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Fun, Excited about all the cool books and authors to check out in this genre.
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It's coming out soon!
In the meanwhile, go read the author's other books.
the entirety (hopefully) of the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children series - it's really thrilling so far!
I'm going to be continuing Siege and Storm. Then reading The Gilded Ones and Ruin and Rising.
I would read Spinning Silver again, because it's a fantastic book that I recommend greatly :) But I'm in a book circle so I'm reading Network Effect this week, also a great book that I recommend, but it's not YA.
I already read a lot of YA, so I don't feel like I have to change my reading plan just because of this week. But if someone has the time to pick up another book: try Spinning Silver, and let me know what you think.
No offence to any of the authors of these books, but why have YA books in 2021 become so dull and cliche? There's hardly anything original, or anything that stands out any more.
daydreamer wrote: "No offence to any of the authors of these books, but why have YA books in 2021 become so dull and cliche? There's hardly anything original, or anything that stands out any more."Which YA books of 2021 have you read that you are disappointed in?
Marthie wrote: "daydreamer wrote: "No offence to any of the authors of these books, but why have YA books in 2021 become so dull and cliche? There's hardly anything original, or anything that stands out any more."..."I haven't but I would usually add so many books to my to-read list in the past, and now I read every blurb but nothing catches my attention. If it's YA fantasy, they all sound exactly the same. If it's contemporary, it's always enemies-to-lovers or something like that. Maybe it's because I'm no longer a teenager. Idk.
If you have any book that you would like to recommend and believe is good, please share!
daydreamer wrote: "Marthie wrote: "daydreamer wrote: "No offence to any of the authors of these books, but why have YA books in 2021 become so dull and cliche? There's hardly anything original, or anything that stand..."I see. Sadly I cannot say I've read any of the 2021 books. I have such a long list of books to read that I rarely get to them in the first year after release, hehe.
But I recommend Spinning Silver (2018) if you haven't read it yet.
YA isn't usually my genre, but maybe one of these new books will catch my eye!
I think that every time I read this kind of articles, my TBR just grows and grows, my poor wallet is crying
This would be a fantastic one to read for young adult week. Without FlawsI really enjoyed it and gave it a 5 star rating too. Do check it out and let me know what you think
daydreamer wrote: "Marthie wrote: "daydreamer wrote: "No offence to any of the authors of these books, but why have YA books in 2021 become so dull and cliche? There's hardly anything original, or anything that stand..."My favorite YA book is Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. I don't really like contemporary (I prefer fantasy, and like you said: nothing contemporary catches my attention), but this book is amazing. It features LGBTQ+ characters and is a coming-of-age novel. It's kind of hard to describe (and the blurb for this book doesn't do it justice) because it's very character-driven (like everything is very internal or only happens because one of the characters directly caused it to happen; there's really no outside force doing anything to impact the story), but essentially Ari is a Mexican-American teen in the 90s trying to figure out his place in the world and is just struggling with growing up and Dante is the opposite--he's bubbly and happy and positive. The two become friends, and the novel follows their relationship as it develops. I know that the characters sound kind of like the generic "your average lonely boy meets a bubbly person who's like the exact opposite of him and they become unlikely friends" BUT the characters and dynamics (both between Ari and Dante and between the two families) are amazing and so well done/beautifully executed. Your post implies that you are just looking for a very original, not similar to anything you've ever read before kind of book, but I think Ari and Dante is very unique and different even if it has more genetic tropes [because the author takes those "unlikely friendship" and "loner boy" tropes and really develops them (and also it's not really in your face that the characters may be playing into these tropes probably because they were very layered)]. It does move a little slow so not the best book if you want a lot of action. Hopefully you like it if you pick it up.
Currently reading Hollow, a YA horror by Canadian author and editor, Rhonda Parrish, and I'm enjoying it so far. :)
I enjoyed Children of the Origin Project a great deal. It's a YA sci-fi with a good mix of action, science, suspense, and metaphysical exploration. Definitely recommend!
I should be receiving Jeff Zentner’s ‘In the Wild Light’ any time tomorrow & I am going to dive in.
