Young Adult Fiction for Adults discussion
What are you reading now?
Rebecca wrote: "Heidi, Im on chapter 12. I dont know which page number because I have a kindle and it doest have page numbers. Its not as confusing and it seems like the author is starting to put the pieces togeth..."To me it was confusing, but I wanted to know how it fit together so I didn't feel like giving up. It was like a puzzle I wanted to solve. Hope you like it!
I have been away from this group for a while it seems! Guess I'll just jump right in.I am reading Wuthering Heights and I have some serious mixed feelings about it. While the writing is beautiful and it's very emotional at times(which I love), I detest most of the characters! It's a love hate relationship.
Next up is
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Jennifer wrote: "Reading 
"I thought that book was really great! Hope you like it!
Kourtni wrote: "I have been away from this group for a while it seems! Guess I'll just jump right in.I am reading Wuthering Heights and I have some serious mixed feelings about it. While the writing is beautif..."
I actually didn't like Wurthering Heights.
Allison wrote: "I just finished reading "The House of Dark Shadows". It's about a family who moves into a house with secret rooms that take them into the past and sometimes the future. Another series along these..."
I love the Dreamhouse Kings series (House of Dark Shadows)! I had gotten it for free for Kindle and I read it while we were on vacation in Las Vegas. I was so into it I read on vacation...in Las Vegas! Haha I had to order the next few books as soon as we got home.
Kourtni wrote: "I have been away from this group for a while it seems! Guess I'll just jump right in.I am reading Wuthering Heights and I have some serious mixed feelings about it. While the writing is beautif..."
Skinjacker #3 is out!?!? What! I had no idea. I love that series so far! *rushing out to pick it up*
I just finished
I liked it but don't feel that the premis is as far in the future as we would like to believe? Am I right?Is anyone else reading this?
P.S. Just finished
. Extremely quick, fun read. Has me interested in Nick and Nora now.Just about to start my re-read of
. Love!
If you've listen to Jacky Faber & Smekday already...hmmmI really liked
.Liked both of these
,
, Liked
on audio but it could be too depressing for exercise (involves the holocaust & all)If you do urban fantasy the Dresden Files are all good on audio. And the guy who played Spike on Buffy narrates them.
currently reading
(I'm addicted to this series!) and
, and listening to
on audio book at work. Still trying to get through
.
I read the first Dresden files & didn't listen. Next time I grab one I'll have to listen for swallowing. Which sounds very strange. I read Unwind & really liked it (had a few qualms but it overcame them easily) but I don't know about the audio. The story itself is good.
Yes Becca! Everfound just came out last week! I'm lucky that I didn't have to wait at all in between books. It came out right after I finished Everwild.Heidi- I can completely understand not liking Wuthering Heights. It was really quite depressing throughout the entire book. But there were things I liked about it too. I'm torn and I have no idea how many stars to give!!
Frishawn wrote: "I just finished I liked it but don't feel that the premis is as far in the future as we would like to believe? Am I right?Is anyone else reading this?"
I just loaned Bumped from the library, I cracked it open and didn't get into it much.
Jennifer wrote: "Despite reading some negative reviews, I am reading Wicked Lovely. I bought it on my Nook when it was on sale, and I was drawn by the beautiful cover. I really hope it is good. I am trying not to..."I hope you like it, Jennifer. I actually really liked the Wicked Lovely series. I will say that the first book was probably be my least favorite. I felt like the series really blossomed once I got to know the other characters better. Each of the books deals with a different court and different piece of the group while still including the characters from the book before it. (Did that make any sense?) I would have to say that the second book, Ink Exchange, was probably my favorite. Between the beautiful covers and how much I liked books 2-5, I ended up buying the series.
Just started
.
is next on my list. Also want to read
.
Welcome! Are you friends with Ottilie? She's in this group and a few others that I'm in.
Catie,Unwind is pretty good. There were a few minor parts that dragged in the middle, but the last few chapters were crazy with a few different situations going on. I teared up a bit over a couple of things.
I was supposed to buddy read First Grave on the Right with Carina this month, but still have to finish my buddy read with Wendy F first. :)
I need to read First Grave on the Right too. I also broke my no buying rule, but this is mentioned in another group,
. And while it's not YA, I have always had a bit of an obsession with Doc Holliday.
If I read a heavy or long story, the first thing I have to reach for is something light, young, funny or smutty. Any one of those. Not necessarily all together though.
Finished
. I actually did not like it.
Wendy!I love books about the old west! The outlaws the lawmen! I am going to have to check that book out! :)
Me too! Ever since I was young I've had a facination with gunslingers, like Doc and Billy the Kid. So when I saw the book I got really excited. I can't wait to read it.
You will have to let me know if you like it!
