Young Adult Book Reading Challenges discussion

Hi everyone! I'm Mandy, and in the little spare time I have, I'm a big YA/NA reader. I love dystopias and paranormal romance novels. I'm a wife, mom, and business owner. I desperately need a book friend to discuss everything I read with! <3

I've been a bit off my reading (I either read or write a lot) for a while, although I'd like to take a writing break and pick up a few books for a while. YA is among the kinds of books I've been reading over the past few years, although I have a pretty eclectic taste.

I''m interested in what other people find that most attracts them to YA. For me the emotional content in the writing tends to be clearer and—often—more intense. The characters are younger, so the new feelings they experience in the stories are fresher to them, something I think people lose over time.

What are your thoughts? What about the tradeoff between plot complexity and emotional complexity? And . . when does Young Adult become New Adult? Is it based on character age, or on content? For example, I'll take two Stephenie Meyer books: Twilight and The Host. I view Twilight as YA, but The Host as New Adult, although the emotional age of the main character is ambiguous.

Nancy wrote: "Hi, I'm Nancy Silverrod, a former children's and YA librarian, and currently an adult reference librarian at San Francisco Public Library. I have never quit reading children's and YA books, and hav..."

Hi Nancy. It's funny how the writing and the reading seem to interfere with each other, isn't it?

Hello Young Adult Book Club Readers on Goodreads!

There is a plethora of pages and comments, and not sure if I have displayed my link and novel before but here goes:

http://www.amazon.com/Into-Vines-Kim-...

For me as an adult living with my three teenagers writing teen, YA and adult fiction, well, it just fits. It feels like the perfect timing, a storm of emotions I'm tapping and the youth that drives the American dream forward!

I hope you give this book a try as I can't wait to further this story into a possible series, as the young Hawa and Francis find answers in their adventures!

Happy to be a part of your group.

Kim

Hi all,

I'm Polly, children's librarian and reader of massive quantities of YA and middle-grade fiction. Fantasy is my primary genre, but I'm willing to try anything!

Hello everyone, my name is Bianca, I'm 27 years old and I'm a Dutchie. I absolutely adore reading and mostly do it in English (to the astonishment of everyone around me). YA appeals to me because it doesn't have to fit into what is accepted as the normal world, and sometimes it does (Fault in Our Stars) but with a different outlook on life.

Anyway, cheers!

Hey. I'm Tejiri. I am Nigerian. If I amnot reading YA novels, I am writing one. My first YA book is The Secret Diary of Nolan Omolade- the story of a mixed skin Nigerian. Misguided and yearning for acceptance he decides to record the events that unfold in his life.

To be published in July.

Hi All,
I'm TJ. I love both reading and writing YA books. Happy to be here with like-minded people.

With Love and Gratitude,
TJ Shortt
www.shivercove.com

My name is Zaria
And I just love books
Pretty much sums it up

HI!!!!!I'm Julie and my life is literature!!!!! I am currently writing 3 YA books, and I love to spend my day reading!! My Favorite books of all time are :Divergent, Shatter me, since you've been gone, Delirium, and Ignite me!!!!YA books are my life!!!

Hi I'm Isabelle but I like to go by my middle name Jade. I'm 14 and I love books. I'm new to this group and I'm exited to be a member. My favourite books and Miss Peregrine's, Code Name Verity, Harry Potter, and I Capture The Castle, among others...anyway...Hiiiiiiii nice to meet everyone

Deanna Altomara

Hi! My name is Deanna, and I love reading, writing, hiking, and embroidering. I also drink a lot of tea and eat a ton of good food! I've written a book called Ageless, which is about a girl who is destined to be eight years old for the rest of her life.

Hi my name is Riya . I love reading books and I will soon write a book .

Hi Riya! Books are great!
Hi Deanna! Embroidery is very tricky. I'm impressed. Ageless sounds intriguing.
Hi Isabelle! Jade is a beautiful name as well. You're so lucky to have so many beautiful names to choose from!
Hi Julie! I love YA books too!

So many others new to this thread. Hello! *waves wildly until falling over into the jello*

Hi, I'm Katie and I'm glad to have found this awesome YA Book Club! I've always loved YA books, and it is my favorite genre. I just wrote the first book of my new YA series, and the process of writing a YA book made me love the genre even more. The next YA book I plan on reading is Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall. So nice to be in a group that loves this genre as much as I do!