For some excellent Young Adult Non-Fiction, check out
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 25th Anniversary Edition: An Update of the 1997 Classic
I am one of the contributors!
The Easy Part of Impossible Just came out in paperback. I loved it and it is very on trend right now in the wake of the Olympics. All that glorious diving! This book provides insight into the mental health toll elite sports can take on our young adults. So good.
I am currently reading Inkheart by Cornelia Funke in the original German (I like to read German books in the original language to improve my German). I have all the Inkheart trilogy in the original German and can't wait for the new upcoming fourth book, The Color of Revenge.
Since I generally DON'T read YA, this is a link to what I am currently reading: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...IF I find something on the lists that piques my interest, I will add it to to TBR List, but no promises.
Julia wrote: "For some excellent Young Adult Non-Fiction, check out Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 25th Anniversary Edition: An Update of the 1997 ClassicI am one of the contributors!
[book..."
I feel...OLD! Has it REALLY been twenty-five years since my Freshman year at Northern Arizona University (GO LUMBERJACKS!)?
A.C. wrote: "If you're looking for YA Dystopian fiction, check out Nimbus! I recently finished the trilogy and the final book came out in June of this year, so if you like this one, you'd have t..."Who NEEDS dystopian fiction?! Have you NOT been following the news: the REAL WORLD is more dystopian now than ANY dystopian novel ever written...even Aldous Huxley's Brave New World back in the early part of the 1900s!
WhatIsItLike.to wrote: "Which one is explicit?"Hopefully none of them! Young Adults already get enough of that in movies and TV shows, they sure as heck DON'T need it in their books, too!
I will do my best to read the books recommended here!
Eilidh wrote: "I'm going to be continuing Siege and Storm. Then reading The Gilded Ones and Ruin and Rising."that reminds me, i need to finish seige and storm too 😰. i started it at the beginning of summer, got halfway, and then read the six of crows duology and never finished seige and storm 😫
Mia wrote: "daydreamer wrote: "Marthie wrote: "daydreamer wrote: "No offence to any of the authors of these books, but why have YA books in 2021 become so dull and cliche? There's hardly anything original, or ..."Thank you! I've actually already read it! Haha. But your review is soo cute! I wish I would feel like this about a book...
Marthie wrote: "daydreamer wrote: "Marthie wrote: "daydreamer wrote: "No offence to any of the authors of these books, but why have YA books in 2021 become so dull and cliche? There's hardly anything original, or ..."I can't wait to read Spinning Silver! I read Uprooted by the same author and I LOVED it. Now I want to read every fantasy book she writes. If you haven't read Uprooted, I really recommend it!
Check our "REALMS: ELVEN GOLD" by a new author Layne Nevill. Its a brilliant YA Coming of Age Fantasy novel which I reckon will be the start of a series. First book ends on a great cliffhanger.
Isabella wrote: "I am currently reading Inkheart by Cornelia Funke..."I am super excited for that book, too!! I love this series.
Here's a YA version of a legend that many new readers might not be familiar with.
Judy Corry's YA Contemporary Romance's are amazing! She is literally my favorite and I will read everything she ever writes.
I've read so many heavy and philosophical books that although I'm only 17, I have not much tendency towards young adult fiction anymore. besides, good books, like all good things are always rare, and only time proves if the artwork is worth attention. so, I don't read anything unless it's aged.
Sucharita wrote: "Reading Aesop's Fables. Loving it!"You CANNOT go wrong (usually) with a classic like that... .
Andres wrote: "Here's a YA version of a legend that many new readers might not be familiar with."
*snort* I'm quite familiar with the legend of King Arthur. I even know it was referenced in the 1989 movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade/.
https://www.youtube.com/results?searc...
Though this is my favorite scene in the whole movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA7J0...
Marthie wrote: "I would read Spinning Silver again, because it's a fantastic book that I recommend greatly :) But I'm in a book circle so I'm reading Network Effect this week, also a great book that I recommend, ..."
network effect as in the one in the murderbot diaries? if so, i loved that book so much. if you're still reading it right now, it just gets better and better :)
Kristin wrote: "Where's the list of top 100 of all time?"Who knows and really how would ONE judge "the best of all time"?
