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What YA Friendly Book Are You Currently Reading?
You should put Ash and Down to the Bone into our bookshelves for the group. (It will be great to get more lesbian books in there. Just click on the bookshelves in the top right corner of any page, search the title and click on add to group. If you can figure out some shelves to assign it to that's great. Ask if you have questions.) Ash has some interesting mixed reviews (leaving out the dumb ones that just don't like the lesbian take on a fairy tale.) Did you like the style of the writing as well as the content?
Raina, Give the following a try
- it was, in my opinion, an awesome read.. Sophie has talent.. I'm eagerly awaiting another book from her..
I'm currently reading First Kill for fun. And I'm working on Corin Ash's story for the Helping Hands line, Circus Mirror Day, and Samantha Jenkins' story, Reasons to Avoid Punishments.
Ralph, your job sounds like a dream, but do you actually get time to really emerse yourself in the stories?
Byron wrote: "Ralph, your job sounds like a dream, but do you actually get time to really emerse yourself in the stories?"It depends. If I'm working on a deadline that's coming up, I often don't have the time to really immerse myself in the story. Like the Helping Hands stories, I need to get them polished and ready for publication by the first of the year, so I don't really have a chance to just enjoy the stories.
But books that aren't on a strict deadline, like The Healer by JL Bowen or Jo Ramsey's books, I can really enjoy while I'm working on them. I'm loving The Healer and cannot wait until the author sends me the sequel.
And I'm dying waiting for Jo to send me the sequel to Cluing In. She keeps taunting me by sending me other books. They're good (of course) but they're not VJ! =P
VJ's in progress! He's on his first date with Landon, his love interest... You'll have him--er, I mean the book--within the next couple months ;) Speaking of Helping Hands stories, I just finished reading my own so I could respond to the line edits; does that count? (I'm also reading Outtakes of a Walking Mistake.)
The Reardon is high on my TBR list - I'll be interested to hear what you think.
I'm currently reading Dramarama, by E. Lockhart, for my GLBT book group. It's from the first person point of view of a teenaged girl at drama camp with her best friend, a gay guy named Demi. So far it's OK, though I particularly liked her description of the way Demi's parents relate to him-- or don't.
Just discovered a new YA LGBT that I can't wait to rip into: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. It's a retelling of the Trojan war, but is told from the point of view of Patroculous. It starts off with his childhood exile from his homeland and how he ended up in the house of Achilles' father, and tells of how their friendship blossomed into something stronger.It's Greek myth, two boys falling in love, and a tragic ending. This book is going to be my kryptonite, I just know it.
I'll post info/a short review about it once I'm done reading it. Right now, I'm watching my mailbox with an eagerness I haven't felt since Deathly Hallows was released. :)
just finished "Hunger games" by Suzanne Collins... it was good. Just picked up "iBoy" by Kevin Brooks... looking forward to cracking it open this afternoon.
I am currently reading book #3 of the 'Shadow Of The Templar' Series by M. Chandler.#1: The Morning Star
#2: Double Down
#3: With a Bullet
#4: High Fidelity
It's not exactly YA, means, it's not about high school kids or teenagers, but there are NO sex scenes in it, which would make it YA friendly, I guess.
It's highly enjoyable. ;)
It's self-published, you can buy the paperback or read it online on the author's homepage for free.
Kaje wrote: "Is it fantasy? GLBT characters?"I guess you mean me?
No, it's not fantasy, but it's GLBT.
FBI agent Simon Drake (29ish) and his team are trying to catch the highclass thief Jeremy Archer, convinced that they are the ones to finally catch him.
But they don't know how wrong they are...
In the course of the first book they end up "being forced" to work with the "bastard" who dared to outsmart and humiliate them in order to prevent a greater threat, which doesn't sit quite well with most of the FBI team.
And then there is the attraction between Simon and Jeremy..
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Hm, I'm not really that good in writing blurbs ;) But I guess you get the idea.
The books are really quite entertaining and all the characters are unique, crazy, funny, which makes it a suspenseful fun read :)
karlakolumna wrote: "Kaje wrote: "Is it fantasy? GLBT characters?"I guess you mean me?
No, it's not fantasy, but it's GLBT.
FBI agent Simon Drake (29ish) and his team are trying to catch the highclass thief Jeremy..."
Sounds right up my alley (love mystery/thriller and funny with my romance, and that's a tough mix to pull off.) I'll keep it in mind. Sounds like it's aimed adult but teens could enjoy it. (It's surely ageist to assume YA's only want to read about teen characters, although that may be a requirement to officially be YA fiction, I guess.)
Kaje wrote: Sounds right up my alley (love mystery/thriller and funny with my romance, and that's a tough mix to pull off.)I love my books with some mystery/thriller as well, this includes the m-m-genre ;)
(Btw, I've read and liked your Life Lessons Series very much.)
Rogier wrote: sounds good
So far it is good, too. ;)
Here's the link, by the way - in case you're interested:
http://mchandler.org/sott/
Am reading
by Malinda Lo--just started it!
I have been re-reading some of my favorite YA series. I just finished the Hunger Games again and started The Vampire Academy. I am on book three and should be finished by the end of the week.
