Young Adult Fiction for Adults discussion
What are you reading now?
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Jun 08, 2011 12:47PM
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, I loved it! It's my new favorite angel book.
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Holly wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Just wondering if anyone has read 
and the rest of the Pellinor series.. I found these to be a great set of fantasy books.. I quickly became hooked to ..."I havent heard of them! But I will make sure and read them.. Thank you for the suggestion!
the final book in the Privilege series,
Lloyd wrote: "I've been working on 
and just made it to "Book III" and need to take a break. It's not bad, but just TERRIBLY slow and after 200+ pages it's a bit frustrating to wonder "Is..."Push through it, push through it! I swear, you'll see what the fuss is about soon. And DEADLINE moves at a breakneck pace.
Reading
to see if it lives up to the hype.
Wendy Darling wrote: "Push through it, push through it! I swear, you'll see what the fuss is about soon. And DEADLINE moves at a breakneck pace. "Okay, I'll keep at it a little longer. I sure hope it picks up.
Lloyd wrote: "I've been working on and just made it to "Book III" and need to take a break. It's not bad, but just TERRIBLY slow and after 200+ pages it's a bit frustrating to wonder "Is..."So it's not just me!!
Jennifer wrote: "Holly wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Just wondering if anyone has read and the rest of the Pellinor series.. I found these to be a great set of fantasy books.. I quickly bec..."It's one of the books on sale at Amazon if you have the kindle. 1.99 The Naming: The First Book of Pellinor
I'm getting nervous now. A few of us will be buddy reading Feed soon and I keep hearing how good it is, but I'm getting very tired of books that take forever to get interesting, especially when you read a few of them back to back and have to force yourself to get to that magic point where it finally picks up.
Just wanted to let everyone know the narrator for the Jacky Faber books won "Voice of Choice" award.http://www.booklistonline.com/Voice-o...
This is me justifying my obsession. In case you couldn't tell.
FEED is definitely not for everyone. I wasn't a fan of the politics (though I know Catie was) and there's a lot of time spent on the blogging part. I still liked it enough to keep going (though I stalled a lot in the first third of the book or so), and I'm really, really glad I did. It and its sequel (and the author) immediately made it to my all time faves list.PS--I love your new handle, Stacia! :D
I just have a big aversion to a lot of heavy world building up front. I'd rather some things unfold naturally. Give me at least some sort of teaser action in the first few chapters.(and thanks!)
It does start off with a chase sequence. :) I don't disagree with the criticisms that say that it's heavy on the worldbuilding, as I thought so too (and it's not a perfect book by any means). But I think that the payoff is worth it for most readers.I should be done with BURN BRIGHT later today and will be starting on
. Doing a buddy read with a GoodReads friend!
Oh--Lloyd, if you want a YA zombie book that is a little more action-oriented but still not a typical horror book, you might give
a try. It's fantastic.
My problem is that I read several books a week, and often am reading in an environment not great for heavy and uninterrupted thinking. I'm decent at learning to tune things out, but sometimes it gets to me.If a book can hook me fairly quickly, then I'm good on plowing through and am less likely to get distracted. If I get sidetracked or distracted easily at the start because the book is sort of slow, I find myself putting it down and coming back to it, and then the story starts to lose something for me. It took me forever to get through Knife of Never Letting Go, even though I liked it at the end.
Carmel wrote: "I have a request:) One of our readers in my Aussie group who is male ~30 and likes a good read (chews them up & spits them out at an amazing rate), he's a bit dark and mysterious, we call him Mr Ev..."I'm not sure how dark
is but it's a great read with no romance.
Wendy Darling wrote: "Oh--Lloyd, if you want a YA zombie book that is a little more action-oriented but still not a typical horror book, you might give a try. It's fantastic."I'll give that a try sometime. Thanks for the recommendation. I'm also reading another really good book, but it isn't YA called
. It's pretty high octane as well.
Carmel, I'd suggest:
And pretty much anything by William Sleator or Ray Bradbury. I hear The Marbury Lens, which was singled out in that article, is pretty hard to stomach. Not all of these are dark dark, btw, but if he's going through a lot of books...
There is some romance in these, but they're definitely not your typical YA fare:
I'm assuming he's read stuff like The Dark Materials, Hunger Games, Vampire Academy, Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, etc?
Thanks for the rec, Lloyd, I've added it to my list. For someone who isn't a zombie fan, I've sure read a lot of zombie books lately...but they've all been really good!
Cassi (is secretly listening to Heidi SHHH) wrote: "Just wanted to let everyone know the narrator for the Jacky Faber books won "Voice of Choice" award.http://www.booklistonline.com/Voice-o...
Thi..."
that's great!
