What YA book are you reading RIGHT NOW? - Page 206

Sage · 08-30-2011, 04:59 AM

About to start THE AGENCY: A SPY IN THE HOUSE by Y.S. Lee.

Opal · 08-30-2011, 05:25 AM

Started reading Tender Morsels and it's a bit boring so far, waiting for things to pick up.

Katallina · 08-30-2011, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turtledinosaur

I'm reading Divergent by Veronica Roth, and please don't shoot me, but so far, it 's just meh. Maybe it will get better? It's no Hunger Games...

I hope that your experience with Divergent improves. I really liked it, personally. But everyone likes different things.

Good luck!

adktd2bks · 08-30-2011, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turtledinosaur

I'm reading Divergent by Veronica Roth, and please don't shoot me, but so far, it 's just meh. Maybe it will get better? It's no Hunger Games...

I didn't really get into it until about a 1/3 of the way through and then I loved it.

turtledinosaur · 08-30-2011, 06:48 AM

Ah, okay. I'll keep plugging along then. The plot moves briskly, which is great, but I'm finding it very put-downable. Then again, I'm only on page 70.

katiemac · 08-30-2011, 07:14 AM

Same here, turtle. I finished and ended up liking it, but I wasn't compelled from the start.

Finished BOY TOY, which I really did like. I've got GETTING THE GIRL by Zusak next.

Sage · 08-30-2011, 07:21 AM

I actually was compelled from the start in Divergent, but there were some middle parts that I wasn't as excited about. There were also many times I liked it better than the Hunger Games (including the beginning, because I didn't get into HG until she got to the Capital)

eastcoastgal · 08-31-2011, 03:29 AM

Got antsy with how things were going in GIRL IN THE STEEL CORSET so I set it aside and picked up Libba Bray's BEAUTY QUEENS.

Couldn't. Put it. Down.

I spent the trip to my sister's blazing through it, and rather rudely finished it right here in her living room. It's snarky, irreverant and bold, but there is also a tenderness and humanity in her work that made these characters matter to me. Recommending this to everybody-and-her-aunt-Gertie.

turtledinosaur · 08-31-2011, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eastcoastgal

Got antsy with how things were going in GIRL IN THE STEEL CORSET so I set it aside and picked up Libba Bray's BEAUTY QUEENS.

Couldn't. Put it. Down.

I spent the trip to my sister's blazing through it, and rather rudely finished it right here in her living room. It's snarky, irreverant and bold, but there is also a tenderness and humanity in her work that made these characters matter to me. Recommending this to everybody-and-her-aunt-Gertie.

Cool! I've heard a lot about this book. Libba Bray rocks!

Twinkie · 08-31-2011, 04:16 AM

I'm reading Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter. Love it.

Marika · 08-31-2011, 05:37 AM

I finished Uncommon Criminals and Supernaturally. Loved both. Now I'm reading How to Ruin a Summer Vacation, which has a great voice and an interesting location--Israel.

Katallina · 08-31-2011, 06:15 AM

I finished Perfect Chemistry. Many thanks to those who recommended it to me. I loved it and will definitely be picking up the sequels.

Still deciding what I am going to read next. Can't quite decide what kind of book I'm in the mood for...

Smish · 08-31-2011, 07:02 AM

I've been in an MG mood lately, I'll confess.

Speaking of which, tomorrow night is the deadline for voting in the kidlit contest.

Rhoda Nightingale · 08-31-2011, 08:08 AM

Halfway through Rachel Hawkins' Hex Hall. My inner pagan is cringing at all the Research Fail ("That's not what bloodstone looks like! Warlock =/= Male Witch! There's no such thing as 'black' magic!") but the MC is very sharp and strong-willed. I like her a lot, and I like her voice.

adktd2bks · 08-31-2011, 04:43 PM

Finished Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr last night. I really liked this one, much darker than the others in the series, but the ending was kind of abrupt. I need to get the last one now and finish this series - it's taking me way too long to read through them.

