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YA Week 2018
Within the pages of these YA books, adventure awaits. Whether you're a fan of dystopian rebels or high school sweethearts, mischievous royals or small-town sleuths, we've got irresistible book recommendations just for you.
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I love all the book you have recommended.. but you have to read a legendary book.. who is an entertainer he wrote the song expressyourself. and Loveland . This book has received 5 stars reviews!!! The name of his book is up from where we've come!! Please check it out!!! Thanks for sharing beautiful
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I will be reading Lady Midnight by Cassanda Clare!!
Sydney wrote: "Just starting the twilight series!"The twilight series is soooooo good!!
JadeBrieanne wrote: "I'm currently reading RF Kuang's The Poppy War and CHECK THAT BOOK OUT! I LOVE IT!" I JUST FINISHED AND IT'S AMAZING!!! But I don't think it's considered YA? It's pretty violent and adult imo >.<
I'm reading The Dark Artifices series. Finished book 1 (Lady Midnight) yesterday and hoping to start book 2 today. Not gonna lie, I'm in my early twenties and I haven't left the YA phase, probably won't either for a while
only a week, you can't get through much in a week. maybe a trilogy. Anyway I'm reading the Emily Doyle Trilogy. Libba Bray just has an addictive writing style
I won't get to it this week, but "The Hate You Give" will be my next YA read. I'm also looking forward to some Jason Reynolds before the year is over.
Yas wrote: "YA is where unimaginative lazy writing come to thrive." Allow me to shake both of your hands.
Reading Warcross now and then will probably finally get to Turtles All the Way Down!
A Canadian youth choir touring in South Africa recently sang a composition about a lake, and the final chords took me immediately to one very specific place: the lake scene in Robin Reardon's Throwing stones. I experiences a visceral need to reread that story!
The Bioman Chronicles is a debut YA Sci-Fi Superhero series, book 1 has received a starred review from Kirkus.
Currently reading the Court of Thorns and Roses series. <3
The Crown Of Midnight by Sarah J Maas. I'm currently following the Bloomsbury read-a-thon!
Just finished reading Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard. I really enjoyed reading this novel!
Yas wrote: "YA is where unimaginative lazy writing come to thrive." Sorry that just isn't true, there are unimaginative lazy writing thriving in every genre. Here is the thing a lot of people want to read a story as long as they stay interested they will not care if it is filled with generic troupes and follows a lazy formula. The only thing we as the reader cares about is that the story keeps us wanting to read and that the author doesn't ruin the story with an unsatisfactory ending. If you want to sell a book keep with the formula for whatever genre you want to write for, if you want a book that stands out slightly tweak a troupe within said formula.
You can attack the YA genre but the bottom line is that the YA genre is going to get people interested in reading, It is much easier to start reading at a young age than as an adult and the Harry Potters, Twilights, and Hunger Games are going to gather that interest in the beginning. What makes YA amazing especially in its series is that the series tends to get more mature as the series goes on along with its audience.
Hafza wrote: "Guys, I've just read One Of Us Is Lying and I absolutely loved it! can anyone please please PLEASE recommend another similar book. Something that's YA, has mystery and romance tastefully balanced. ..."
There should be a list of "YA books for people who don't like YA"
Megan wrote: "Try:https://bookriot.com/2017/10/27/ya-no...
https://www.buzzfeed.com/epicreads/25..."
Thanks!!
Reading red rising and children of blood and bone atm
Pete wrote: "...Once again to Goodreads: I would love for this not to be a sponsored post at the top of my feed. Any way this could be made possible? I feel there should be an 'opt out of all the bullshit' bu..."
Yeah, Pete, I couldn't agree more! Especially in this case, as YA is meaningless. You can't tell what sort of book it is as YA is a catch-all term for a reading audience and not a precise genre.
Xia Xia wrote: "These should be under the hidden gems.Hiroku
Something Like Summer"
*sprints to add these to my tbr* thank you!
Hafza wrote: "Guys, I've just read One Of Us Is Lying and I absolutely loved it! can anyone please please PLEASE recommend another similar book. Something that's YA, has mystery and romance tastefully balanced. ..."Like Never and Always by Ann Aguirre
Yas wrote: "YA is where unimaginative lazy writing come to thrive."That comment is not necessary. Thank you for clicking on the ya week when it is not something you are interested in, so you can write a negative comment. Please let this be a place where people that do can talk with each other.
Rereading The Darkest Minds trilogy for about the 100th time (including The Darkest Legacy), as well as rereading VAmpire Academy, Bloodlines, Rebel of the Sands trilogy, Between Shades of Grey, and Salt to Sea...(I may have started early ;P)
Daniella wrote: "It'll be my first time reading Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas and I will probably be reading Thirteen Reasons Why and Red Queen af..."Ooh, ToG is an awesome series!! Especially if you can stick out the first two books; Maas' writing and the plot/characters are something that definitely gets better and more complex the farther in you go.
I didn't know this going in, but guess I read Hiroku and The Bravest Thing for YA week! Both suuuuper highly recommended. ❤️
Guys my all time favorite book is Jellicoe Road... Any suggestions similar to that one.
