Young Adult Fiction for Adults discussion
What are you reading now?
Imogen wrote: "I am reading Jenny Pox, really enjoying it!"HATED.
Julie wrote: "I recently decided I wanted to read 
, 
and 
since they are all based on the same fairy tale. I'd never he..."Great idea for winter stories! The fairytale is like Beauty and the Beast meets Cupid and Psyche. For me
was a pleasant and fun read but I thought
was better. It struck me a little deeper and I loved the writing. I haven't been able to get a hold of
yet.
Julie wrote: "Just saw that 
is 99 cents for Kindle today, I recommend it if you haven't read it yet."Great buy!
Andrea wrote: "Julie wrote: "I recently decided I wanted to read , and since they are all based on the same fairy tale..."At a casual glance I thought they were books in a series. Maybe they have the same cover artist:) They do look like nice winter books for by the fire.
I read East, and it was okay. I enjoyed it to a point. I wasn't sure what to think of it when I was done though. In fact, I'm still trying to figure out how to review it, lol.
Julie wrote: "Just saw that is 99 cents for Kindle today, I recommend it if you haven't read it yet."The librarian where I volunteer gave me a $10 gift card to Barnes & Noble and I got Graceling. Next day, I see it for 99 cents for Kindle, so I'm going to take back the paperback version and get something else from my TBR list.
Recently read
and
. Graffiti Moon was great! Now reading and really enjoying
Currently over halfway through
and I love it.
Kayla wrote: "Currently over halfway through and I love it."The cover is beautiful!
Juliann wrote: "Kayla wrote: "Currently over halfway through and I love it."The cover is beautiful!"
Yes it is. So is the first one.
Kayla wrote: "Juliann wrote: "Kayla wrote: "Currently over halfway through and I love it."The cover is beautiful!"
Yes it is. So is the first one.
"I was hoping it would change POV to go with the cover. I loved the twin's character.
Julie wrote: "I recently decided I wanted to read , and since they are all based on the same fairy tale."I absolutely loved all three books. Yes they all are based on the same fairy tale but they all are different and unique in their own ways.
and
are two of my all time favorites because they are so beautifully written.
I'm reading ARCS of
and
. I'm also starting
.
I enjoyed The Way We Fall quite a bit.
Kayla wrote: "Julie wrote: "I recently decided I wanted to read , and since they are all based on the same fairy tale..."I'll have to try one of those. I love stories based on fairy tales:)
I am currently reading The Night Circusand will be probably be finishing it up soon. It is really good so far!
About to start
that a fellow blogger sent me as part of a ARC tour.
Tracy wrote: "I am currently reading The Night Circusand will be probably be finishing it up soon. It is really good so far!"I am reading this as well, I can't get into it but it is pretty good book when I read it, lol
For Christmas my sister-in-law got me
so I decided I would start at the beginning and read
I'm currently in the frustrating/fun phase of trying to decide which book to read next!
What are the options?? (I may be way too enthusiastic about recommending books)
Cassi aka Snow White wrote: "What are the options?? (I may be way too enthusiastic about recommending books)"Too many to list! :P
Matched by Ally CondieIt was recommended by my good friend and so far so good! Really similar to Hunger Games though... I wonder which was published first? Anyway, I enjoyed the Hunger Games series and so I am enjoying Matched as well-- looking forward to the sequel "Crossed".
PS- so glad I found this group! Yay!
Crossed was really disappointing compared to Matched. Divergent is a much better book if you are interested in Dystopian Societies. I really loved Matched, and Crossed had its moments but all around it was not a "great" book. I would give it a 3.5(maybe).
Starting
and then I'll prabably move on to
and
Hunger Games was published first. :)
I am in the middle of the Hunger Games series ... Ok .. I am a little behind the eight ball... I purchased these books for my nephew as they were published and thought that I probably wouldn't like them....WRONG...love them! Also I started reading Hush Hush ... I like it too...go figure :D
Marisa wrote: "Crossed was really disappointing compared to Matched. Divergent is a much better book if you are interested in Dystopian Societies. I really loved Matched, and Crossed had its moments but all aroun..."I really liked those books. Hm, I guess it depends on what you like. I haven't read divergent yet, keep thinking about it, maybe that's what I'll spend my amazon gift certificate on:)
I loved the book, I can't wait for the next one. The problem is I don't know what to read next (I already read the Hunger Game books). I have other books in mt To-read list, but I ran out of books like Divergent/Hunger Games. Tânia wrote: "Dawn wrote: "Currently reading:
"Great choice! Loved it!"
I am reading the Hannah Swensen series i am on #7. i also reading Harry Potter series i am on year 2. My nook broke so i am back to library checking out books. Which i forget have fun that was!
Cassi aka Snow White wrote: "I enjoyed The Way We Fall quite a bit."I really liked it too Cassi.
Still working on
and started an ARC of
.
Dawn wrote: "I loved the book, I can't wait for the next one. The problem is I don't know what to read next (I already read the Hunger Game books). I have other books in mt To-read list, but I ran out of books ..."The Hunger Games/Divergent are the best dystopian novels I've read so far. I also really liked
Brandi wrote: "Still working on and started an ARC of ."that is a cool cover. valkyrie/fairy in neon!
Tânia wrote: "Dawn wrote: "I loved the book, I can't wait for the next one. The problem is I don't know what to read next (I already read the Hunger Game books). I have other books in mt To-read list, but I ran ..."I agree about THG and divergent. Unwind is also a favorite. If you liked those, I would also recommend Enclave and Blood red road.
Chaos Walking trilogy is my favorite Dypstopian type of books.
Wendy F wrote: "Chaos Walking trilogy is my favorite Dypstopian type of books."Mine too. I haven't gotten into anything since (Divergent was not for me and Blood Red Road was good but no Chaos).
I have Divergent to read next month, but the closest to Chaos Walking was THG. Anything else just hasn't come close.
Wendy F wrote: "I have Divergent to read next month, but the closest to Chaos Walking was THG. Anything else just hasn't come close."Agreed.
All this talk of Chaos Walking makes me want to reread it. I'm just so freaking restless. :(It's no secret that I LOVED Chaos Walking. SO deserves a bigger audience!!!
Lloyd wrote: "All this talk of Chaos Walking makes me want to reread it. I'm just so freaking restless. :(It's no secret that I LOVED Chaos Walking. SO deserves a bigger audience!!!"
I had a friend who started it and was like "I'm not sure how I feel should I really stick with this?"
I was like "YES! And if you don't love the dog you have no heart" lol
Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I just started
I added Chaos Walking & Unwind to my To-Read list, I will take a look at Blood Red Road
Dawn, I hope you enjoy the Maze Runner, I loved it!I'm reading
, so far it's great!
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That looks kind of great! Her hair isn't big enough, obviously, but other than that, not bad. I like how everyone looks kind of normal. Hollywood's version of normal anyway:)