What YA book are you reading RIGHT NOW?

KateSmash said:

I think Cinder has ruined YA for me this year (at least so far). Nothing has lived up to it. I'm hoping the summer and fall releases change that.

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LOVED Cinder!

I just felt the strong urge to agree with everyone else on this fact.

vfury said:

Almost a third of the way through The Fault in Our Stars. Can't put it down, even though it feels like John Green is ripping my heart out. In a good way.

(I really should have started it when I'd finished my MS readthrough. It's turned into "Work through a chapter / read some John Green/ work through a chapter/ rinse and repeat". Oops.)

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The Fault In Our Stars is absolutely amazing. I ended up reading the whole book in one sitting. I could not put it down. Glad to hear you are enjoying it.

Only just finished WG, WG (damn uni!) and have started THE BERMUDEZ TRIANGLE by Maureen Johnson.

Reading The Girl of Fire and Thorns. I didn't expect to like it, but I actually do.

Finally read The Demon's Lexicon. It was fun - kinda Harry Potter meets Supernatural. I wasn't blown away, but I'm willing to read on to see if the series gets tighter. Some lovely little snappy bits of dialogue.

I finished The F@ult !n 0ur $tars. Gave it 4 stars on GR. Really enjoyed it but found some of it too unbelievable for me, even in fiction. Sigh. I guess nothing will live up to L00k!ng f0r @la$ka for me (my first JG book).

And Nakhlasmoke, I really enjoyed Sarah's Demon trilogy but I am *really* looking forward to her next book, Unsp0k3n. It is supposed to be great.

Cool - I'll look out for it. My chances of finishing the demon trilogy are pretty small, my library only had the 1st book.

The best YA book I've read in ages is PRECIOUS BONES by (fair disclosure) a former student of mine, Mika Ashley-Hollinger, just published by Random House. Not a single vampire, shape-shifter or zombie in it, amazingly enough: just solid, brilliantly-observed characterizations and a setting---Florida's swampland communities in the late 1940's---that is fully realized and a huge contributor to the story. It's a first novel, and the author's in her 70's, so I hope that gives hope to many here. Give it a read---I believe you'll thank me.

Jinx by Meg Cabot.

I just finished The Gathering and The Calling by Kelley Armstrong.

Close to finishing Extras by Scott Westerfeld. Not as good as the original Uglies series, but still pretty entertaining.

Not sure what I'll read next. Maybe Cassandra Clare or Veronica Roth.

Just finished The Lighter Side of Life and Death by C K Kelly Martin. I didn't read the back cover so the older love interest came as a surprise (not sure I buy a 23 year old woman being interested in a 16 year old guy though). I'm now onto We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han - I love this series, it's so easy to sink into.

Just read TH3 THING$ @ BR0THER KN0W$ and sobbed my eyeballs out. Beautiful book about a brother who comes home from war and the younger brother's journey to figure him out/why he is so different than before going off... **sobs just thinking about it**

(It was also very short - about 240 pages if anyone would like a quick read)

Nahklasmoke, Unsp0k3n sadly does not come out until later this year, but it is about a girl who helps to uncover mysteries in her hometown.

Just reread Will Grayson, Will Grayson... suuuch a good book.

I feel like I'm the only person that could not get into WG, WG (but I love everything else by JG). Maybe it's DL's character I couldn't get into (maybe it's DL's writing I have a hard time with)?

I was silly and finished The Fault in Our Stars by John Green in public.

I finished Slide by Jill Hathaway. It was a quick read and the mystery wasn't super mysterious but I did enjoy it. I think it was the MC that swayed me. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series but I hope a certain character stays dead.

And last night, I started The List by Siobhan Vivian. The concept is fascinating and the writing is strong.

I finished Delirium and now I'm debating on whether I should jump straight into Pandemonium, or take a break in between the two and read something else. Hmm.

Finished HEART-SHAPED BRUISE by Tanya Byrne and it's okay. Great voice but the story itself didn't convince me (and I'm not going to talk about it here because it would involve massive spoilers).

Going back to grown up books for a bit.

MM

Smiley0501 said:

I feel like I'm the only person that could not get into WG, WG (but I love everything else by JG). Maybe it's DL's character I couldn't get into (maybe it's DL's writing I have a hard time with)?

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I actually liked OWG more than WG. Which is weird for me -- JG is my absolute favorite author. WG, WG was the first book I read by either author, so it has a special place in my heart.

Gay WG was my favourite part of WG, WG. I'm a D-Lev fangirl.

Reading The Obsidian Blade right now. It's not bad, but it doesn't feel totally original either.

Finished The Drowned Cities last night (companion book to Shipbreaker). Excellent.

Smish said:

Finished The Drowned Cities last night (companion book to Shipbreaker). Excellent.

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That one's really high up on my to-read list. I'm glad to hear someone liked it so much!