Young Adult Fiction for Adults discussion
What are you reading now?
Jo wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Reading
. I'm only on page 39 and I am intrigued."I just finished it, it's really good!
The first few chapters are a bit strange,..."
Yay! Yes the begining is quite weird, but the ending was crazy. Loved the 2nd and 3rd books even more.
Heidi (don't listen to me) wrote: "Jo wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Reading
. I'm only on page 39 and I am intrigued."I just finished it, it's really good!
The first few chapters are ..."
Argh! I'm so excited... I swear every time someone knocks on my door I launch myself to see if it's the postman.
But alas, it's just some unsuspecting man wanting to read the meter and has to be faced with a rabid fan girl!
Jo wrote: "Heidi (don't listen to me) wrote: "Jo wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Reading
. I'm only on page 39 and I am intrigued."I just finished it, it's really g..."
hahaha!
I second what Heidi said. The first was good, but the second and third were amazing.Sincerely,
Gwendy (formerly known as Wendy F)
I was afraid that people would, but I got tired of being Wendy + Initial. My sister-in-law is a Wendy too, and on presents and gifts and stockings over there I'm Gwendy (real name is Gwendolyne), so I figured it works too and its unique.
Shelia wrote: "Still struggling through
. I try to finish every book I read, but I just may make an exception."That's how I felt with
. But I finally got through it... It took forever though.
Catherine wrote: "Shelia wrote: "Still struggling through
. I try to finish every book I read, but I just may make an exception."That's how I felt with
. But I ..."I read Halo pretty fast, but I still thought it was too long and too slow.
Gwendy, I updated my user name last week to Wendy Darling so it'd be easier to tell us apart! I like your new name too, though. :)
Just finished Thirteen Reasons Why (blahhhh, definitely not recommending it to anyone!) and can't decide whether to start On the Jellicoe Road or If I StayAny input?
Shelia wrote: "Still struggling through
. I try to finish every book I read, but I just may make an exception."THANK YOU.
I was going to have to make a new shelf of "did not finish" because that book killed me. So dry, slow-moving, etc.
Gina wrote: "Just finished Thirteen Reasons Why (blahhhh, definitely not recommending it to anyone!) and can't decide whether to start On the Jellicoe Road or If I StayAny input?"
Jellicoe!! :)
Oh and Tish - sooo glad you are liking Juliet Marillier :) I also got her name from this group and have devoured her books.
Re-Starting Across The Universe (I had about 3 books going at once so I had to stop). I just got a few books in the mail (and I have been on a few book trips this past week) I got
and
So I am going to start those after I finish.Any Ideas on these books?
Gina wrote: "Just finished Thirteen Reasons Why (blahhhh, definitely not recommending it to anyone!) and can't decide whether to start On the Jellicoe Road or If I StayAny input?"
Did you not like Thirteen Reasons Why? I liked it, but I can understand why people wouldn't. It was really depressing, and a little melodramatic.
If I Stay, however, was really good.
Gina wrote: "Just finished Thirteen Reasons Why (blahhhh, definitely not recommending it to anyone!) and can't decide whether to start On the Jellicoe Road or If I StayAny input?"
I loved both Jellicoe Road and If I Stay. I would vote to read Jellicoe Road first though, it is one of my favorite books.
Wendy Darling wrote: "Gwendy, I updated my user name last week to Wendy Darling so it'd be easier to tell us apart! I like your new name too, though. :)"Hahaha, I like your name with the Darling on it. It's cute!
JELLICOE ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THough I haven't read the other book. But if there is ever a ________ book versus Jellicoe Road question Jellicoe Road will win. It might be my top favorite book ever. (Its at least my top favorite right now)
I like the "Wendy Darling" name.Wendy F/Gwendy I really don't think I'll be that confused now that you made the announcement. For some reason it helps my brain that F & G are next to each other in the alphabet, but that might just be me.
Gina wrote: "Just finished Thirteen Reasons Why (blahhhh, definitely not recommending it to anyone!) and can't decide whether to start On the Jellicoe Road or If I StayAny input?"
I disliked Thirteen Reasons Why as well. I felt no sympathy for the girl who killed herself and found her unbelievable so I quit midway through. I vote you read Jellicoe Road.
Jenn wrote: "Today I'm reading
and I won't bore you with my what I've read this week list because that was a HUGE post in the other group. Later this week I intend to read [bookcove..."let me know what you think about them all!!
Emily wrote: "Catherine wrote: "Shelia wrote: "Still struggling through
. I try to finish every book I read, but I just may make an exception."That's how I felt with [bookcover:Hal..."
Oh no! is Halo boring then?
I just finished "Where She Went" by Gayle Forman. The second book of the "If I Stay" series. I really enjoyed both books a lot.
Cambria wrote: "Emily wrote: "Catherine wrote: "Shelia wrote: "Still struggling through
. I try to finish every book I read, but I just may make an exception."That's how I felt wit..."
It wasn't really boring, it was just slow, and I overall didn't like it.
