Comments on Best Young Adult Books - page 4

HP is good, but i read most of them when i was 7 and DH in 2007.
Like i said before, MR and THG rock

I've read just about all of these

Angela wrote: "Shelley wrote: "Has anyone thought of an older series in which several books are already out? I am DESPERATE to get busy reading - but do not want to just go buy books - would rather follow recomme..."

I finished Princess Diaries, I love the books :P

Christina wrote: "I can't believe Twilight has more votes than Harry Potter. That is just wrong."

Not anymore!!
And before, it's because Goodreads is crowded with illiterate teenagers.

WHERE IS THE HUNGER GAMES 3!!!!!!!! i mean i know it was depressing and all but it is THE HUNGER GAMES SERIES FINAL!!!!!!!!! i would put it no.3 in my books!!!!! (after 1 and 2 in the series)

Harry Potter <3

Look at my lists, more YA stuff :)

guys from above...
no offence but don't you have any other good books to discuss than twi... and harry....???

oooohh!!! I love Harry Potter!!! J.K. Rowling is awesome!!!!!!!!!
and The Hunger Games also!!! :)) I have the set of The Hunger Games :)) i love the book...
HP is better than Twi. The Hunger Games is better than Twi...therefore HP is the best and Twi is a crap thing!!!!!

okay chris tell me something. tell me why do like these books? reasons?

Harry Potter forever!!!!I mean,it's way much better than Twilight!Twilight has some mature scenes that can't be watched by some kids.Harry Potter is...more admired by everyone. :D

Ivory wrote: "i support twilight AND harry potter"

i agree 100% can't someone like both books the same. they are completely different. i loved reading twilight and now im reading harry potter and they are both really good.

The Hunger Games! Oh Mockingjay! OMJ!

TWILIGHT IS WAY BETTER THAN HARRY POTTER AND ALWAYS WILL BE

I really really recommend The Hunger Games trilogy! :) Awesome book! Read all of it.... I wish there was more... but... its just a trilogy.. so... yeah..

This is THE BEST young adult book!
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80...

Why is Twilight #2? (sigh) I love twilight. I've read it at least 20 times and listen to it's audiobooks at least once a month before going to bed. It's become my lullaby but I think Hunger Games is better(I only read it twice but still). I'm a twilight fan but I can think lots of books better(take that from a fan who can quote every significant lines in the book from 1-4).
Books better than twilight..
HP - no argument J.K. is the greatest writer in modern literature.
Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
Kate Daniels Series - Ilona Andrews
Queen's Thief series - Megan Whalen Turner
Graceling - Kristin Cashore
Study Trilogy - Maria V. Snyder
and too many to mention.

i liked twilight when i was reading it. I was (i think 11-13) and it was after the third came out. The third was the best. It had the most action and Bella was confused on who to pick, Jacob or Edward, and come on teen girls love that stuff. i finished each in 2 days, but they were good then. But then 2008 just killed me. the fourth one was horrible and so were the movies. The crazy loving twilight fans killed all of the experience for me also and now i realize when i look through the book, it wasn't that good.
But Harry Potter?
Nothing can ever beat Harry Potter. There wasn't just some teenager falling for a vampire because it was forbidden and blahblahblah. Harry Potter had something in it for everyone. The first two were more for younger kids and as the readers got older so did the characters. those books had a place in your heart while twilight, well Edward's gonna be forgotten in 3 years time. Sorry to break it to you twilight-lovers but twilight is just a phase, it's already fading. Harry Potter? Well those books will last forever among all of the other favorites..
The Hunger Games? i liked them. Not so much the last but the entire trilogy was more enjoyable to me then twilight. Katniss was stronger, i loved that. Though fans of The hunger games and twilight should check out harrypotter. Once you get to the third, youll really appreciate how some authors can really make those fantasy worlds come true.