Winterturn · 08-31-2011, 08:27 PM

I finished Laurie Halse Anderson's Chains over the weekend, and just got Forge from the library today. I had no idea that 20% of the population at the time of the Revolutionary War were slaves. I feel like I should have learned that in school.

NHN · 08-31-2011, 11:37 PM

I'm currently ready Delirium by Lauren Oliver, I just started and I don't have time to read it but I really want to get into it!

Misstiffus · 08-31-2011, 11:45 PM

I'm beta reading one my sister is writing. It's called Paranormal Romance and is about this dude who sets us a dating agency for nerds that helps transform them into supernatural creatures so chicks will date them. It's hilarious and makes quite a few cracks at the whole Twilight phenomenon.

K. M. Walton · 09-01-2011, 12:36 AM

I'm reading POSSESS by Gretchen McNeil and I'm glad I'm reading it in the daylight. So scary (in a good way).

Gavin23 · 09-01-2011, 01:07 AM

Not sure whether they're actually YA or not, but making my way through The Edge Chronicles

KateSmash · 09-01-2011, 01:39 AM

io9.com put the first hundred pages of Ashes. I have a feeling I'll be running out to get a full copy on Tuesday.

ETA: Realized it's awful rude of me not to provide the link. Voila - http://io9.com/5835875/read-the-firs...ir-force-major

Katallina · 09-01-2011, 01:47 AM

I'm reading The Truth About Forever. I've barely started so it's too early to have really formed any opinion at this point. We shall see.

Opal · 09-01-2011, 04:40 AM

Gave up on Tender Morsels. I kept waiting for something to happen, but it just seemed like one long introduction to me.

Starting Eternal next.

vfury · 09-01-2011, 04:44 AM

Finished THE NEAR WITCH last week and LOVED it. It was absolutely fantastic, and I'm going to be doing a blog review.

Reading a few adult books for a while before going back to YA.

mellymel · 09-01-2011, 06:58 AM

Reading Vampire Academy. On page 82 and so far it's...okay. The beginning was good, but it seems to have slowed down a bit. She's created some interesting world building and background story regarding the vampires and their place in the world, but nothing much has been happening since they got to the academy. Just typical social click in schools type stuff. I can sense some foreshadowing, but I hope something happens soon. I do love Rose's voice. Right now it's carrying me through the book. Although the cover is driving me crazy 'cause every time I see it I swear I'm looking at Angelina Jolie

08-30-2011, 04:59 AM	#5126
Sage Angel, demon, hero, villain AW Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Heretogether Posts: 48,110	About to start THE AGENCY: A SPY IN THE HOUSE by Y.S. Lee. __________________ Love Sucks - now available at Musa Publishing, B&N, and Amazon "Fireflies" - Absolute Visions Taylor-Made - post-R&R querying A Paranormal Bromance - First draft done (NaNo) Quartet - Plotting Blog: http://sagelikethespice.wordpress.com

08-30-2011, 06:48 AM	#5130
turtledinosaur figuring it all out Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: I like to pretend I'm standing in the same place Wyatt Earp once did. Posts: 86	Ah, okay. I'll keep plugging along then. The plot moves briskly, which is great, but I'm finding it very put-downable. Then again, I'm only on page 70. __________________ Author of Romance & Other Scary Things

08-30-2011, 07:21 AM	#5132
Sage Angel, demon, hero, villain AW Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Heretogether Posts: 48,110	I actually was compelled from the start in Divergent, but there were some middle parts that I wasn't as excited about. There were also many times I liked it better than the Hunger Games (including the beginning, because I didn't get into HG until she got to the Capital) __________________ Love Sucks - now available at Musa Publishing, B&N, and Amazon "Fireflies" - Absolute Visions Taylor-Made - post-R&R querying A Paranormal Bromance - First draft done (NaNo) Quartet - Plotting Blog: http://sagelikethespice.wordpress.com

