What YA book are you reading RIGHT NOW?
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Just finished THE RAG AND BONE SHOP. Short but effective - the interrogator's methods were unnerving and uncomfortable to read about (to me, I felt sorry for poor Jason). It was a very 'claustrophobic' novel, and the ending was...unexpected, to say the least. Apparently Robert Cormier writes very bleak novels, and his protagonists rarely get their 'happy ever after'. I was reccommended it by a friend who said that his protagonists were as unlucky with life as mine!
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I was suppose to read Firelight, but decided to move that to next month.
I am suppose to be reading Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I will get back to that.
I am currently reading Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley and the chances of any of the books on my shelf getting in the way of that being finished are ridiculously small. I am hooked and this book is not letting go.
I am suppose to be reading Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I will get back to that.
I am currently reading Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley and the chances of any of the books on my shelf getting in the way of that being finished are ridiculously small. I am hooked and this book is not letting go.
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Hmm.. I have about 15 books from the library waiting to be read. I've been working my way through Gone by Michael Grant for the past few months. I can't read just one book at a time, usually have 3 or 4 in rotation at once. Anyway, I finished the other 2 I was reading simultaneously and here I am again, still struggling to finish Gone. I'm not sure what to read alongside it. Maybe I'll return to Pretties, start Maze Runner, and...?!
The last YA book I think I read was Enclave by Ann Aguirre, I loved it.
Has anybody read The Maze Runner by James Dashner?! Such a good series, I am going crazy for the last book to come out in October.
Has anybody read The Maze Runner by James Dashner?! Such a good series, I am going crazy for the last book to come out in October.
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Maze Runner is in my to-read stack from the library
I was considering starting it tomorrow.Edited to Add - Enclave is one I'm looking forward to as well.
I am soooo close to being done with the Tomorrow series, if I could just wrestle the ipad out of the kids' hands.
Also I have White Cat by Holly Black to finish this weekend. It's interesting so far, but kind of confusing. I keep asking myself, okay, if they can't touch each other than does that mean they have sex with gloves on? *laughs at own joke and hopes others will join in*
Also I have White Cat by Holly Black to finish this weekend. It's interesting so far, but kind of confusing. I keep asking myself, okay, if they can't touch each other than does that mean they have sex with gloves on? *laughs at own joke and hopes others will join in*
Bestest. Ram4dan. Ever. was a pretty good read, but a Wise Reasonable Adult Voice kept creeping into the first person narrative. I kept wondering why the dorky and emotional fifteen year old girl kept turning into a child psychologist...until the end when I read that the author is a child psychologist. I dunno...do kid and teen readers pick up on that stuff? As a grownup reader, I was like STOP BEING SO CALM AND REASONABLE, FLIGHTY TEENAGER!
Just started Ashes. But now I'm at a conference and I left it at home because I'm going to buy books here. So, hope to pick it up early next week.
Maze Runner is in my to-read stack from the library
Edited to Add - Enclave is one I'm looking forward to as well.
I don't think you will be disappointed in either of them! Enclave especially, I really enjoyed it, especially because I had just finished reading The Hunger Games and was looking really hard for another dark and gritty YA novel.
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Finished Graffiti Moon. Even though I've read it, I'm still going to be asking for it as a valentines gift. The release date (now that I'm not *waiting* for it) could not suit the book better. In short: All around amazing!
Random question: Anyone know how I find out when they'll want me to post my review? (Got it through netgalley) Thanks
Now back to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, which is very interesting too, but nothing was going to keep me from Graffiti Moon.
Random question: Anyone know how I find out when they'll want me to post my review? (Got it through netgalley) Thanks
Now back to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, which is very interesting too, but nothing was going to keep me from Graffiti Moon.
Warriors, Omen of Stars. Fading Echos. The back says: Dovepaw now knows that she is the third cat prophesied to hold the power of the stars in her paws, and she, Jayfeather, and Lionblaze begin to work together to unravel the mystery of the ancient words. But dark threats loom just beyond the forest, preying on one cat's hidden jealousy and threatening the future of Thunderclan
Finished Graffiti Moon. Even though I've read it, I'm still going to be asking for it as a valentines gift. The release date (now that I'm not *waiting* for it) could not suit the book better. In short: All around amazing!
Random question: Anyone know how I find out when they'll want me to post my review? (Got it through netgalley) Thanks
Now back to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, which is very interesting too, but nothing was going to keep me from Graffiti Moon.
I think if you go under publisher approval preferences then you'll see the demands of that particular publisher, which honestly I keep forgetting to do before I post. Oops.
I read Elizabeth Scott's Between Here and Forever yesterday. Aside from the extreme overuse of the dash, and the fact that Abby was slightly annoying and had zero self esteem, I really enjoyed it.
I am reading Joan Slonczewski's The Highest Frontier, which is...kind of YA? It's really that border between YA and New Adult/Adult/something. The character JUST started college. So far, kind of confusing, but Joan Slonczewski's books always end up awesome so I'm holding in there.
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I've started THE FEAR by Charlie Higson, which is the third in his zombie novel series and it's as brutal and scary as the last two. Fab - I love it! He kills all your favourite characters. He's like an abusive parent, but in a good way.
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I'm halfway through ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS, but I left the book at work, and it's due back at the library on Tuesday, so I'm just going to call it a DNF. It was a fine book, but I didn't really fall in love with it the way so many other people have. I liked it enough that I would have made an effort to finish it if I had time (and the physical book during that time), but it's not really going to bug me if I don't finish it.
Next up will be WHITE CAT by Holly Black
Next up will be WHITE CAT by Holly Black
SAVING FRANCESCA by Melina Marchetta. (I love her, and don't know why I didn't pick this up before)
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Halfway through ORDINARY PEOPLE. Brilliant, especially Conrad's chapters. And it shocked (heh) me too - I didn't know that as late as the 1970s, they were electric-shocking people (including sixteen-yr-olds!) with mental health problems... goes to show how the world's changed in the last 40-odd years :/
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