Personally, I love the Twilight books. but media has made them cliched, fake and disapointing to the real fans. no I'm not inlove with edward, nor am I sure I will marry Jacob, and I cant ''relate'' to Bella like some dumbass 12 year olds say.
but yes, I like the books alot. they are pretty good.
Dont turn them down just cause you hated the movie or hate all the hype. trust me.
I personally LOVE Coraline, The giver and the book theif. great reads.
Harry Potters pretty good too, but I only like every other book. hated chamber of secrets. but thats just me.

My thoughts are, Harry Potter's plotline is better but Twilight's writing style is better. I find every other Harry Potter book drags and I even like detail.
But its kinda slow in parts.
and Twilight has its flaws.
for instance, sparkly vampires? okay, in the book it wasnt as bad as in the movie but I'm a HUGE buffy the vampire slayer supporter, its my favorite TV show, and hey, they burst into flame which makes it AWESOME.
(for the record, Buffy is a billion times better then twilight)

Sigrid wrote:"Harry Potter in my opinion is better because for one, Twilight is just about weirdos who are mel..."

I'm with you. twilight's only main theme is saving the hopeless princess (bella). i mean is there anything else going on?

I'm about to finish the whole series of Shopaholic, i'm so proud of myself :)

harry potter is way better than twilight ... sparkly vampires????!!!! seriously?! wth.

I just read some great new books in the last two weeks and just thought I'd tell you all so the Twilight/Harry Potter war can kind of die down. (even though i'm part of it. we should talk about something else. Like GREAT NEW BOOKS WHICH WE CAN ALL VOTE FOR! YAYYYY)
Matched by Ally Condie (reminded me of the Uglies series Farenheit 451 and a little bit of the Giver. In Entertainment Weekly >obsessed with that magazine< they said it was like the hunger games but i didn't see that much in it. Yea it takes place in the future and there is a love triangle but come on. How many freaking YA books have we all read recently that have love triangles? I personally liked it >it gets good half way through< and recommend it to anyone who liked the hunger games or the series i mentioned above)
Across the Universe by Beth Revis (I loved Across the Universe! it was on B&N homepage for nearly two weeks before it came out, so I thought i'd check it out. I bought it last week and finished it the night i got it! It's a mix between sci fi and dysotopian.)
Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card (I'm not even done with this book yet but I love it so much. I don't think I'm even half way through, but i'm just going to take it really slowly because chances are the book i read next is going to suck anyway... Apparently a lot of guys have read it. In half of my classes all the guys who like to read are all "Yea That book was really good!" So I guess if you're a guy looking for stuff to read in the YA section you should read it.)
Red Riding Hood (It's a movie which comes out in Feb/Mar 2011 and the book is adapted on the screenplay. The book was really good and you can tell that the author really got into the whole story. I can't wait until the movie comes out now because I really liked the book)
HAPPY READING PPLS

Heather wrote: "Personally, I love the Twilight books. but media has made them cliched, fake and disapointing to the real fans. no I'm not inlove with edward, nor am I sure I will marry Jacob, and I cant ''relate'..."
Yea, the media killed it for me. I loved twilight in '07. Eclipse was -in my opinion- the best and for months me and my friends were kind of obsessed with it. But then 2008 happened. Twilight exploded. Everywhere. And i hated the last one! Where was the action? Where was... well, something else? I just wish Stephenie Meyer ended the series differently. I wouldn't even had minded if someone died, and i'm a sucker for happy endings! (no pun intended) I don't hate them I like the 3rd and 1st very much. But the last books of series always have that last effect. When you think back to a series, I'm sure you think of some of the main plots in the first few, but it's really what the ending was which stays in your mind. And I didn't think she did her best for the last one.
I always liked Harry Potter but after Twilight exploded I went on acrazy HP rampage and read it once a month for half of the school year. I dont know why. I didn't like the second either, I think I did the first time I read it (i was like eight) but rereading it after the eighth time it was the one i least looked forward too. Loved the 3rd and the 6th (hated the 6th movie :p)

Ankit wrote: "HP is good, but i read most of them when i was 7 and DH in 2007.
Like i said before, MR and THG rock"

I'm trying to figure out what DH is...

