Young Adult Fiction for Adults discussion
What are you reading now?
currently reading
, listening to
at work and
in my car.
Bethany wrote: "Cambria wrote: "I just started reading Afterlife the #4 in the Evernight series. So far it is a good read!"I cant wait to get my hands on this one!! So excited!"
I'm about 120 pages in and so far I am liking it!
Brandie wrote: "Tracy Wrote: It's for a class called "Narratives of the Apocalypse" haha.. we also read , , and will be reading next.
That is so cool Tracy! May I ask, is it a Literary course or Humantities ..."
It's a Comparative Literature class and I'm taking it because it satisfies one of my International GERs :p It sounded a lot more interesting than Geology of Africa and those types of classes haha
Melissa wrote: "Just started 
on Friday. I heard so many good things about it, I thought I'd read it myself. I like it so far :) If you notice on my currently reading list, I ..."
I know what you mean. I think I have 6 books in progress right now. One in audio, 2 in paper and 3 in ebook. I am having attention span problems and "overwhelmed" problems. One is Harry Potter (only on book 3) so I feel your pain with the finish this damn book already thing.
About the sharing books with the hubby thing, I have a boyfriend not a hubby but our tastes only overlap so much. In part probably because I read more and more often than he does since he works a lot. He is reading
now I think. Unless he finished it and hasn't updated his shelves. He also is working on the Narnia series on his iPod touch because I have them on Kindle and he wants to read them but he is reading in a different order. He loved Paper Towns but I haven't read John Green yet. I am planning to start with Looking for Alaska. We are also reading Narnia in a different order from each other. He also talked me into the Harry Potter books which are taking me twice as long to read as I planned on...
Heidi (the original) wrote: "Peep (Readathon) wrote: "Heidi (the original) wrote: "I am very concerned about this one. Can an author go from chick lit to dystopia? Hmmmm.... "No."
bwhahaha"
Heidi you have got to have faith! I read an interview with her about the switch in genres and she made me feel better about it. I got the feeling that she wasn't going like Hunger Games dystopia and that there was still going to be a snarkiness factor. She got the idea from all the 16 & pregnant teen mom crap being so popular.
It's not just me. It just wasn't very good. Look at the average rating here on Goodreads, it's really low, especially for a book by a very popular author. It seems like people either loved it or hated it. I couldn't finish it.
Jaimie I will let you read it first! If you love it I will give it a try. Peep is usually pretty close to my ratings though, so I'm waiting on you :)
I didn't realize you had read it Peep - I must have missed that. That sucks because I really love the Jessica Darling series.
Well you must read it anyway Jaimie so I know if I should read it!
I didn't say I read it, you didn't miss it. :P I never finished it though. I will be surprised if you like it, Heidi too.
Oh I will still read it, I am just sad that it was a DNF for Peep. Right now I am reading the second Kate Daniels book and then I am going to do an order from Amazon. Now I don't know if I should buy it though.
I just started reading
with my daughters last night. I am currently reading
listening to
My wife has actually not read Twilight. She asks me, "So how is it?" and I'm not really far enough in to give her an opinion other than, "It's okay." She loved the Hunger Games trilogy and I recommended Revolution based on your comments on this thread. (She loved that and has read most of her books now)With all my working and then spending my remaining time playing with my son after work, my reading time is EXTREMELY limited. Bus rides to/from work and my lunch hour. (Which has been eaten up lately doing the darn taxes).
I'm trying to get my wife to read more YA stuff. She reads so fast compared to me. Must go through 2 books or more a week. I'm dying for her to read the George R.R. Martin books, but she has a "thing" against fantasy. "Does it take place on Earth?" If I answer anything other than "Yes" she tends to shut down. So needless to say I can't get her to read The Chaos Walking trilogy either. (Which I actually enjoyed more than Hunger Games. Though I did like that one too.)
Sigh.
I'm waiting for books I have on hold at the library - I hate being 'between books'!
Just finished reading
(after 10 years, the series is finally at an end..*sob*)Now moving on to
in the hopes that it will help lift me out of my post-Alex depression!
just listen - sarah dessenreally really good.
Lloyd! You have to get her to read The Chaos Walking series! Trick her!!! She will thank you in the future. (PS...I bet you are on Team Jacob...)
