Wild Things: YA Grown-Up discussion
Book Club Nominations
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April Winners are DECIDED!! (Read first post before nominating please)
Ooh, I want to read that, Donna. But is it a mystery?I need to give myself an excuse to read something I've been wanting to, but haven't been able, so...
Cat1: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
It says it is! I went to double check at both the library and the bookstore because I wasn't quite suremyself.
Donna wrote: "It says it is! I went to double check at both the library and the bookstore because I wasn't quite suremyself."It's not so much a whodunnit as a whydunnit. But you are wondering how it's going to end all throughout the book. So while it's not Nancy Drew style mystery, it IS mystery-ish.
AngelaSunshine wrote: "Donna wrote: "It says it is! I went to double check at both the library and the bookstore because I wasn't quite suremyself."It's not so much a whodunnit as a whydunnit. But you are wondering how..."
So I am guessing it counts...?????
Amy wrote: "Good choice Kellee! I really want to read that one too!"I know! It's been on my TBR list for ever :)
And I've had a ton of students read it and its companion recently & it is all they can talk about.
Heh, Arya, that sounds cursorily similar to a (very, very strange) anime called Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Huh, never read that, but The Warrior Heir is extremely good! How's Revolutionary Girl Utena, I mean I know it is strange, but good strange or bad strange?
It's been called a post-modern fairy tale... to be honest, I'm still not sure I get it, period. Utena is a spunky teen whose goal is to become as "princely" as possible (dashing, heroic, etc.) after a mysterious prince comforted her at her parents' funeral (a goal for which she usually "cross-dress"es). She gets embroiled with the student council, in these regular duels in they have to "own" the Rose Bride (a fellow student who becomes Utena's roommate and best friend, and maybe possible love interest, and also possibly an evil witch mastermind). And um, there's an awful lot of implied sexual symbolism with roses and cars and swords and pianos. And incest? And split identities? I *think* it's about breaking the roles of victim and hero and damsel-in-distress. And this is all regularly commented on by a pair of fourth wall-breaking shadow-puppet gossips.And there's a few comedy episodes (the one about curry is my favorite). I liked it, though it went on too long in parts, and definitely suffered from low budgeting in others.
(I said cursory resemblance, right?)
That sounds very different from The Warrior Heir. I think I understand now why you think it is "strange". Haha. . .it does sound quite weird! The Warrior Heir is mostly very dramatic and intersting (in the ideas department) and a very sweet read. . .ok maybe that is not the best word to describe it but it is . . .nice? I don't know I really liked it!! If you want you could read it and then write a comparison between it and RGU. I bet you would like it!!
Utena is extremely strange. I watched one movie and they changed into various objects and it was a mind trip. I avoid Utena solely because of how the movie turned out :P
Tanja wrote: "Utena is extremely strange. I watched one movie and they changed into various objects and it was a mind trip. I avoid Utena solely because of how the movie turned out :P"Oh yes, the movie... The movie definitely assumes you've seen the show and then some. (**Spoiler** And then the main character turns into a car. That represents freedom? From grief/reliance on female sexuality as power/victimization/jail? Yeah, I didn't get it.)
Christina, you can only nominate one book...Fiona wrote:
"You may only nominate one book in only one choice of category.
Category 1. Normal/regular
Category 2. Mystery
This means you do not nominate two books one in each. Just one book."
Gosh darn it, sorry about that. Thought I read that closely enough. Must be tea time.Nominating Down the Rabbit Hole, for Cat 2.
Interesting nominations... I must be behind the times as I haven't heard of many of them!Psst Susanna name of author please - you too Christina.
GN, as it's part of a series it might be better to nominate the first book, the second can always be nominated later.Thanks for indicating it was the second though.
Ahhh thats a good point. I didnt think it mattered since each book is kind of its own story.2: The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene (Book 1)
...Is it possible to take out my earlier nomination and replace it with a new book? I think the one I have in mind is a better nomination. I haven't read it myself, but I've heard good things about it, and the author.
Fiona, Christina's omission of the author may be my fault because she edited her original post. Down the Rabbit Hole is by Peter Abrahams.
The Wee Free Men, category 1. This book is part of the Terry Pratchett's discworld, but it can be a stand alone.
Wild Things: YA Grown-Up
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The Mysterious Benedict Society (other topics)The Dark Hills Divide (other topics)
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Boneshaker (other topics)
Once Upon a Marigold (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Trenton Lee Stewart (other topics)Jay Asher (other topics)
Susan Beth Pfeffer (other topics)
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1. Impossible by Nancy Werlin
2. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
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Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Skellig by David Almond
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
Impossible by Nancy Werlin
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
The Golden Compass/Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
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The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
What I Saw And How I Lied by Judy Blundell
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Paper Towns by John Green
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley