Young Adult Fiction for Adults discussion
What are you reading now?
Lani wrote: "Amanda and Stormi-Have either of you read any else of Jennifer Echols? I'm a fan of her stuff so I was just wondering how Forget You compares.I've read Along for the Ride! By the end of the story I was half in love with Eli myself!
Finished Jellicoe Road last night, and while it was really strange and hard to get into in the beginning, I'm very glad I stuck with it. It was a good read :)I picked up Clockwork Angel this morning but I haven't had a chance to really start it yet.. I'm very excited about it though.
Tracie,I am about 125 pages into
and so far its not to bad, its different, then again I haven't read The Mortal Insturment series so this is my first Cassie Clare novel. :)
This having to share a book thing with my husband is really slowing me down with Mockingjay. But in a way I dont' mind, I am savoring this book, lol. I did pick up Clockwork Angel today so I will be reading that one shortly.
Crystal wrote: "I'm reading
right now. Then I can't decide if I want to read
,
, or [bookcover:Daughter of the Fo..."Daughter of the Forest! Then you'll read everything else written by her. Such a good book!
Neal Shusterman's Unwindis on my favorite books list. I highly recommend it!!!!!Before I Fall is another book I loved.
I purchased Clockwork Angel today, I am hopeing to get to it soon.
Just finished
which I absolutely loved! This is such a great spin on fey lore that it makes me giddy to read it. Plus the love story is fabulous. I swoon for Ash!
Stormi wrote: "Lani,No I haven't and trying to read Forget You makes me not so sure that I want too...if I did what do you recommend?"
Stormi and Amanda-
If you're going to read a Jennifer Echols novel I suggest Going Too Far. It's one of my favorite books. Keep in mind I don't anaylze stories or try to garner anything from them. I read purely to be entertained. It takes a lot to take me out of a story or turn me off to a character (I'm pretty forgiving).
Anyone read Stormbreaker by Anothony Horowitz. I just got it from the library and I'm going to crack it open later tonight. I am also trying to get to Clockwork Angel by CAssandra Clare and Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien this week. I have a feeling it's gonna take me almost a week to get through Clockwork Angel, so it's on the back burner right now.
Can someone suggest a good series for me to read? I have read the following series' and books..The Twilight Saga
The Host
The Immortals Series
The Vampire Academy Series
The Hunger Games Series
The Dark Powers Series (The Summoning..)
No I have not read either of those! They look great, thank you! I am considering reading the House of Night series as well, has anyone read that? Recommend it or no?
Heather wrote: "No I have not read either of those! They look great, thank you! I am considering reading the House of Night series as well, has anyone read that? Recommend it or no?"Heather the Hunger Games series is another that was terrific. I wasn't sure if I would like it because I like many of the series you mentioned but I enjoyed it immensely.
Heather wrote: "No I have not read either of those! They look great, thank you! I am considering reading the House of Night series as well, has anyone read that? Recommend it or no?"House of Night series is pretty good. The first couple of books are good, and book #7 is really good, I think #5 and #6 were the two that got a little boring, but I am waiting for the next to come out.
Try The Seer series, the first book is Don't Die, Dragonfly by Linda Joy Singleton, or Blue is for Nightmares series, Blue Is For Nightmares is good too.
If you don't mind swearing in your books, try Strange Angels series by Lili St. Crow. It is my favorite series.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman is sort of along the same lines as The Hunger games, a sci-fi-ish book. It is one of my fav's also.
Shade is another good book, but it's the first in the series and just relased.
Or try 13 to Life, also the first in a new series.
Shannen wrote: "Just got back from vacation and finished
which I really liked. (Thanks, Kourtni! We're still book twins!)I let my hubby read Mockingjay first and he is taking fore..."
Wow, I completely missed this comment somehow! I was wondering what you thought about Glimpse. Glad you liked it! I'm veeery interested to see how you feel about Mockingjay book twin. LoL
Heather - I read the first several books of the HON series but I refuse to read anymore. It has dragged on for too long and there are too many other great books out there. Based on the series you mentioned, you should really like City of Bones and Shiver.
Kourtni - My hubby needs to get a move on! I am going to start it after I finish Twenty Boy Summer, whether he is finished or not. ;)
Kourtni - My hubby needs to get a move on! I am going to start it after I finish Twenty Boy Summer, whether he is finished or not. ;)
Both City of Bones and Shiver are better than House of Night. HoN is something that many of us only read now because we're already invested in the series, and not because it's on our favorites list. I consider it more of a guilty pleasure than anything.
Kourtni - We were going on vacation and I had a book to read and he didn't. Little did I know that I would finish my book before he was even 1/3 of the way through Mockingjay.
He is reading it on the Kindle app on his phone but if I start reading it, I don't think it will save my place. We'll see what happens. Gracious or stupid? Hmmmm... LOL!
Um... I think Heather already mentioned she read Hunger Games. Just wanted to point that out. Sorry!
lol- ya ive read the hunger games, loved them all! have you all read the vampire academy series ? I think its my fav one of them all!! I just LOVE Dimitri!!
Heidi I wrote: "Um... I think Heather already mentioned she read Hunger Games. Just wanted to point that out. Sorry!"Sorry I missed that post guess I should read some of the prior entries before I respond.
The other series, and I only read back to page 65 so I apologize Heather if you have read it, but
Life As We Knew It is an excellent series. The first one is a girl in PA, 2nd about a boy in NY, and the third which I am reading about now is where they both end up meeting. The 39 Clue series is pretty good; as is Rick Riordans book:The Red Pyramid|7090447]
Also, if you want some quick reads the Jessica Darling Series by Megan McCafferty is pretty good.
Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy is one of my favorites. I suggest it to anyone. I'm starting Nobody's Princess, mainly cause I want something different from all the dystopian I'm reading.
I tried to start Birthmarked and Stormbreaker and just can't get into either of them. I think they are going back to the library. Any other suggestions? I'm having a bad luck streak.
Amanda,I am sad to hear that about birthmark, it is on my tbr list and was looking intresting lately
It wasn't necessarily BAD, I just wasn't feeling it today. I am going to try again in a few days. I think I am in a book funk. Everything I pick up seems to suck. I even tried to read Clockwork Angel and shut the book after chapter one. Mockingjay really did me in and I think I'm going ot have to read the 'effin book again just to get over it.
Amanda- That happens to me sometimes, too! When I read certain books it takes forever to get them out of my head and then there's no way that I can try to get absorbed in a new world. It sucks, but what can you do?
Cassi wrote: "Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy is one of my favorites. I suggest it to anyone. I'm starting Nobody's Princess, mainly cause I want something different from all the dystopian I'm reading."
I liked Nobody's Princess Cassi, although it's a bit on the MG side of YA just as a warning. I thought it would be a bit more grown up, but it isn't.
I've finally picked up Fire. I really liked Graceling and heard Fire wasn't as good. I'm a romance fan and heard Fire is full of it, so I have high hopes.
Amanda, I have been like that since reading Sarah's Key. The books have been ok but I can't get into them the way I usually do. Mockingjay is bring me out of that slump though. I hope you find something soon to get you going again.
I just got Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. I was at the library picking up the new Danielle Steel and the librarian held it up and said it was for me and I'm not embarrassed to tell you, I screamed! Everyone stared at me of course but I've been waiting forever to read the final in the trilogy!!!
I was like that when I got my copy at B&N. I was all giddy and the guy who checked me out probably thought I was on drugs.
I'm okay with middlegrade. Earlier this year I read a really fun middle grade novel. Sometimes I feel like I just don't know the genre very well at all.And MG might work for me coming off of dystopians (and before reading Blameless by Gail Carriger - my bookstore didn't have it for the release day so I had to order it!!)
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