So I picked up the latest Story Bundle, and…why the hell didn’t they have cool YA books back when I was that age demographic? Back in my day, they just started coming out with things like the babysitters club books (hated 'em…not enough explosions.) But the YA lit back then (with a few notable exceptions like Madeline L’Engle’s stuff off the top of my head) was pretty trite. Not that there isn’t garbage in any genre, but the YA books I’ve read lately are pretty good. (Hunger Games, most notably.) Lot of them have blink-and-you-miss it subtext for adults reading 'em. (Then again I have to admit my nieces–more of the YA age demographic–are pretty savvy readers.)