Bethany wrote: "let me know what you think about this book....I've been wanting to read it too!!"Amanda wrote: "I bought this book, I had a hard time getting a hold of a copy of it. I thought the book was very good. It definately pulled at my heartstrings, you just feel for the kids in the story. I think I gave it 5 stars..."
The ending killed me. It probably needed to go that way though, otherwise (view spoiler).
I gave it 5 stars too, even though the first few chapters were sort of hard for me to get into. I give credit to the author for "going there." She didn't leave much out, especially near the end.
Even though it's a tough read, I'd say it's worth reading.
Stacia *lollipopping like a mofo wrote: "Bethany wrote: "let me know what you think about this book....I've been wanting to read it too!!"Amanda wrote: "I bought this book, I had a hard time getting a hold of a copy of it. I thought the..."
Thanks...I will definetly be seeking this book out!! Thanks for the input!!
Cambria wrote: "Bethany wrote: "Cambria wrote: "I just started reading Afterlife the #4 in the Evernight series. So far it is a good read!"I cant wait to get my hands on this one!! So excited!"
I'm about 12..."
It's gotta end better than Hourglass...that was a major cliff hanger...I can't wait to see how things all end up!
Me too! and i hear this is the last book in the series. I have no idea how she's going to wrap it up!
Just started Plague by Michael Grant.
Justed picked up Across the Universe due to Brandi's recommendation and really liking it so far... also read Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder which was great. Picked up the sequel Outside In and at the beginning.. this board is horrible.. every night I check it and buy like 2 more books on my kindle. I have started like 10 books in the last week and all are wonderful! hahaTBR (and have started)
Across the Universe (just started)
Outside In (just started)
The Dark Mirror (quarter the way through)
Angelfire (quarter the way through)
Need (started while jogging)
The Iron Queen (halfway through)
City of Fallen Angels (Finished)
Crown Duel (finished)
... there are a few more and I know I need to pickone and just read it but going on here is like a drug. They should PAY all of you on here! hehe
Started
yesterday. What took me so long you ask....I thought library didn't have it. Turns out I just can't spell "Leviathan" for the life of me. Got smart and searched by author's name.
I know, I know, I'm brilliant. lol
(Searched the online catalog. Because that's the wave of the awesome future)
That's something I remember from the book (there's a banned book discussion going on not a masturbation discussion but as I said in the other thread I'm totally cool with that in my YA books because well...its real life).Its good on audiobook. It's a little scattered but just rings so true. I loved it. Tried to buy the audiobook for a friend. Not available in CD format anywhere (unless I pay big bucks!)
I agree - Part Time Indian is good on audiobook :)
Heidi (the original) wrote: "I agree - Part Time Indian is good on audiobook :)"I think the fact that it's pretty much true helps this book. And one of the best author narrations (partially a credit to the accent of course)
Michael Grant actually commented on my review of Plague!!! Of course it would be on the one review I had where I wasn't raving about his series! (I don't think he liked it much!)
Wendy F wrote: "Michael Grant actually commented on my review of Plague!!! Of course it would be on the one review I had where I wasn't raving about his series! (I don't think he liked it much!)"I'm scared of him a little bit. He posted a video about a Kirkus review which pretty much equated to "How dare you give my book a bad review" And um...I gave his book a bad review too (the first, didn't continue the series).
Seems...um...aggressive towards bad reviews
Wendy F wrote: "Michael Grant actually commented on my review of Plague!!! Of course it would be on the one review I had where I wasn't raving about his series! (I don't think he liked it much!)"OMG! That is crazy. What did he say. I need to go check it out now. I wonder why an author would comment on someones review. That is personal!
Heidi (the original) wrote: "Wendy F wrote: "Michael Grant actually commented on my review of Plague!!! Of course it would be on the one review I had where I wasn't raving about his series! (I don't think he liked it much!)"..."He thinks giving his book a poor review is WRONG just WRONG Heidi and argues with reviewers. I find that it reflects poorly on him as a person.
I didn't hate Gone but I didn't like it and found it contrived. He may have got a second chance from me....not with going around arguing with reviewers.
bwhahaha! Wendy that is the same review I criticized Michael Grant for drawing out the series into too many books! hahaha Oh well! I think it is just plain rude that he interrupted our little world here. I mean you gave him 3 stars for gosh sakes!
