Young Adult Fiction for Adults discussion

Bluemoon wrote: "welcome to all new de-lurkers!

SHANNEN: love you pic! My boyfriend has that on his facebook photos just to piss off Twilight lovers! The real picture had Bella in between Edward and Jacob!"

Thanks, Bluemoon! Obviously it doesn't piss off THIS Twilight lover. A girl can dream, can't she?! Haha!

Yup Shannen - at least is has gotten a lot more people to read books :)

What does a GR librarian do?

Miss wrote: "Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.

I liked Twilight and think anything that makes so many people READ these days, and so many people have an opinion, is a great thing for reading.

BTW I was re..."

I'm a GR librarian and I like it. I never participate in their boards.

You didn't answer the question Peep!

It's not my fault we all posted at the same time!!

Anywho, I copied and pasted since I'm being lazy:

Activities include combining editions, fixing book and author typos, and adding book covers.

Goodreads Librarians are members who have applied for and received librarian status on Goodreads. They are able to edit and improve the Goodreads catalog, and have made it one of the better catalogs online.

I totally see it Peep.

Ann--
I found Poison Study to be very reminiscent of Graceling and Fire. It's the sort of book that really immerses you in the author's world and leaves you wanting more. When I finished it, I anxiously counted down the days until Magic Study was available in the library. Plus, I just loved the characters.

In terms of other recommendations, have you tried Maggie Stiefvater's Lament and Ballad? Even though they weren't quite as good as Shiver for me, I still found them to be exceptional books. I really enjoy Maggie's lyrical writing style.

I would also recommend Skinned and Crashed, by Robin Wasserman. They're set in a dystopia that reminds me a bit of Scott Westerfeld's Uglies trilogy. Robin's got a third book, Wired, coming out in the Fall.

And it's not YA, but have you tried The Host? It seemed to have a very slow beginning, but I thought it was completely worth it by the end.

Let me know if you have any good recs!

Laura wrote: "Ann--
I found Poison Study to be very reminiscent of Graceling and Fire. It's the sort of book that really immerses you in the author's world and leaves you wanting more. When I finished it, I anx..."


I haven't read any of Maggie Stiefvater's other books. I wasn't sure about the whole fairy thing. I liked Shiver so much, though, that I'll probably read her other books. I did read The Host and really enjoyed it.

Since I'm new to YA, I've pretty much already listed the good books that I've read, but I also liked The Maze Runner, The Pace (by Shelena Shorts), and Hush, Hush (by Becca Fitzpatrick). I definitely didn't like them as much as The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Graceling, and Fire, though.

I'm really excited about some books I have on my to-read-list including Poison Study, Inside Out, Unwind, and Incarceron. I'll let you know more once I've read them.

Wow, so many new posts! Welcome newbies! :) I hope you guys like it here. It looks like you're all having fun, I was gone for just a day and look at all the new discussions.

You can't be gone for a day on this group, otherwise you miss all the action.

Becca wrote: "You can't be gone for a day on this group, otherwise you miss all the action."

I am gone for only 12 hours or so and I come back to over 50 posts in some threads!

Um 12 hours - you can't leave for 12 min sometimes!

Heidi wrote: "Um 12 hours - you can't leave for 12 min sometimes!"

Us teachers gotta get our sleep (and can't chat while teaching)... So sad :(

lol, that is the way of it and its especially hard when you really have a comment or advice that goes with the conversation that ended 12 hours ago.

Becca wrote: "lol, that is the way of it and its especially hard when you really have a comment or advice that goes with the conversation that ended 12 hours ago."

And then you reply and everyone ignores you because it was so 12 hours ago :)

Becca and Kellee I totally know what you mean. Sometimes I wish I was on here when others were actually making their comments!

Me too! I just read the threads and I don't reply anymore when the conversation ended a couple of hours ago.

I still reply, but then I laugh at myself for being a dork and being "so twelve hours ago"!

Becca wrote: "I still reply, but then I laugh at myself for being a dork and being "so twelve hours ago"!"

Me too! :D

Ok so I wonder who is going to read these comments in 12 hours and be like "darn I wish I was online when they were saying that"??

LOL

rofl! I totally thought the same thing!

I feel left out and it has only been about 12 minutes! At any rate, if any of you need me to repeat a comment so that it seems fresh, I'd be more than happy to do so. One of my earlier comments was Peeta sucks.