08-31-2011, 03:29 AM	#5133
eastcoastgal compulsive overeditor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Eastern Canada Posts: 93	Got antsy with how things were going in GIRL IN THE STEEL CORSET so I set it aside and picked up Libba Bray's BEAUTY QUEENS. Couldn't. Put it. Down. I spent the trip to my sister's blazing through it, and rather rudely finished it right here in her living room. It's snarky, irreverant and bold, but there is also a tenderness and humanity in her work that made these characters matter to me. Recommending this to everybody-and-her-aunt-Gertie. __________________ A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world. ~Dorothy Sayers

08-31-2011, 04:16 AM	#5135
Twinkie spongy, yellow, & an utter mystery Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: CO Posts: 84	I'm reading Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter. Love it. __________________ "It's starting to smell like danger in here. Or heavily fried food." --The Tick

08-30-2011, 05:25 AM	#5127
Opal The Designated No-Stress Friend Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 80	Started reading Tender Morsels and it's a bit boring so far, waiting for things to pick up.

08-30-2011, 07:14 AM	#5131
katiemac Five by Five SuperModerator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Yesterday Posts: 10,547	Same here, turtle. I finished and ended up liking it, but I wasn't compelled from the start. Finished BOY TOY, which I really did like. I've got GETTING THE GIRL by Zusak next.

08-31-2011, 05:37 AM	#5136
Marika practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 190	I finished Uncommon Criminals and Supernaturally. Loved both. Now I'm reading How to Ruin a Summer Vacation, which has a great voice and an interesting location--Israel. __________________ Screwing Up Time is available at Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com. Visit My Blogs: http://connies-pen.blogspot.com/, http://screwinguptime.blogspot.com/

08-31-2011, 06:15 AM	#5137
Katallina practical experience, FTW Join Date: May 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 555	I finished Perfect Chemistry. Many thanks to those who recommended it to me. I loved it and will definitely be picking up the sequels. Still deciding what I am going to read next. Can't quite decide what kind of book I'm in the mood for... __________________ Sealer's Promise (YA urban fantasy) -- revising. The Mansion You Stole (contemporary romance -- writing!) -- 14,700 / 60,000 Shadowstruck (YA urban fantasy) -- planning Entwined (YA high fantasy) -- planning My Blog <3 On Facebook <3 On Twitter <3 GoodReads

08-31-2011, 08:08 AM	#5139
Rhoda Nightingale Full-Time Vampire Junkie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,216	Halfway through Rachel Hawkins' Hex Hall. My inner pagan is cringing at all the Research Fail ("That's not what bloodstone looks like! Warlock =/= Male Witch! There's no such thing as 'black' magic!") but the MC is very sharp and strong-willed. I like her a lot, and I like her voice. __________________ ~~WIP: 1001 Souls (YA horror)~~ On Hold WIP: Dream Warriors (YA horror), revising, 50k Shorts: The Yellow Season (R's--4); The Raggedy Girl (R's--3) Blog: http://glitter-n-gore.livejournal.com/

08-31-2011, 04:43 PM	#5140
adktd2bks addicted to books Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: midwest Posts: 1,400	Finished Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr last night. I really liked this one, much darker than the others in the series, but the ending was kind of abrupt. I need to get the last one now and finish this series - it's taking me way too long to read through them. __________________ Blog: http://addktd2books.blogspot.com/

08-31-2011, 08:27 PM	#5141
Winterturn Scribble, scribble. Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: London, England Posts: 169	I finished Laurie Halse Anderson's Chains over the weekend, and just got Forge from the library today. I had no idea that 20% of the population at the time of the Revolutionary War were slaves. I feel like I should have learned that in school. __________________ WIP: Winterturn (high fantasy) 101,000 words approx, undergoing complete rewrite My blog: territrimble.livejournal.com Twitter: twitter.com/territrimble Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/terri-trimble

08-31-2011, 11:37 PM	#5142
NHN New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2	I'm currently ready Delirium by Lauren Oliver, I just started and I don't have time to read it but I really want to get into it!

