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[Presiana]

Hey, guys! Can someone recommend me some good YA historical novels? :)

[Tati]

Have you read

[Mei]

Presiana wrote: "Hey, guys! Can someone recommend me some good YA historical novels? :)"

Have you tried these?

[Presiana]

Thank you so much @Tatiana and @Mei! I am just getting into this genre and now I see that I have lots of interesting reads to start with.

[Paulina]

I want to recommend The Curious Incident Of The Dog At Night-time. It's a short book, very easy to read if you're in a reading slump, it's entertaining fun and gives you a different point if view in life. I recommend it to all of you, seriously :)

[Dr. Andy]

Presiana- The first historical fiction I read was . I thought it was amazing and it was mysterious too, which I liked. Definitely try it!

[Mei]

That cover is creepy, Andrea!! :O

[Dr. Andy]

Yeah it's a bit foreshadowing for the story too.

[Zenon]

I'm looking for a fantasy that isn't a romance and isn't about vampires. That kind of book seems hard to come by nowadays. Preferably a series, and I can read up to a 12th grade reading level.

I'm also looking for a dystopia that isn't about zombies.

Thanks in advance ;)

[Dr. Andy]

Dystopia: the hunger games, divergent, matched, XVI, the pledge, the maze runner.

As to the other one, that may be a tad harder. I know plenty of series with other creatures besides vampires but most of them have some kind of romance aspect.

[Brittany]

Zenon wrote: "I'm looking for a fantasy that isn't a romance and isn't about vampires. That kind of book seems hard to come by nowadays. Preferably a series, and I can read up to a 12th grade reading level.

I'..."

Have you tried the Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher? There's a touch of romance, but it revolves more around the plot and it. I love it and highly recommend it. =)

[Irene]

Zenon wrote: "I'm looking for a fantasy that isn't a romance and isn't about vampires. That kind of book seems hard to come by nowadays. Preferably a series, and I can read up to a 12th grade reading level.

I'..."

Great middlegrade fantasy series :)

[Abigail]

Has anyone read Edenbrooke ? I loved it so much and I want something else with the same time period and witty characters.

[Brittany]

Abigail wrote: "Has anyone read Edenbrooke ? I loved it so much and I want something else with the same time period and witty characters."

Have you tried any if Deeanne Gist books? She's my favorite historical author.

[Abigail]

Brittany wrote: "Abigail wrote: "Has anyone read Edenbrooke ? I loved it so much and I want something else with the same time period and witty characters."

Have you tried any if [aut..."


No, but I will definitely check them out. Thanks! :)

[Tati]

I'm looking for adult books with a plot, any genre but full out horror. Does anyone have any recs?

[Sarah]

Looking for some Dystopia books. haven't really read much of them

[Tati]

Have you read these:

[Sarah]

Tatiana wrote: "Have you read these:

[bookcove..."
no i havent. will give them a go, thanks :)

[Irene]

@Tatiana
Maybe some of these Okay, I just woke up, I can't recall anything else lol. Unless you're into chicklit :D

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Tatiana wrote: "I'm looking for adult books with a plot, any genre but full out horror. Does anyone have any recs?"

[Tati]

Thanks for the recs!

[Irene]

I'm probably gonna regret this, but... What's the most scary book you've ever read?

[onceuponatimeareview]

Wait Till Helen Comes or The Deep The Dark and The Dangerous

[Heather]

Anyone know of any books like Ellen Hopkins?

[[deleted user]]

Heather wrote: "Anyone know of any books like Ellen Hopkins?"
The Truth about Alice!!!

[[deleted user]]

Anyone know any good fantasy books? Trying to broaden my horizon.

[onceuponatimeareview]

Throne of Glass

[Rachael]

Stollen Songbird

[Irene]

I'm considering starting either or but I'm not sure... I'm really not in the mood for high fantasy! So... What do you say, can I read any of these books or are they 'high fantasy'? :)

[Irene]

So... How do you find good indiebooks? :) Any tips?

[tan]

Eleanor and Park
Beneath the Glitter
I Heart You, You Haunt Me

[onceuponatimeareview]

Irene wrote: "I'm considering starting either or but I'm not sure... I'm really not in the mood for high fantasy! So... What do you say, can I r..."

I love Throne of Glass its super amazing. If you have read Grave Mercy its like that but better

[Tati]

Throne of Glass is an amazing book, but if you're not in the mood for high fantasy, I'd save it for later

[Heather]

Any suggestions for quick series or trilogies to read?