Shelley wrote: "I am a 7th great language arts teacher ... I have read GABOODLES of great books, all of which are in my classroom library - as a matter of fact - probably 97% of the list above. I have the followin..."
So many!
a lot girls right now like the immortals series (Alyson Noel), fallen series (Lauren Kate) and hush hush (Becca FitzPatrick. Also theres the Need Series (Carrie Jones) Holly Black's Tithe and White cat series (Love them) Wicked Lovely series (Melissa Marr) Wake trilogy (Lisa McMann) The Darkest Powers Trilogy (Kelly Armstrong) Shiver trilogy, and also by the same author are her books of fey(I think theyre called) by Maggie Stiefvater, Pretty Little Liars series (Sara Shepard) is really good my sisters in middle school, and she doesnt read that much and she and her friends love it! the blue is for night mare series, Bleed, and the Touch series by Laurie Faria Stolarz. Wicked and Crusade series by Debbie Vigue and Nancy Holder. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.
L. J. Smiths books are pretty popular, especially her Dark Visions, Nightworld and Vampire Diaries series (Vampire Diaries was adapted into a show on the CW).The Immortal Nicholas Flamel series(its something liek that.. whatever the first was called the alchemyst) by Michael Scott. Gone series by Michael Grant. Pathfinder and the Enders Game series by Orson Scott Card. I am number four by Pittacus Lore. Beastly and a Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn. Tantalize and Eternal by Cyntheia Letiach Smith. The Luxe series and Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen. Blue Bloods (<3) by Melissa de la Cruz. The Maze Runner trilogy by James Dashner. Nightshade series by Andrea Cremer. Matched by Ally Condie. Across the Universe by Beth Revis. Red Riding hood. Incarceron and Sapphique by Catherine Fisher. Going Bovine by Libba Bray. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. Ellen Hopkins is really popular, my friends love her. Before I fall by Lauren Oliver and a new book by her coming out in Feb 2011, Delirium. Some Obvious ones: maxium Ride by James Patterson (The first three are great but his last few have disappointed me.)eragon by Christopher Paolini. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
I know it's half a year since it was posted, but it's never too late, right!

Molly wrote: "i had no choice to come on!!!!!!"

ME TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Avreyna wrote: "Harry Potter is soooooooooo much better than twilight! Harry Potter has an amazing storyline and J.K Rowling IS a talented author. In twilight all the characters are overly desperate and have absol..."

thank you! i HATE belladosen't know what 2 do with she life. She NEED A MAN a REAL MAN!!!!

Avreyna wrote: "Ivory wrote: "seriously guys? ok think of it this way...... imagine you writing a book as big as twilight. she came up with a good idea too. obviously people like it. i dont think people like y..."

amen

that's wat we talking bout

Holly wrote: "Artemis Fowl FOREVER! :)"

Yeah!

Omg why is everyone caught up in twilight and harry potter. Twilight sucks and harrypotter isn't that much better. If ur looking for a good book than read halo by Alexandra adornetto or the fallen series or maximum ride series be James petterson or beautiful creatures series

Lily wrote: "Omg why is everyone caught up in twilight and harry potter. Twilight sucks and harrypotter isn't that much better. If ur looking for a good book than read halo by Alexandra adornetto or the fallen..."
well, honestly those books arent much better.
Halo was kind of a drag and the main character was too soft.
The fallen series is ok.. but at the end of fallen it was just "oh btw u two have been in love over and over again so your going to fall in love again." and then in torment they were just arguing the whole time, that was kind of stupid.
And the first 3 maximum ride books were good but now theyre really crappy. James Patterson completely lost his focus on the main plot and nows putting all this stupid stuff into the books. I miss the old ones.
And Beautiful Creatures is so slow. It takes forever to get into them, which probably turns a lot of readers off.
Look, I read these books and liked them to a point, but Harry Potter and Twilight are better. Did you ever to stop and think that maybe everyones "caught up" with them is because they are actually pretty good? Why do you think everyones arguing about them?
Harry Potter and Twilight are better then those series. You probably didnt even read them anyway and just dont like them because of how much popularity they get. Next time you want to call good series crappy why dont you recommended better books?