Hafza wrote: "Guys, I've just read One Of Us Is Lying and I absolutely loved it! can anyone please please PLEASE recommend another similar book. Something that's YA, has mystery and romance tastefully balanced. ..."I loved One of Us is Lying, too. Have you read Genuine Fraud or We Were Liars by E. Lockhart? Both excellent!
Hafza wrote: "Guys, I've just read One Of Us Is Lying and I absolutely loved it! can anyone please please PLEASE recommend another similar book. Something that's YA, has mystery and romance tastefully balanced. ..."Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson.
Love this celebration of YA novels. Though besides Sea Witch being a noted absence (possibly due to it being released this week), there's a lack of books being published by smaller publishers on any of these lists, not to mention indie titles.
Camille wrote: "Nadia wrote: "I'm re-reading The Raven Cycle for the second time this year, and recommend everyone to do the same."Haha! I did the same thing around April! Read them 2x through, back-to-back. I l..."
I loved it until the ending of the last book, and then I was so furious. I HATED the way she left it.
Yas wrote: "YA is where unimaginative lazy writing come to thrive."Obviously you are reading the wrong YA books.
Fai wrote: "Are there any suitable reads for a 14 year old? Nothing explicit and no foul language?"Have you read the Lockwood & Co. series by Jonathan Stroud?
Chelsea wrote: "Yas wrote: "YA is where unimaginative lazy writing come to thrive."Unpopular opinion, but, uh, yeah. Don't know why we need to celebrate "YA Week" on here when you can throw a stone IRL and hit s..."
Question: Have you read YA beyond those you named? Because there's a lot of good writing in YA. Not necessarily in the popular series that everyone swoons over, but by no means to be dismissed wholesale!
Hafza wrote: "Guys, I've just read One Of Us Is Lying and I absolutely loved it! can anyone please please PLEASE recommend another similar book. Something that's YA, has mystery and romance tastefully balanced. ..."I haven't read One Of Us Is Lying yet, but if you're loking for YA, mystery, and romance, I would recommend Turtles All The Way Down! (be aware it can trigger some mental health issues, but it is such an important book and I loved it deeply!)
I read Cassandra Clare's Dark Artifices back in Dec and made a vow to read through ALL of her Shadowhunters books. I'm just about to finish up the Mortal Instrument Series and I have serious qualms with it (message me/reply if you wanna rant, lol). I already kinda wanna reread the Dark Artifices though...
I've just read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, after one of my clients was reading it and I wanted to be up-to-date. The first book (of a three book series) is the best in my view.Also, if you are up to checking some newer titles, maybe consider "Apples in Applath":
Red headed Marcus lost his parents as a baby, his grandma at age nine and his freedom at ten. Now he is on the run with two of his cell mates and one of them is gravely injured. Where can they go, who will help, and how will Marcus know whether to trust his friends or the ragtag group of runaways and the recluse bear of a man who harbors them? When the worst happens, will he put his own freedom on the line and at what cost?
I love to read YA books, and I write them, too. The most amazing YA trilogy I've read recently is the The Illuminae Files (Illuminae, Gemina, Obsidio). Fans of the Hunger Games will enjoy my fast-paced Run for Your Life trilogy (Race with Danger, Race to Truth, and Race for Justice). They're a combo of extreme endurance races in exotic locations and a murder mystery in the past. I'm so glad to see all these suggestions here; I'm off to load up my bookshelves. Happy YA reading, you all! --Pamela Beason
The Australia trilogy by J.P. Smythe - I remember reading the books for the first time... I gobbled them up in a matter of days.
❁ ana. ❁ wrote: "spending the YA week with The Hunger Games trilogy."Read all three of them in a week 3 years ago. You can do it :P
I recently read
for the second time and it's just as amazing as I remembered if not better. Very rare that sequel is just as good as the first and in this case it's better and just gets better. I adore that gang. Yesterday finished
the only book I hadn't read previously in the series. Again one of my favorite crews. It's an action packed fairy-tale retelling in a futuristic world, full of swoon-worthy moments plus really funny. I loved the journey, but I was much more psyched the first time. Still, I read the entire series in less than a week. At the moment on my desk:
and appropriately beneath it
, not really sure where to start.
Melliott wrote: "Fai wrote: "Are there any suitable reads for a 14 year old? Nothing explicit and no foul language?"Have you read the Lockwood & Co. series by Jonathan Stroud?"
Marvelous books.
Anna wrote: "I read Cassandra Clare's Dark Artifices back in Dec and made a vow to read through ALL of her Shadowhunters books. I'm just about to finish up the Mortal Instrument Series and I have serious qualms..."Have you read
? I didn't like the Mortal Instruments that much, but loved the Clockwork series. I read it twice. I'm thinking of starting The Dark Artifices series. Does the Lord of Shadows end in cliffhanger? Maybe I should wait for the last book.
Michelle wrote: "Im in the middle of Gemina, im getting so excited on this story, cant wait to finish it !"I'm more than halfway done and what just happened is blowing my mind!!