Okay, I'm dumping 13 Reasons Why in favor of Jellicoe Road since you all seem to dislike/like them so much. Both on my bedside table...and I'm a MM virgin. (I know, I know!)Finished Feed, which was amazing, and just started reading
.Cambria, I vote "no" on Halo. But a lot of people seem to like it.
Hah! I hear Jellicoe is hard to figure out in the beginning, though...? Somebody also remarked that once she figured out what was going on it ended shortly afterwards, which also confused me!
Wendy Darling wrote: "Hah! I hear Jellicoe is hard to figure out in the beginning, though...? Somebody also remarked that once she figured out what was going on it ended shortly afterwards, which also confused me!"It's confusing but its told & first person & the MC is quite confused. Its odd but it works so well. Once you understand it's a magical moment.
Man, I have been away from this post all day. We just rode out some damnedbig tornadoes. We did not get hit but so many of my fellow Okies did. Hate that.
Cassi (is secretly listening to Heidi SHHH) wrote: "It's confusing but its told & first person & the MC is quite confused. Its odd but it works so well. Once you understand it's a magical moment."Okay, that makes me no less confused than before...but it is at least reassuring. :)
Carmel, I keep hearing about MM here on GoodReads, so I have both Jellicoe Road and Saving Francesca waiting to be read. How cool that you're going that the reading! Could you please poke Cassandra Clare and make her give me a copy of Clockwork Prince now?
And Catherine--Carpe Corpus was one of my favorite Morganville books. If only because there's some nice Shane action in it.
I am new to this group, just joined but wanted to share. I love YA, cant get enough of it. I just finished reading The Gathering by Kelly Armstrong. If you've read her before you know she tells a great paranormal YA. It's suspenseful and deffinately keeps your interest. It's fairly fast paced and you know there is something going on under the surface that you just haven't found out yet, which keeps you trying to guess what. Also, if you enjoy dystopian YA, Divergent by Roth is absolutley awsome. To me, it's in the league of The Hunger Games. As soon as I finished reading it, I couldn't wait for more.
Welcome, Angela! You've found the right place. :)I liked Kelley Armstrong's Darkest Powers series, but I haven't gotten around to The Gathering yet. I'm glad to hear it's good. Lots of good buzz on Divergent, too!
@Cambria, you know I still haven't finished
it was starting to get better. I was a little past the decorating for the ceremony scene when I had to stop reading because of getting sick from not sleeping. My fiancée works swing shift and no matter what I do since I used to do the same my sleep schedule switches with him except when he goes from 11-7 to 7-3. I have 4 days to get used to the switch and regardless it's a nightmare to get back to sleeping at night and occasionally not sleeping in order to try to force my body to sleep at night again makes me sick. And the only way to stop the being sick is to go to sleep. Which then leaves me awake at 2am and unable to turn on the light and find my ipod to read because he's still asleep in here. If I wake him when he's got to go back to work today I'll feel guilty so I'm amusing myself online while I wait for Ed to get up so I can find my ipod and read. I will finish that book and probably one other one today. I can't do laundry because the replacement part for the dryer won't be here 'til this afternoon and won't get fixed until Ed gets home from work. The kids have school today and my mom's going to be gone to an appointment all day. So when I can turn on the light and find my ipod I should have the day to myself to get a couple books done. It's just waiting for Ed to get up so I can do that. I have to add a couple covers today for books I have that have been irritating me on here for not having covers. And I want to list a few books to trade out but none of that should take too long and I should get myself right back on reading schedule no problem in the time I have available to read.
Kristina wrote: "Catherine - LOVE the Kingdom Keepers books!"I think they are pretty good, but my son LOVES them. So it's something nice for us to do together when he lays down for bed at night. :)
Wendy Darling wrote: "Cassi (is secretly listening to Heidi SHHH) wrote: "It's confusing but its told & first person & the MC is quite confused. Its odd but it works so well. Once you understand it's a magical moment."..."
I keep hearing about the Shane action! I'm not quite that far yet, but I'm excited about it! lol
Just finished
! There were a lot of laugh out loud moments I loved it. :) Now I can't wait to get my hands on Piper's Son.
Jennifer wrote: "Man, I have been away from this post all day. We just rode out some damnedbig tornadoes. We did not get hit but so many of my fellow Okies did. Hate that."That's scary! We had a tornado warning here and I was kind of scared. To keep the story short, we have a tornado warning system that includes speakers. I was the first time we have heard the guy saying, "A tornado watch (warning?) has been issued. Please seek shelter...". It went away before it reached town but wow.
Peep (Pop! Pop!) wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Man, I have been away from this post all day. We just rode out some damnedbig tornadoes. We did not get hit but so many of my fellow Okies did. Hate that."That's scary! We had a ..."
Tornadoes are the one and only weather related system that I am scared of. We had one that came within 2 blocks of our house a month or so ago - something virtually unheard of in my neck of the woods (Tampa, FL) So glad everyone is okay...
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I just finished it, it's really good!
The first few chapters are a bit strange, but once it gets into it's stride I couldn't put it down!
It ends on the most nail-biting cliffhanger though, so make sure you have the second one handy! Mine's in the post... taking it's sweet time getting to me haha!