What YA book are you reading RIGHT NOW?

Starting ANGEL FIRE. I can already tell it's heading toward a love triangle, which makes me sad. But, Mexico! Major characters that are Latino! Spanish cuss words! make me happy after the last book I read reminded me too much of the scary twist in After Dachau, so hopefully it'll balance out.

Cyia said:

I'm really hoping this one's worth a read. It sounds great.

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I'm about 1/4 in and it's good, but not great...yet.

Heretic, by Bernard Cornwell. This is the third in his Archer series. Highly recommend...

I'm reading INCARCERON by Catherine Fisher. It's pretty awesome so far!

adktd2bks:
That sounds like fun!!

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It is. It rockets along at a great pace, is very dark in places and Oliver has much more of a spine in this than he ever did in the Dickens original (thank goodness because he's such an inspid twonk in that book).

adktd2bks:
I was actually bored to tears with this one. A lot of the Ripper stuff doesn't come into play until the middle of the book and by then what do you have but a girl who's getting acquainted with a new school and new friends? It was a unique concept, but it just felt like it could have been done so much better.

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I've heard a number of people say that about it, but I picked up a copy because Waterstones were doing a special promotion on it so it only cost £1.

MM

Momento Mori said:

It is. It rockets along at a great pace, is very dark in places and Oliver has much more of a spine in this than he ever did in the Dickens original (thank goodness because he's such an inspid twonk in that book).



I've heard a number of people say that about it, but I picked up a copy because Waterstones were doing a special promotion on it so it only cost £1.

MM

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Yeah Maureen keeps tweeting about it. So jealous!

Chanelley said:

Ok so Shadow and Bone was AMAZING. It's not out until June I think, but it's one you guys definitely need to get. Sooo good.

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Is it the one that used to be titled The Grisha?

Just finished the Host by Stef Meyer. Finally realized what makes her books so popular. It's her protagonists: people you tend to want to know what happens to in the end. I wonder if it's a gift or if it can be learnt??

Midnight Blue by Pauline Fisk. I wish I were reading Seeing Redd, but that's another couple of days from reaching me. Drat.

I just finished Cinder. I really enjoyed it. I was actually surprised by how long it took me to read because I usually read pretty quickly, but there was so much packed in that it took me a little longer to finish. I especially loved that it was written in 3rd person. It was such a refreshingly well-written change of pace from all the 1st person I've been reading.

Next up is probably Pandemonium.

I finished OLIVER TWISTED by J. D Sharpe, which I really enjoyed and it has the potential for a sequel, which I'd definitely check out.

I've just started RUNELIGHT by Joanne Harris, which is a sequel to her bestseller RUNEMARKS set 3 years after the events in that book, where the returned Nordic Gods face new threats. I loved the original and so far the sequel is shaping up to be equally as good.

MM

I just finished FOREVER by Maggie Stiefvater. After a long wait before I could get my hands on this one (£1.99 at The Works, kerching!) I finally finished the Wolves of Mercy Falls series - the first ever paranormal romance I actually liked! Forever was so good, and sad, and I can't wait for the movie
And I <3 Sam Roth...

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater.

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I'm reading City of Ashes by Cassie Clare. I'm enjoying it a lot more than I did the first one because it feels like Clare has settled into the story.

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I'm glad that I'm not the only one who found the second book more interesting. She sort of really started to flow in the second book and since I found the secondary characters more interesting than her main characters I was really glad she started to develop them in the later books. I love her Magnus Bane.

I'm reading Inheritance by Christopher Paolini and Secret Fire by Dennis Young.

Next ones will be Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory and Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card.

Ashfall by Mike Mullin.

I've just started My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Loved Slice of Cherry so much I went and read Bleeding Violet.

I will now basically read anything set in Portero ever. it's like these books were written for me.

WHERE THINGS COME BACK by John Corey Whaley. Probably halfway through. Enjoying very much, and I'm curious where all of this is leading. I very much enjoy the dueling narrative storylines. Those remind me (a little) of HOLES by Louis Sachar in that it is a separate story with very different style and leading to a meeting of both storylines (I assume). I like how the main character Cullen Witter has a very distinct and recognizable voice in first person. The other storyline is more distant and third person.

I think this is a wonderful book, but I'm impressed it found an agent and a publisher. Paint me cynical. It almost seems too smart and too deep and maybe too slow for what a lot of agents are looking for. I'm reading and enjoying and not complaining though. Kudos to Ken Wright at Writers House.

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Simply beautiful.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Just started The Chaos by Nalo Hopkinson. I received an ARC in the mail and I'd never heard of it until then. It's very unique so far... there's a polyamorous trio and a promiscuous bi-racial MC that is very sympathetic and not demonized. A lot of good stuff so far, but I'm finding the dialogue hard to follow.