Oh Peep!

lol, only love to you Peep!

Wow, this group is crazy! I love that it's so active.

Ann--I've never heard of The Pace or Incarceron. They sound interesting, so I've added them to my TBR list. And all of other books you mentioned are already on it! :)

And I was also skeptical about the faerie thing in Lament, but I think Maggie does it very well. I will say, though, that I think the subtitle The Faerie Queen's Deception was a little unnecessarily corny.

Bluemoon wrote: "that's what I thought too considering I check this in the morning AND evening... "

I have Goodreads open the entire time I'm here at work!

Heidi wrote: "Ok so I wonder who is going to read these comments in 12 hours and be like "darn I wish I was online when they were saying that"??"

Me, I would be the one thinking that. Alas the gym was calling my name so I had to miss out. Next time I guess.

Brittany wrote: "Heidi wrote: "Ok so I wonder who is going to read these comments in 12 hours and be like "darn I wish I was online when they were saying that"??"

Me, I would be the one thinking that. Alas the gy..."

Ha! I knew there would be somebody!

Thanks you all for the welcome!!!

Heidi, usually I'm way outnumbered when it comes to some vampire book that I will not mention again, in fear that Peep will throw some tomatoes or else at me! ;) And all of my friends that are as obsessed as me with the Hunger Games are part of that other team, that I will not mention either, for the same reason again!!! So definitely, we should be Best Friends!!!

Shannen - Thanks for looking past our differences, even if you like a book series that sometimes makes me gag!;) I'm sure we will have a lot of other books to agree on!!! :)

Kourtni and Ann- I'm not a hater, just cannot stand the books and cannot help if they make my gag reflex worst!!! ;)

Peep - You are funny! Your comments make me smile and LOL almost every time!!! Is it ok, if I'm a bit scared of you though!!! ;) Kidding!!!

Again, so happy to be on this book group!!!

Oh now you are definetley welcome here Dialma!

Dialma - You'll learn that Heidi is scarier than Peep. LOL! ;)

Awwww come on Shannen, can't we let her think I am nice for at least a little while. Gezzzz!

Heidi wrote: "Awwww come on Shannen, can't we let her think I am nice for at least a little while. Gezzzz!"

Haha!

Peep can't be scary! Her name reminds me of those cute little marshmallow chicks!lol

Kourtni wrote: "Peep can't be scary! Her name reminds me of those cute little marshmallow chicks!lol"

Ohhh don't let her name fool you! I think she chose it just for that reason, to lull you in with a false sense of security.

Haha! No worries, I will not let my guard down.

Dialma wrote: "Thanks you all for the welcome!!! Heidi, usually I'm way outnumbered when it comes to some vampire book that I will not mention again, in fear that Peep will throw some tomatoes or else at me! ;) A..."


That's ok. I think we should all just bond over our mutual love of The Hunger Games.

Ann wrote: "Dialma wrote: "Thanks you all for the welcome!!! Heidi, usually I'm way outnumbered when it comes to some vampire book that I will not mention again, in fear that Peep will throw some tomatoes or e..."

True- it seems we all do love that series. Weird we can all actually agree on something!

I am super duper excited because I see that Goodreads has added a "like" button when my GR friends add a book. Sad how little it takes to get me excited.

Dialma wrote: "Thanks you all for the welcome!!! Heidi, usually I'm way outnumbered when it comes to some vampire book that I will not mention again, in fear that Peep will throw some tomatoes or else at me! ;) A..."

I hug, not bite! Heidi is the resident meanie (I mean, she is Teammmmm Peeetttttaaaa). Some of these rumors about me aren't even true. It's basically guilt by association. And anyway I would never throw good food!

Peep I think you and I are the nice ones and they are trying to fool us!

I know, right? The epitome of sweetness, we are.

who are you trying to convince? us or yourselves?

hahahahahaha Becca!!!

*smiles sweetly*
*offers hugs and smiles*

Peep wrote: "*smiles sweetly*
*offers hugs and smiles*"

So a little bit of both??

Thank you Peep--I was feeling very angry today...I got kicked out of another group on here today because they said I didnt participate enough even though I responded to the mandatory roll call and all that....but you made me smile and realize who needs that stupid group anyway......LOL Thank you thank you!!

Holy cow you can get kicked out of a group?? WoW...