Tomato Talks Episode 2: Rated R for Mature Content

Welcome to another episode of Tomato Talks!

Listen here!

https://soundcloud.com/wrenthereader/tomato-talks-episode-2-rated-r-for-mature-content

Today, I talked about the definitions of YA, NA, and MG books. And how blurry the lines between all of these are. What makes a book YA? Or NA? Is it the content? The topics? The character ages? I know ages come into it a lot. 
And I asked if YA readers should read NA? For me, it's a yes. Honestly, some YA books are worse than NA books. And then, I asked if MG readers should read NA books? And that's the iffy part. (And when I say readers, I mean the target audience.)
And then I moved onto talking about censorship. I started to rant/ramble here, so apologies. I asked a few questions about when/if book banning should happen. And if book banning is really about protecting the kids anymore.
So some food for thought!

And here are some interesting links about book banning.
Enjoy!
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/about
http://libguides.butler.edu/c.php?g=34189&p=217686
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/censorship/bannedbooksthatshapedamerica