Hey there guys.

My name is Kynndra-jo and I'm a seventeen year old Booknerd who blogs and reviews YA books over at htto://www.booknadian.com. YA is my favorite genre and I can't wait to get to know some of you! c:

Hi. My name is Tanya Taylor. I'm a Goodreads author, but also a reader. I'm glad to be a member of this group. Thanks for having me.

Hiii :D
My name is Kanika Dhameja. I’m an avid reader and also a writer :)
I’ve written a lot of blogs. Lately I’ve written a novel for young adults titled “You are my Wonderwall” which is going to hit the stores pretty soon. It’s a story about unrequited love and I’m sure people will be able to relate to it.
I really hope to find the right audience here :)
Please watch the book trailer for my debut novel “You are my Wonderwall” here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_WNL...
Thanks :)

My name's Charon I'm an artist but I've been writing a book series since May 2014 which I hope to get published I am a bookworm also feel free to check out my work it'll be appreciated.
https://www.wattpad.com/user/CharonLl...
http://charonlloyd-roberts.deviantart...

And thanks for having me.

Hello! My name is Georgia Holder and i'm 16 years old. I'm relatively new to goodreads, but have been reading every since i was little. I love reading YA and it is by far my favorite genre.

Hi! My name is Madeline Reynolds, and I am a thirteen year old novelist :)

Hi, I am Kevin. 19 years old. I love reading many kind of books, especially Young Adult fictions. But I am sometimes too lazy to open the book although I can't stop once I got into it.I have a passion for reading and I know it. So I wanted to make it a habit of reading by giving myself a reason to read and discuss about it so I won't forget and get more out of the books. Thank you.

hi my name is ciayrra, i am 28 years old have a niece who is a 1 year old. i love way too many books to post here. :-)

Hello everyone!! My name is Charu! Obviously, I love to read and I welcome any of you guys to recommend to me the titles of the books you enjoyed.
Genre- YA, dystopian, Sci-fi, fantasy and thrillers! Thank you!

Hi, I'm Yasemin and I'm 14 years old. I love YA and my favorite books are Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets Of the Universe and Vicious. I just joined the group and I'm not exactly sure how this works but anyway, hello everyone.

Hi, my name is Amanda.
I'm a 23 year old mother with a wonderful partner, Stephanie.
We both read A LOT!

I've found that we prefer a lot of young adult fantasy or dystopian books and we spend alot of time reading to ourselves, together or to our 2 beautiful children. We are usually at the library atleast 3x a week.

Shoot me a message. I'd love to make some friends.

Hi My name is David Lyons from Ireland.My new ya book THE DREAM VOYAGERS is just out on Kindle and paperback at Amazon. Published by Raven Crest Books Uk. www.amazon.com/The-Dream-Voyagers-Dav...

Hi everyone! I'm Alice AKA marriedtobooks44. I am a bookworm from England in my mid-teens. I read all the time, everywhere. Feel free to connect with me here on Goodreads, my twitter- marriedtobooks3 and my instagram- marriedtobooks44 :)

Hey, I'm Piper! I'm not too old, 13, and this is really just something I want to join to keep me busy. I hope I have fun, but I bet I will!

Hello everyone! My name is Taylor Thomas, and I'm currently attending college and I am also an intern for a local paper. I just recently published my first Halloween-centered YA short novel series (try to say that ten times fast) Samhain Island: Episode One. You can read about it more on my page or on my website: samhainisland.com

Happy reading!

Hello;) I'm quite new over here. My name is Barbara, I'm 16 and I'm from Chile :D I don't know what else to say to introduce myself with haha just that I love reading, but I actually prefer writing.

Hi everyone! I'm fairly new to Goodreads. My name is Aria and I'm 14. I love YA and my favorite genres are Fantasy and Romance. Reading and music are my two passions. This is my first club I've joined and I'm excited to be apart of it :)

Happy New Year everyone. Amy here from Canada. Love YA books, obsessed with the Throne of Glass series and currently working on my own YA sci-fi fantasy series. :)

I'm Amy and I'm 14 years old from England. I'll be turning 15 on the 27th of June! I've loved reading since I was a kid and love it more than ever now. My Instagram is @/livingalifeofbooks and my Tumblr is @/studious-amy

Hi all. I'm Chris. I'm late to the game as far as being an author and my first book just happened to be for teh YA audience. I didn't plan it that way, I guess that's just where my writing style automatically gravitated to.

