > > I should point out that the typical public library > > or bookstore doesn't > > consider romance novels, despite sexual descriptions > > in the text, as adult > > content. > > True, but, at least in the libraries I go to, they are > not in the children's or young adult sections. A > young person would have to go to the Adult, or > general shelves and either know the author to look for > or scan all the shelves -- but the titles don't really > give away what's inside the book. Of course, one can > expect to be scared by a Stephen King book, and I'm > sure kids know about him -- and some titles in the > Mystery section might tell someone that he/she can > maybe expect something gruesome. > > Cindy > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 7/1/2005 > >