I read Shine before it came out for a review. I really enjoyed it.
Johnny wrote: "I read and LOVED 
. It was really funny and heartbreaking at the same time."Just read this also.
Meagan wrote: "I'm trying to finish 
so I can sell the book at the used bookstore and review it on my blog. I don't think I will read the sequel."lol
I read
last night. A very touching story of self discovery and first love. Couldn't get to sleep last night away from the love of my life, so decided I needed a little something to ease the separation.
sounds great Gavin I added to my list to be read.
Randy wrote: "I'm reading LIFE LESSONS by Kaje Harper.Life Lessons"Although beware - definitely not YA; I'm glad you are trying it out but it is 18+.
Hey, for those under 18, my Kira Harp book The Benefit of Ductwork just showed up on the Featherweight press site :)
Yeah, I noticed as I've goten into it that it isn't a YA book after all even though some of the action is in a high school.I'll check out The Benefit of Ductwork. Thanks.
Randy
Randy wrote: "Yeah, I noticed as I've goten into it that it isn't a YA book after all even though some of the action is in a high school.I'll check out The Benefit of Ductwork. Thanks.
Randy"
Hope you like it; for me, the author name will be your key. If I wrote it as Kaje Harper, don't leave it where your kids could find it. If I used Kira Harp, then it's YA friendly.
Ah, the alias game. 'll check the book out.I am enjoying LIFE LESONS though. Not what I was expecting, and that is a good thing as far as I am concerned. I love when a book goes away from where I think it is heading.
I finished A Strong and Sudden Thaw. I gave it 4 stars. It was a little strange at first, but then it kinda took on a Hunger Games world feel for me.
I'm reading a couple of f/f books (reviewing them as Kira) by Sara Ryan. Finished Empress of the World and liked it a lot. Gifted kids feel like home to me. Now I'm starting The Rules for Hearts
I'm currently reading
by Julie Anne Peters. I'm not done yet though, so no one tell me what happens!!
Trevor wrote: "I'm currently reading by Julie Anne Peters. I'm not done yet though, so no one tell me what happens!!"
While Hero remains my YA writerly muse hero (no pun intended), I consider Luna to be my favorite mainstream LGBT YA novel, hands down. I hope you enjoy it.
by Julie Anne Peters. I'm not done yet though, so no one tell me what happens!!"While Hero remains my YA writerly muse hero (no pun intended), I consider Luna to be my favorite mainstream LGBT YA novel, hands down. I hope you enjoy it.
I just finished reading
and posted a wee review here. Wish I had more time to write longer and more thoughtful reviews, but those days are gone. Alas, alas.
and posted a wee review here. Wish I had more time to write longer and more thoughtful reviews, but those days are gone. Alas, alas.
I started reading
a couple of days ago and am enjoying it among my other active books.
Gavin wrote: "I started reading a couple of days ago and am enjoying it among my other active books."Ah--I have just begun this one--looking forward to it!
HERO was a great book. Ireally enjoyed it. It was so sad the authos killed himself. Siicode is such a waste.
Randy wrote: "HERO was a great book. Ireally enjoyed it. It was so sad the authos killed himself. Siicode is such a waste."Oh so very true!! How are you dear man?
Feeling well?
Hero is an incredible book and one of my all-time faves.
Fair and partly cloady, Sammy. How about you?Randy
I'm reading I Call Death Dad by T.A. Chase.
Currently enjoying a reread of
. Getting reading for the movie release!
Just finished The Benefit of Ductwork by Kira Harp - hand-me-the-kleenex-please-good! Sorry, if I'm nr. whatever mentioning this book:)
Jo wrote: "I'm reading I Call Death Dad by T.A. Chase."Looking forward to your thoughts - it's on my (long) TBR list.
I'm reading the Little Boy Lost Enlightened etc. series. They look like YA, but have definitely too much sex to be YA in explicitness. And yet the story lines and characters would be wonderful YA - I don't know whether to regret it, because the sex is appropriate and nicely done, just too fully and sensually described.
I will... So far it's pretty good, much better than the Amazon reviews led me to believe. Though he hasn't called Death "Dad" yet... he keeps calling him Dexter. LOLI read the first book in Little Boy Lost, and I agree; I loved that the characters were YA age, but the sex was far too explicit to be YA. Honestly, I felt a little pervy reading the book because of the explicitness and the fact that the characters were under eighteen, and that's why I haven't read the rest of the series. The book was very, very well-written, just too...something. Either too young (the characters) or too explicit, I can't decide which.
Jo wrote: "I read the first book in Little Boy Lost, and I agree; I loved that the characters were YA age, but the sex was far too explicit to be YA. Honestly, I felt a little pervy reading the book because of the explicitness and the fact that the characters were under eighteen, and that's why I haven't read the rest of the series. The book was very, very well-written, just too...something. Either too young (the characters) or too explicit, I can't decide which. .."I did too - said so in my review; the age of consent here may be 16, but still... No actual sex in the second book, although some remembered, and then by the third book he is 18 (and a good thing because definitely explicit sex.) I got totally hooked by the story line, and he had to be that age for the plot but 18 really is my comfort limit.
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No--but it too is on my TBR list on kindle!