I live in Melbourne, Australia, where I make my living as an IT Manager. Looking forward to exchanging views on YA writing :-)

Hi, my name is Sierra, and I am 19 years old. I love to read, and I can never seem to put a book down when I start to get into it a little bit.

Hello Sierra, Amy, Maryjane n others!

I'm very glad to be here! I'm a Goodreads author and they're so kind to let me share my novels. Into the Vines is a novel of fiction with 414 pages-fast turning with characters so real you want them for friends like right now. Oh sorry, I'm getting carried away.

I'm thinking of writing a sequel, let me know your thoughts on that. Travel, planes, vineyards and Paris ignite the story; see for yourself what the fuss is all about.

Thanks,
Kim

Hi guys! I'm Valentine I am French but I live in the UK :)
I started reading when I was six (Harry Potter changed my life

Hi! I'm Carolyn, and I love to read Romances, Realistic Fiction, and Contemporary. My favorite comic book is Big Nate!

Hello everyone, my name is Zala, and YA is one of the genres I like and read the most. Also, I admit that I've joined mostly because of the A-Z reading challenge. It just sounds so fun! But I also look forward to discussing YA books. Cheers!

Hey everyone! I'm Shona, I love to read, run and paint. I'm new to the goodreads site thing and so far I love it but I'm still getting used to it. I would love to get some friends and talk about books and I thought that getting into a few groups might help me get there so yeah that's me. :)

I am Briar Lee Mitchell, and, I have about 17 items posted here in Good Reads...happy to be with this group!! My latest project, a co-authored endeavor with Jack Keely, is online and available...let me know if you want to be a reviewer...I will get you a copy.

The book is Whistlebrass Horror.
9781618686886

Thanks!!

Hey I'm Francis, most people call me Fran!
I love reading young adult, fantasy and romance, my latest favourite is the lunar chronicles <3
I would very much like to get some friends to discuss books with!

Yo! The name's Czrexyl!!! I like-- more like obsessed to-- books, especially YA, children's books, and mangas! My favorite books are the Mara Dyer series (Michelle Hodkin), The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman), and The Book Thief (None other than Markus Zusak's).

And... I can't really put a book down, especially if it's SO SO SO SO SO good!!! So, suggestions accepted!!!!

Hey everyone :) . My name is Mela ( short form of Melania ) . I am from Romania and i am 17 years old ( even if I feel like I am 14 ) .
I am a writer even if i never post my books anywhere , and a soon to be director ( big dreams ) . :)
My reading life stared with wattpad , but the book ( i mean real book , palpable one ) that introduce me into reading world was Fifty Shades Of Grey :/ ( it is a good book if you know how to take it ) .
I love to read YA and romance ( I am an incurable romntic ) .
My favorite YA writer is Cassandra Clare ( I mean Clockwork Princes , if you know what I http://cryingcuts.tumblr.com/post/138... ) .
( sorry for any mistakes )

Hey, I'm Maxine. Reading is one of my favourite things to do, I'm a massive fantasy fan, but will give anything a go. I am already doing a few different challenges this year, but I like the look of some of the ones here so I thought I would give them a go. Happy reading.

Hello! I'm Alyssa. I've recently started to get more into reading, and I've been discovering more books thanks to good reads. My TBR list to growing everyday. There are so many books, yet so little time. I love reading YA, NA, Romance, & Dystopian books. I look forward to making new friends on here, and to continue on finding more books to read. :)

Hi! My name is Gaia, I'm eighteen and I come from switzerland, the italian part, so please forgive me in advance if I make some mistakes wrighting in english. I read a lot, in english for the most, and I also love wrighting, my dream is to one day succeed publyshing my own book. Hope never dies, right? :)
I found out about goodreads a few months ago and fell for it!

Hi! My name is Caroline. I read a lot, mostly contemporary and fantasy, but I would like to read even more, so I'm looking forward to doing some of the challenges here :)

Hello! My name is Amaya, I'm a Dominican 19 year-old that has loved reading ever since I can remember. I prefer to read fantasy, sci-fi and fiction in general but my favorite will always be YA, don't know why ;)