08-31-2011, 11:45 PM	#5143
Misstiffus So I says to the guy, I says... Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: West of the Rockies Posts: 16	I'm beta reading one my sister is writing. It's called Paranormal Romance and is about this dude who sets us a dating agency for nerds that helps transform them into supernatural creatures so chicks will date them. It's hilarious and makes quite a few cracks at the whole Twilight phenomenon.

09-01-2011, 12:36 AM	#5144
K. M. Walton New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: USA Posts: 26	I'm reading POSSESS by Gretchen McNeil and I'm glad I'm reading it in the daylight. So scary (in a good way). __________________ CRACKED from Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster EMPTY coming January 1, 2013 from Simon Pulse TWO AND TWENTY DARK TALES: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes - anthology - coming October 16, 2012 from Month9 Books I'm Represented by Sarah LaPolla from Curtis Brown Ltd. My website: www.kmwalton.com

09-01-2011, 01:07 AM	#5145
Gavin23 Dum Spiro, Spero. Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 179	Not sure whether they're actually YA or not, but making my way through The Edge Chronicles __________________ No matter who you are and what you do, one day, we will be nothing more than a forgotten memory.

09-01-2011, 01:39 AM	#5146
KateSmash [Insert something witty here] Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 967	io9.com put the first hundred pages of Ashes. I have a feeling I'll be running out to get a full copy on Tuesday. ETA: Realized it's awful rude of me not to provide the link. Voila - http://io9.com/5835875/read-the-firs...ir-force-major __________________ The Twitter \| The Tumblr \| The Jam Last edited by KateSmash; 09-01-2011 at 01:44 AM.

09-01-2011, 01:47 AM	#5147
Katallina practical experience, FTW Join Date: May 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 555	I'm reading The Truth About Forever. I've barely started so it's too early to have really formed any opinion at this point. We shall see. __________________ Sealer's Promise (YA urban fantasy) -- revising. The Mansion You Stole (contemporary romance -- writing!) -- 14,700 / 60,000 Shadowstruck (YA urban fantasy) -- planning Entwined (YA high fantasy) -- planning My Blog <3 On Facebook <3 On Twitter <3 GoodReads

09-01-2011, 04:40 AM	#5148
Opal The Designated No-Stress Friend Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 80	Gave up on Tender Morsels. I kept waiting for something to happen, but it just seemed like one long introduction to me. Starting Eternal next.

09-01-2011, 04:44 AM	#5149
vfury Hearts the furrily challenged. Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 1,040	Finished THE NEAR WITCH last week and LOVED it. It was absolutely fantastic, and I'm going to be doing a blog review. Reading a few adult books for a while before going back to YA. __________________ Blog \| Twitter YA dysfunctional werewolves: 83k, back in the game YA clockpunk Alice: revising

09-01-2011, 06:58 AM	#5150
mellymel I find ur lack of faith disturbing Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: I'm not sure, but if you find me, for the love of God, please let me know! Posts: 3,584	Reading Vampire Academy. On page 82 and so far it's...okay. The beginning was good, but it seems to have slowed down a bit. She's created some interesting world building and background story regarding the vampires and their place in the world, but nothing much has been happening since they got to the academy. Just typical social click in schools type stuff. I can sense some foreshadowing, but I hope something happens soon. I do love Rose's voice. Right now it's carrying me through the book. Although the cover is driving me crazy 'cause every time I see it I swear I'm looking at Angelina Jolie __________________ "The good thing about telling the truth is that there's nothing to remember."--John Ford Noonan (playwright) "Falling on your face is still moving forward."--Ron Maranian (comedian) WIP: YA Thriller--finally done after three rounds of revisions! About to ride the query train. Hold my hair back while I puke? Thanks. Blog--YA for the YAt Heart

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