[Amy]

Anybody have any Christmas themed book recommendations? :) I'm trying to get in the spirit but most of the ones I've found look pretty cheesy.

[Irene]

@Amy I'll be reading five novels by Charles Dickens, A Merry Little Christmas by Debbie Macomber and a collection of christmas stories "'Twas the night before Christmas" - you can look it up on my profile.
I also heard that Landline takes place during Christmas, but I don't know whether it'd be considered as a christmassy book :)
Hope this helps :)

[Amy]

I read a few of the novels by Charles Dickens last Christmas but they were slightly heavy for me. I'll check those other two books out though! Thanks Irene. :)

I want to pick Landline up eventually but I'm in no rush at the moment (I didn't like fangirl all that much)

[Irene]

Amy wrote: "I read a few of the novels by Charles Dickens last Christmas but they were slightly heavy for me. I'll check those other two books out though! Thanks Irene. :)

I want to pick Landline up eventual..."

I pretty much hated Fangirl... :P But Eleanor & Park is a favorite of mine! :P

[Amy]

Just realised we both rated Fangirl two stars! Yeah, didn't live up to the hype for me either. Maybe I should give another of her books a go then...

[onceuponatimeareview]

Does anyone know of any good Stand Alones all the books on my to-read shelf is Series.

[Jessica]

Once Upon A Time wrote: "Does anyone know of any good Stand Alones all the books on my to-read shelf is Series."

Some stand alones I read and liked are

[It’s.Annie]

Jess♥ wrote: "Once Upon A Time wrote: "Does anyone know of any good Stand Alones all the books on my to-read shelf is Series."

Some stand alones I read and liked are [bookcover:Wicked J..."

I loved jane I recommend it to everyone

[Sydney]

If anyone needs help with a book to pick this holiday, I just filmed a booktube video on Christmas Book Recommendations, here is a link to it:

http://youtu.be/EvyVGFucQLM

[Sydney]

If anyone needs help with a book to pick this holiday, I just filmed a booktube video on Christmas Book Recommendations, here is a link to it:

http://youtu.be/EvyVGFucQLM

[Janna]

Jalyn wrote: "Anybody know of any really good, fast paced, paranormal YA books? I'd like to read something I can't put down :)"

Jalyn, I wrote a book entitled "Dreams May Come". You can access it for free to download at www.jannamorrow.weebly.com. Or you can purchase it from Amazon depending on your reading preferences! Happy Reading!!

[Janna]

JANNA wrote: "Jalyn wrote: "Anybody know of any really good, fast paced, paranormal YA books? I'd like to read something I can't put down :)"

Jalyn, I wrote a book entitled "Dreams May Come". You can access it..."

Oops! Sorry, my book is not paranormal. I missed that.

[Tara]

Irene wrote: "So... How do you find good indiebooks? :) Any tips?"

Hi Irene!

I want to answer your question from the perspective of an Indie author. It's both an amazing opportunity to publish my own work, but also endlessly frustrating, because it's so hard to rise above the other 250,000 works put out in 2014.

I have found myself looking for these things in not only my OWN books, but other Indie authors:

*A professionally done cover
*A good book blurb
*A good sample chapter that indicates a good edit and writing style that I enjoy
*REVIEWS

Now...more on the reviews. First off, getting reviews is like trying to pull teeth, only harder. The frustrating part of it, is that Indie authors can PAY people to write fake reviews, but I have found there are ways to figure those ones out. If you have a Indie book with 20 reviews and 15 five-star ratings all with generic comments and then five 1 or 2 star ratings asking HOW did this book get so many five-star ratings? I always avoid those.

I tend to read through several of the reviews from various ratings to try and get an over-all feeling.

If they don't have many reviews? That makes it harder, but this is why I like Goodreads so much. As an Indie Author it has been such a valuable resource and a way for me to connect with potential readers and get honest reviews and feedback.

Of course, I encourage you to check out my books! :)

I'll just plug the first one in my trilogy:


Bloodline

[Irene]

Here comes a hard one:

Any good German childrens books? I already read the Grimm brothers in English...
Thing is, I'm in love with this series:
So I need to prepare for that series in German... I know the language a bit already, it's just been so long since I had it in school lol :P

[Tati]

Hm... I read the translated version, but the originals are in German,