Wendy F wrote: "I need to read First Grave on the Right too. I also broke my no buying rule, but this is mentioned in another group,
. And while it's not YA, I have always had..."This looks good! I also have a little bit of an old west obsession :)
Emily wrote: "Finished . I actually did not like it."I didn't like it either....
I need someone who has read
to tell me I'm not crazy for getting a little swooney over Richard. BUT NO SPOILERS. There was just a duet & now stuff is happening & I stopped midsentence in the middle of drama (and would it be Jacky without drama?)
I need someone who has read
to tell me I'm not crazy for getting a little swooney over Richard. BUT NO SPOILERS. There was just a duet & now stuff is happening & I stopped midsentence in the middle of drama (and would it be Jacky without drama?)
Cassi (Is out of glitter *sadness*) wrote: "I need someone who has read to tell me I'm not..."I go swooney over all her men! She seems to fine them doesn't she?
I KNOW! Clearly I need to hang out with Jacky Faber and take some notes. DANG.Richard kinda has swagger like Rhett Butler who I've epically swooned over for years. He's just so dashing with a bit of a rogue added in.
Cassi (Is out of glitter *sadness*) wrote: "I KNOW! Clearly I need to hang out with Jacky Faber and take some notes. DANG.Richard kinda has swagger like Rhett Butler who I've epically swooned over for years. He's just so dashing with a ..."
She meets even more men in books 6 & 7! How does she do it. poor Jamie.
Is it wrong to be jealous of a book character?
I'm currently reading
- So far, so good. I got a little slow in reading the third and forth books (both until the end) but I'm already on chapter 13 of this one and started like two days ago. I'd probably be further, but there is this annoying thing called work that I have to do instead of reading. :P
I just finished
and all I can say is WOW! There are no words for this book! If you have not read this book I highly recommend you do ASAP! Ive only ever reread the Vampire Academy series before. This is a book I can see myself rereading over and over again. Im already thinking about rereading it!
Another Jellicoe Road convert & now Jellicoe Road pusher! That is sweet music to our ears.So glad you loved it!
This looks good. I haven't tackled a western yet. Keep us updated on how it is.
Rebecca wrote: "I just finished and all I can say is WOW! There are no words for this book! If you have not read this book I highly recommend you do ASAP! Ive only ever rer..."Hahaha. Tooollllddd yoouuu!
Rebecca wrote: "I just finished and all I can say is WOW! There are no words for this book! If you have not read this book I highly recommend you do ASAP! Ive only ever rer..."Yay!!!!!!
Emily wrote: "Reading 
, I really like it so far!"I plan to listen to this on audio soon. I actually already downloaded it onto my new Sansa clip so it is waiting for me when I get to it.
I have it too. I may read it next. I'm going to need something light and fun, I hope that's it.
Amy wrote: "Just started . is next on my list. Also want to read ."How are you liking House of Night and what did you think of Switched?
Cassi (Is out of glitter *sadness*) wrote: "Is it wrong to be jealous of a book character?"hahaha. No. the grass is always greener....right? So which character are you jealous of and why?
Cambria wrote: "Cassi (Is out of glitter *sadness*) wrote: "Is it wrong to be jealous of a book character?"hahaha. No. the grass is always greener....right? So which character are you jealous of and why?"
Jacky. She has all the men!
Can we make a list of Jacky's men?Jaimy Fletcher
Randall
Robyn Rayburn
Joseph Jared (or do I have that backwards)
Richard Alan
And those are only the major ones that pop immediately into my head. And almost all of them are swoonworthy.
(Sidenote: I wasn't sure if Rooster Charlie counted)
Double Sidenote: Do to my audiobook tendencies I have no idea how to spell any of these names except Jaimy because I saw it in a book description on goodreads.
I got as far as this statement about Jeanne de Arc It’s also possible she was mentally ill – she did believe God spoke to her, after all.
And concluded the writer of said blog was a bit of an arrogant a-hole. I don't care what you're belief about religion is you don't discredit a woman who led a war, died a martyrs death by saying she was mentally ill. If only we had more with her illness. (This is regardless of whether God spoke to her or not. I wasn't there so I don't know. But she had to have intelligence to do everything she did).
I hadn't seen this yet. I'll have to peruse it but I can tell it's going to make me mad. Part of the reason women do so well in battles (Jacky for example) is because men so often underestimate them. What we lack in strength we can make up for with intelligence & cleverness.
And a lot of book heroines mention the lack of physical strength (Deryn pops into my head immediately).
On a non-going-to-fight-the-igorant note. I'm impressed how the author of the Jacky Faber characters writes such delicious men. I would expect a woman writer, but nope.
Catie wrote: "Hey Cassi - did you sniff out this little piece of blog drama yet? It's getting pretty heated!http://www.roguebladesentertainment.c...
Some of those g..."
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I bought it for my nook too! I read it a while ago, and while it was not my favorite, I do want to find out what happens in the rest of the series. And they are beautiful covers!