I love Bloody Jack :)
Carmel wrote: "I have a request:) One of our readers in my Aussie group who is male ~30 and likes a good read (chews them up & spits them out at an amazing rate), he's a bit dark and mysterious, we call him Mr Ev..."Does he mind zombies? Tell him to the join the group, we don't bite!
Catie wrote: "It might just not be your thing Lloyd! Don't feel bad if you don't like it - you've got Peep for good company.I agree with Wendy though; everyone that has commented about the slow pace of the ..."
I started to read it a while ago but couldn't get into it. Then, I heard that the audio was good and tried that. I got as far as them going out to dinner with her parents to celebrate. It just didn't interest me and I didn't like the narrators voice. Some day, some day...
How are you doing
?I listened to it on audiobook and loved it. I've always wondered how it stands up when it's in book form.
Also since you are a fresh perspective can you tell me why so many people want to ban this book? I know some things happen but it just seems not to equal the amount of shock people have about it.
You know I'm a prude (but not a close-minded type prude) & I really thought it was a great book. Really gave me insight into the Native American experience that I was pretty clueless about.
Catie wrote: "I just started 
and "Both are good (are you listening to Part Time Indian?)
Cassi (is secretly listening to Heidi SHHH) wrote: "Just wanted to let everyone know the narrator for the Jacky Faber books won "Voice of Choice" award.http://www.booklistonline.com/Voice-o...
Thi..."
Woot!
Jennifer wrote: "Holly wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Just wondering if anyone has read and the rest of the Pellinor series.. I found these to be a great set of fantasy books.. I quickly bec..."yea, i'm pretty sure you'll love them too! you're welcome!
Peep- did you find some good books on the kindle sale list? i did, i saw The Naming as well, there are some good ones for cheap!
so jumping in on the what age is ya is really for talk- i have often wondered why they dont just rate books as they do movies or video games. that way if your 13 yr old daughter comes home with
for example and it had an l for language and a sc for sexual content on the cover you might think twice about her reading it. anyone know if the book industry has ever considered this? as a parent i think it would be a good idea.
That's what I thought Catie. I knew a lot of stuff was mentioned on the sidelines (alcoholism, domestic violence, etc) but it was just to illustrate life on the Res. I liked the way it handled so much but without ever being like "listen to me talk about this" but in such a natural way. It also deals with diversity/discrimination not just as a racial issue but relating to Juniors disabilities as well.
I just can't figure out why it's always called out like in the WSJ article. I feel like I need to defend it's honor constantly.
Carmel-
was a great zombie book, it does have a little bit of romance but it's not the "I'd die without you, you are my soul mate" type stuff.
It's not until about 45% into Feed that it actually picks up
Holly wrote: "Peep- did you find some good books on the kindle sale list? i did, i saw The Naming as well, there are some good ones for cheap!"I think I got 3 or 4. I got The Naming, that book with the flower on the cover (not Jellicoe, lol), Swim the Fly (hilarious) and I think that's it? Unless someone could recommend another one?
Carmel wrote: "Peep (Pop! Pop!) wrote: "Carmel wrote: "I have a request:) One of our readers in my Aussie group who is male ~30 and likes a good read (chews them up & spits them out at an amazing rate), he's a bi..."Then he has to read
and
, he HAS to!
Shelia (#YAsaves) wrote: "Finished , I loved it! It's my new favorite angel book."Yay! I'm glad you liked it!
I think my thing is, I prefer zombie books that have action. I notice that I don't really care for zombies books that have zombies but very little interaction with them, if that makes sense. Rot and Ruin is another one that has high ratings but I could just not get into, though I did make it far in that book.
I wonder if
could be considered dark. It's definitely not fluff.
Peep (Pop! Pop!) wrote: "I wonder if could be considered dark. It's definitely not fluff."I think that is a great guy book. It is not dark, but def. guy worthy IMO.
Soo...I really wanted to love
, but I didn't quite. I really liked it (the worldbuilding is amazing!), but I like my books to be a little more emotional. Still fun, though, and I'm looking forward to reading the next one. I've just started
.And Jahan--I have the first Tiger book waiting TBR, everyone raves about those! Especially the second one.
Jahan wrote: "im reading Tiger's Quest and The Gift"I can't wait to read
! The design is so beautiful that I had to buy the hardcover, rather than the ebook. My TBR list is so long though, I don't know when I will get to it :(
Brilliant article by Sherman Alexie. He said it perfectly. My only thought in his response was that he shouldn't be so quick to make it sound like privledged children don't face similar trials us underprivledged. I'm sure their are cutters, bullying and racism in upperclass society.
I didn't think he was saying that. Especially when he used the story about the boy who had everything but wasn't happy. There's always something.No, they are simply trying to protect their privileged notions of what literature is and should be. They are trying to protect privileged children. Or the seemingly privileged.
I agree there are plenty of rich people cutters & bullied. Sometimes people are bullied because of wealth. We live in a pretty screwed up world.
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