Young Adult Fiction for Adults discussion
What are you reading now?
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Oct 09, 2011 04:03PM
Gonna start
and
.. while I wait for
to come out on Kindle :)
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I'm Reading One Day
because I want to see the movie. So far, the book has been great. A good read :)
Stephanie wrote: "I'm Reading One Day
because I want to see the movie. So far, the book has been great. A good read :)"I really loved that book until towards the end. Hope that doesn't give anything away.
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Brittany (finally graduated and can once again read for fun)
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Stephanie wrote: "I'm Reading One Day
because I want to see the movie. So far, the book has been great. A good read :)"I just read this in August. I couldn't help but fall in love with Emma and Dex. I hope you like it.
Brittany (currently surrounded by text books) wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "I'm Reading One Day
because I want to see the movie. So far, the book has been great. A good read :)"I just read this in August. I couldn't help bu..."
Em and Dex. Dex and Em.
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Brittany (finally graduated and can once again read for fun)
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I am reading
, so far it's pretty good.My reading is totally slacking lately, thanks to the lovely school and wanting to dish out homework like it's going out of style..
♥ Martina ♥ wrote: "Harshini wrote: I don't think authors kill their main charecters, yet."
what a pity. It would suit this series... :p
PS: And yes, you should read City of Bones - it's great :)"
Will do next week! can't wait too read that series!
It would have been raining for 42 days if you know what happened to HoN series
Brittany (currently surrounded by text books) wrote: "Heidi, if we had a "like" button I would press it for the above post!":)
So I finally made some headway with
.And its kinda making me LOL because I went on a high school Europe trip (6 countries, about 12 days) and so far there's only ONE place that Ginny's been that wasn't on my high school trip. That being Rome. And while I haven't been there I have been to Venice so the Italy section still reads somewhat familiar.
Cassi wrote: "So I finally made some headway with
.And its kinda making me LOL because I went on a high school Europe trip (6 countries, about 12 days) and so far ther..."
I thought that one was just ok. Nothing that made me run out and read the next one.
I felt the same. It was a bit too middle grade for me, but I think that's the author's writing style because I got a similar vibe with her Heist Society book.
Stacia ~ poisoned wrote: "I felt the same. It was a bit too middle grade for me, but I think that's the author's writing style because I got a similar vibe with her Heist Society book."Heist Society isn't by the same author as Little Blue Envelopes.
Little Blue Envelopes is okay but what's really fun for me is all the Europe memories it brings back. Because it's pretty spot on with some things (read my status updates and you'll see some of my reaction). I can practically see the people who inspire some of the characters because I've met them too.
Stacia ~ poisoned wrote: "I felt the same. It was a bit too middle grade for me, but I think that's the author's writing style because I got a similar vibe with her Heist Society book."Yeah. It was kind of middle grade. I much prefer the book I just read
or books like
if we are talking about self discovery/love stories.
Stacia ~ poisoned wrote: "Errr...you're right. It's Gallagher Girls, isn't it?"Maybe. I haven't read those.
I'm not against MG, but I'd almost rather read more fantasy/sci-fi adventures if it's going to be MG because then I'm not caring if there's any sort of romance at all.I just get annoyed with books where it shows a girl who is interested in a guy and it takes the whole book for a kiss to happen (or even several books, like it was with Darkest Powers). It makes me feel like this grown up perv hanging out rooting for them to do something and I don't like that feeling, haha.
Cassi wrote: "Little Blue Envelopes is okay but what's really fun for me is all the Europe memories it brings back. Because it's pretty spot on with some things (read my status updates and you'll see some of my reaction). I can practically see the people who inspire some of the characters because I've met them too..."I'm like this with books where I can relate to the experiences. Sometimes I'll enjoy a book solely for the fact that it brings back memories. Unfortunately, most of those books are usually involving bad kids though since I didn't really have a productive high school life.
The memories it brings back are some of my favorite. My first Europe trip then the 3 months I spent in Switzerland (which was when I made a side-trip to Italy).Of course it makes me miss traveling and bemoan that I now exist in the real world.
I'm finishing Matched by Ally Condie this morning and then moving on to Forever by Maggie Steifvator. I'm new around here and need to figure out how put the book covers in the post. :)
Brinda when you write your message there is an option just above to add book/author, you click on that :)
Lasse wrote: "Brinda when you write your message there is an option just above to add book/author, you click on that :)"Thanks! I must be blind because it's RIGHT THERE. lol
Megan aka *Mheghan* wrote: "Finished
and loved it, so I'm doing a reread of
."I re-read 'AatFK' not too long ago. So adorable. :D
Anna wrote: "Megan aka *Mheghan* wrote: "Finished
and loved it, so I'm doing a reread of
."I re-read 'AatFK' not to..."
Adorable is definitely the word to describe it :)
I'm reading Feed and I'm surprised that this is YA. I'm not generally offended by strong language, but I didn't expect a YA book to have this many f-bombs!
I finished
and just started
.I can see why people who liked Ender's Game may not care for Speaker. Though it does continue the story, it does so in a way that is vastly different from Ender's Game. Speaker (and Xenocide so far) doesn't even feel like YA to me. I didn't like it as much as Ender's Game, but that's a pretty high bar, so I'm not judging it too harshly for that.
Starting an egalley of
. After this I need to search out something GREAT because I've been in a bit of a rut & not reading as much (You can tell works been busy by the number of audiobooks I've read)
Theo wrote: "
"What did you think of the Joplin book? Is it too much for a conservative Middle School? Janis graduated from my old HS...I've heard the stories!
Christine wrote: "Theo wrote: "
"What did you think of the Joplin book? Is it too much for a conservative Middle School? Janis graduated from my old HS...I've hear..."
I wouldn't include it in a middle school collection. I didn't find anything terribly offensive, but there was one photograph in the book where Joplin's naked breast showed, and it talked about her drug use and sex life. So, definitely more appropriate for 9 grade and up.
Anna wrote: "amy wrote: "Anna wrote: "amy wrote: "Anna wrote: "I am finally reading
. Yaaaaaaay! :D"I'm reading that now too! So good!"
Isn't it lovely! :D..."
Finished it last night. Wow, what a ride! I loved it & can't wait for the next one! I may have to reread it, got a little crazy in the middle. So well written and so intriguing. Wow.
amy wrote: "Anna wrote: "amy wrote: "Anna wrote: "amy wrote: "Anna wrote: "I am finally reading
. Yaaaaaaay! :D"I'm reading that now too! So good!"
Isn't it l..."
Ugh! Want it. Now.
Heidi wrote: "amy wrote: "Anna wrote: "amy wrote: "Anna wrote: "amy wrote: "Anna wrote: "I am finally reading
. Yaaaaaaay! :D"I'm reading that now too! So good!"..."
I'd be happy to share! Do you live in the Austin area? If not I could send it to you. Too good not to share!
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