I find this really irritating..

I just read an article in the NY Post entitled "Sells Like Teen Spirit" - and has the tag line "Why are so many adults addicted to reading books meant for kids?"

Mere seconds into the article (in the third of fourteen paragraphs, to be exact) it says: "Though Meyer has said she wrote the series without a demographic in mind, her publisher positioned the books to appeal to the traditional young adult audience, kids aged between 12 and 18."

The article goes on to talk about other teen books, but uses Twilight - and a huge photo of Robert Pattinson and Kristin Stewart - to reign in readers. (But kudos to "Lisa Hansen" from Twilightmoms.com who gives a good interview.) AND there is a massive typo: "Fork, Washington". (Hello? Editing?! Now where'd you run off to?)

Bottom line - Stephenie Meyer did not write a bunch of teen novels. She wrote a book that was positioned by her publisher as a teen novel, most likely because she didn't fill it with a bunch of cheesoid, porno nonsense which would have totally and completely marred the love story. And don't forget, I'm the one who bitched up a storm when we went from swimming to feathers during the honeymoon. But honestly, I think the books would have lost something had she gotten too detailed.

I am just getting really sick of being labeled a bored mom who reads silly teen novels. Bored mom? Yeah - I'll give you that. But silly teen novel? No way. I don't even know how old I'll insist my daughter is when she reads Breaking Dawn. I'm thinking 12 is a little young.

Why does everyone have to make something negative of something so positive? A woman writes a book that sells and is loved by millions - and all the sudden she's a bad writer....and it's a silly teen novel that us silly women are addicted to... I just find it really "irritating".