Heidi (the original) wrote: "bwhahaha! Wendy that is the same review I criticized Michael Grant for drawing out the series into too many books! hahaha Oh well! I think it is just plain rude that he interrupted our little wor..."Guys don't tell him where my review of his first book is. Because I'm an arguer. And I'm resisting telling him that commenting on bad reviews is in poor taste.
And I'm not sure how long I will be able to resist.
Heidi (the original) wrote: "What a tool!"Still resisting.....How long do you think I can hold out?
Hahaha! Well, and I didn't slam it (It's like that Big Al all over again). Also, I like the series! If he read all my reviews he would see that most of them have pretty good reviews. Not to mention that his response really doesn't have merit on what I said. I never once said that I didn't think teens should read it. I posted what I thought.I did respond (Doubt he'll read it), and tried to both explain that I do like the series but that I've always struggled with the violence, and that I never said that kids shouldn't read it.
I thought it was funny and read it to my husband. Funny, he doesn't respond to good reviews which is dumb.
I think authors should only respond to positive reviews if they respond at all. Honestly doesn't he realize that you're fairly positive about the books and he could offend and lose you (not to mention all of us & those who hear about it) as readers? Second question: Is he just PR dumb?And nothing is wrong with a 3 star review!
Good reads three stars means that I liked it. I gave the first three books 4 stars, for Pete's sake!But, I'm classy (or I try to be), so I ended it on a compliment. But I doubt he ever goes back to read my response. He's not about the dialogue.
I'm always a little worried when someone is a 'Goodreads Author'(some of it is guilt when it's a less than stellar review). Though I really think that most authors know better than to react that way.
Wow, that's nuts WF! I just read the author's comment, which was much longer than it needed to be and pretty ill-advised. I worked in PR for a long time, and I'm surprised that an author who has some measure of success doesn't also have the experience and common sense to stay out of this. Your review wasn't scathing at all, and the comments you made were valid. I believe you're right in saying he's not interested in dialogue.I have Gone downloaded on my Kindle because it was on sale, but I'm definitely less enthused about reading it after seeing this. (And the dragging out a series thing. I hate that.)
PS--way to turn off the adults who are actually purchasing the books, too. And saying his son has never suffered so much as a raised pulse when reading his books...not good advertising, hah!
Well keep in mind (which he apparently didn't) that I really liked Gone, Hunger and Lies. Yes, the violence was hard for me to stomach, but what I liked far outweighed what I didn't. I'd still recommend reading them, and that should be a testamet to how much I liked them, after his comment.The problem was that with Plague, the benefits of what I liked didn't tip the scales for me.
I suppose another thing is that just because his target audience can handle the violence doesn't mean that it needs to be on every other page. I thought that the plot suffered because there was too much violence. That was what I was trying to say in my review.
Wendy wrote: "PS--way to turn off the adults who are actually purchasing the books, too. And saying his son has never suffered so much as a raised pulse when reading his books...not good advertising, hah!"Hahaha! I didn't even think of that! Very good point!
Jill wrote: "Lloyd! You have to get her to read The Chaos Walking series! Trick her!!! She will thank you in the future. (PS...I bet you are on Team Jacob...)"
Hmm...I don't even know who Jacob is yet. Is that the young kid who told Bella about the Collin family "legend"? (I guess I'll find out.)
On the other hand, I wasn't on any "team" with The Hunger Games either. (Though I wanted to slap Katniss more than once)
Ali wrote: "Justed picked up Across the Universe due to Brandi's recommendation and really liking it so far... also read Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder which was great. Picked up the sequel Outside In and at th..."Ali, I have the same problem since I bought my Kindle. I now have a HUGE backlog of books, not to mention I'm in the midst of about five or six different titles now. :P
@Lloyd ...that's why I tend to write what I've just read rather than what I'm reading in threads like this, because my pile is frighteningly big! Between library books and Kindle purchases and books I've purchased, I'm always in the middle of at least a half a dozen titles. I always like to check to see what everyone else is reading, though. (And I'm with you on the smacking Katniss thing, at least after the first book.)
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Someone mentioned an audio group list -- I'd be interested to join one that recommended good teen audios. I always have an audio book in my car and if they're really good I bring them inside and listen while using the treadmill.
As for "space opera" I'm reading the 2nd Maria V. Synder book, OUTSIDE IN, which is exciting so far and romantic, too.
If anyone wants to read something fun in the Harry Potter genre, check out THE EMERALD ATLAS. So fun! I just bought the audio to enjoy a second time.