Imani wrote: "Okay, 1. Why is Twilight on the top of almost list???
2. I see that some of these books aren't even really YA books. Crime and Punishment? Green Eggs and Ham? Seriously???"

IKR!!! but i mite hav to disagree on the twilight saga part. im quite a twilight fanatic. but yeah im wit u on the rest of it. =)

everyone should just read hunger games, those books are amazing!!!!!!!! :)

Read The Cadence Raine Chronicles: Evening Star

Caralyn wrote: "Twilight is waayyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Harry Potter, Christina. And I read both."

No. No it is not. Twilight is not written nearly as well as Harry Potter, nor are its characters nearly as fleshed out and interesting. It's just not a better book. You might enjoy it more, but it's not a better book and you should admit that.

Holly wrote: "Artemis Fowl FOREVER! :)"

Artemis Fowl is definitely one of the most entertaining book series I've ever read.

Now that I've seen comments about which is better; Harry Potter or Twilight, I have to say that in my opinion, Harry Potter dominates over Twilight. I think so because Harry Potter appeals to all fantasy lovers, it has action, romance, a great plot, solid characters, and everything in between, it'll make you laugh, cry, and feel everyother emotion in between. Twilight is aimed toward females, as well as mostly teenage girls. My english teacher mentioned that
"Even if Twilight is very popular right now, people won't rememeber it in about 20 years like they remember things like Dracula and to Kill A Mockingbird" It's just not that well written... I'm not trashing, I'm just pointing out the obvious.

Austin wrote: "All these books are bad :/ I recommend Nailed-Patrick Jones Or Its kind of a funny story-Ned Vizzini <33"

Ned Vizzini is amazing! ^.^

Gabby wrote: "Now that I've seen comments about which is better; Harry Potter or Twilight, I have to say that in my opinion, Harry Potter dominates over Twilight. I think so because Harry Potter appeals to all f..."

yes! this is totally true:) i definitely agree

Can't we just agree that Stephanie Meyer and J.K. Rowling both are great writers in their own way and that both series are great, but appeal to different audiences? Honestly, I L O V E them both. It's really not that hard since neither of them actually sucks.

Smartymardy111 wrote: "Gabby wrote: "Now that I've seen comments about which is better; Harry Potter or Twilight, I have to say that in my opinion, Harry Potter dominates over Twilight. I think so because Harry Potter ap..."
I'm glad you do! ^^

i <3 books i've prolly read at least 200 of these. rick roidon is one of my favs i dont know why and harry potter kicks twilights ass anyday

Gabby wrote: "Now that I've seen comments about which is better; Harry Potter or Twilight, I have to say that in my opinion, Harry Potter dominates over Twilight. I think so because Harry Potter appeals to all f..."

that is sooooooooo true!!!

Dani wrote: "Caralyn wrote: "Twilight is waayyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Harry Potter, Christina. And I read both."

Are you daft? I mean, seriously. What exactly makes Twilight better than Harry Potter.. Oh and, ..."

Ha, Twilight better than Harry Potter. I've read both of them and let me tell you, you just can't compare them. I totally agree with you Avreyna.

I think that some of Ally Carter's books should be on that list. Her books are GREAT!!!! :D

twilight suckssssssss

Lolabella wrote: "i like harry potter a lot and i am obsessed with the movies and all but I don't like the books as much as the movies. i don't know why this is."

Thats really unbelievable,,I think you might be the first person I have heard day that.

Carol wrote: "OMG am I the only adult who hates Harry Potter? As someone who also had to teach it I can say it has no merit whatsoever."

Except for entertainment, which is a big plus if your reading fiction.