What YA book are you reading RIGHT NOW?

Momento Mori · Nov 14, 2009

It's been a good reading week for me (mainly because I find myself getting stuck on trains and need something to do). I've now finished Handcuffs by AW's very own Bethany. Although it's not the kind of YA novel I'd usually read (only because I'm a fantasy/horror/historical gal), the quality of writing was good, I believed the main character's voice and it resonated with current times.

Next on my list is Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.

MM

~*Kate*~ · Nov 14, 2009

Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers. Excellent.

Amynta · Nov 14, 2009

Wicked: Witch and Curse, by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié

Moost · Nov 15, 2009

Finally reading BREAK by Hannah Moskowitz!

strawberryblondie · Nov 15, 2009

Read Living Dead Girl this morning and then Break. Both were excellent. Next up is Vampire Diaries.

Cassidy · Nov 15, 2009

Momento Mori said:
I've finished What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell, which I enjoyed and I can see why it won a National Book Award because it's got an excellent feel for the language and social life of the post-war period, but the story is v. engaging.

MM

I loved What I Saw and How I Lied... I keep recommending it to people. Really well written and an enjoyable read. Just re-read Confessions of a Heartless Girl, by Martha Brooks, which is also excellent. And I just read Elinor Lipman's The Family Man, which isn't actually YA but is such a fun read I had to mention it anyway,

BookWhirl.com · Nov 15, 2009

Tipping Point

I'm currently reading Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. It's an inspiring and enlightening book on how small things can make big differences. It's an excellent read!

brainstrains · Nov 16, 2009

I'm reading THE MAZE RUNNER now... sooo good.... and then I have an ARC of SISTERS RED that I can't wait to get into (ok, I already read it as a draft but it is amazing and I can't wait to read it as a finished product!).

DrummerGirl · Nov 18, 2009

Disdainful Soul said:
Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan.

It's even more amazing than I remembered (read it last in 2002, been looking for a copy ever since). So sad something this amazing has gone out of print.

I love everything by Sherryl Jordan! She is seriously under-rated and it's so hard to find her stuff. Particularly love 'The Juniper Game' and 'Rocco' her stuff is timeless.

Kats · Nov 19, 2009

I read Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (who's now becoming one of my favourites YA authors) and Paper Towns by John Green (it reminded me of Thirteen Reasons Why in feel).

eyeblink · Nov 19, 2009

I finished The Hundred-Towered City by Garry Kilworth which is certainly readable and fast-paced but I found it a bit lightweight and facile.

I've started Frances Hardinge's Gullstruck Island (another review copy) and on the evidence of the prologue (sorry, "prelude") alone, it's very stylishly written. US title is The Lost Conspiracy. According to Renaissance Learning and Amazon it's MG rather than YA, and quite lengthy - 130,000 words. I haven't read her earlier novels, Fly by Night and Verdigris Deep.

DonnaDuck · Nov 19, 2009

eyeblink said:
According to Renaissance Learning and Amazon it's MG rather than YA, and quite lengthy - 130,000 words. I haven't read her earlier novels, Fly by Night and Verdigris Deep.

Holy crap! That's long for adult and nearly 4 standard MG books. That better be one interesting book because I don't know many 12 year olds that would have in there for that long if it wasn't amazing.

I've moved on to Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez.

bethany · Nov 20, 2009

Finally got Leviathan.

Blind Writer · Nov 20, 2009

Just finished the ARC of SOME GIRLS ARE by Courtney Summers. SOOO good. Next is...well, school work. Is Little Women YA? lol

Naz · Nov 21, 2009

I'm currently reading Gone by Michael Grant. Good book.

Horserider · Nov 21, 2009

Just finished Graceling a couple days ago. Those twists towards the end made me laugh, cry, scream, and just stare at the book speechless. It's been awhile since I've been in so much in shock that it was a few minutes before I could keep reading. Currently reading Intertwined by Gena Showalter. Just started it last night and I'm already loving it. Such a strange book and I love the dual POV.

trocadero · Nov 21, 2009

The Maze Runner by James Dashner. Love it. It's very fast, and quite surreal. Can't wait for the second book.

Geek_Pride · Nov 21, 2009

The Book Thief

eyeblink · Nov 21, 2009

DonnaDuck said:
Holy crap! That's long for adult and nearly 4 standard MG books. That better be one interesting book because I don't know many 12 year olds that would have in there for that long if it wasn't amazing.

Ms Hardinge clearly writes long - her first novel, Fly by Night, also apparently MG, won the Branford Boase Award (best first novel for children or young adults [defined as 30,000 words plus and 7 upwards] by a UK-based writer), and it's 109k.

Having said that, her second novel, Verdigris Deep (Well Witched in the US) is 79k, so that's more of a standard length.

Gullstruck Island is taking a little while to catch hold for me, though there's no doubting her ear for language. (It's other-world fantasy.) I'd imagine less sophisticated MG readers might well be lost with this.

By the way, considering the POV discussions elsewhere, like the previous book I read (Garry Kilworth's The Hundred-Towered City) it's 3rd omni.

maxen · Nov 21, 2009

Betrayals, the second Strange Angels book by Lili St. Crow.

Amynta · Nov 21, 2009

I just read Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (my first Dessen book, but not my last

) and now I am reading Wicked: Legacy and Spellbound.

bethany · Nov 22, 2009

Just finished Leviathan. I am so tired of series books that I have to wait a year for the sequel. So tired. Loved the book, btw. And it's gorgeous. Mine came from the library, but I'm definitely buying one for my collection.

Sage · Nov 22, 2009

I'm reading Danthia's The Shifter, which is TONS better than the last book I read (which was not YA).

~*Kate*~ · Nov 22, 2009

Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Aleander

I have to read Looking For Alaska tonight b/c the library wants it back.

Moon Daughter · Nov 22, 2009

Shadowland by Alyson Noel.

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