"The terms "chick-lit" and "lad-lit" are essentially product brandings by British publishers eager to expand the market opened up by the respective literary successes of Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Fever Pitch." Do you believe there is a genre of books primarily enjoyed by females and another genre that is primarily enjoyed by males?
Are there BOY BOOKS and GIRL BOOKS ?
Do you like being stereotyped by publishers?
(quoted and paraphrased from S. OGDEN: http://www.sfu.ca/english/Courses2005-2/369.htm)
Here's an interesting article called Boys and Books.
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