Wild Things: YA Grown-Up discussion

My name is Kyle and I just joined Wild Things. There is so much going on its going to take me a while to get the hang of things but this is definitely a well organized and great group! I look forward to discussing authors and books with everyone!

KgB

Welcome Kyle, glad to have you with us!

Thank you Laura! I'm finding a lot to do, really quickly. You and Fiona do a great job with running this place :D

Hi Kyle. Welcome to the group :)

hehe, Fiona deserves most of the credit, believe me, but thanks. :)

Thanks Eden! :D

Now Laura don't count yourself short your still a mod ;) Fiona does seem like a total beast though she's productive for sure!

*By the way, anyone not familiar with my vocab 'beast' is an endearing term meaning that she's awesome*

I think I missed round 3 Fiona but when round 4 comes around I'll definitely hit it up!

So do you guys have any suggestions for young adult books I can read? I've read twilight, vampire academy, hunger games, study & glass series, infinity (kenyon's new ya book)...for some reason I cna't think of more :P

Any suggestions?

Hey, Kyle, have you read Little Brother by Cory Doctorow?

Kyle wrote: "I think I missed round 3 Fiona but when round 4 comes around I'll definitely hit it up!

So do you guys have any suggestions for young adult books I can read? I've read twilight, vampire academ..."

Round 4 signups are open for the bookmark swap :)

I recommend Lisa McMann's Wake trilogy, Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater, The Knife of Never Letting Go trilogy by Patrick Ness and The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan.

Can someone tell me how this bookmark swap works?

Just the name "The Knife of Never Letting Go" sounds interesting.

Sure, Rita! I'm kinda running the show with the bookmark swap (thankfully, with lots of input!)

Right now sign ups are open for round 4. The first two rounds the rules were basically send one bookmark, receive one bookmark. You can make or buy one, although most of us make them. For those rounds, the bookmark represented a favorite YA book. There are no rules on how the book is represented.

Round 3 we mixed it up a bit, and everyone posted their favorite three YA books. The person who got your name will make a bookmark based on one of those three! We are still in the making process, and will ship them by June 30th.

Since that's so challenging, we decided we'll flip flop every other round... round 4 will go back to maker's choice. Round 5 will be a challenging one again (haven't decided it yet.)

Here's a link to round four sign ups and all the rules. It's been really fun so far. Join us! http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3...

Rita wrote: "Can someone tell me how this bookmark swap works?

Just the name "The Knife of Never Letting Go" sounds interesting."

The Knife of Never Letting Go was the book I used for the first bookmark swap. Absolutely LOVE that book!! You can see some pics of our bookmarks in the WT group photos, mine's posted there.

Welcome!!! You'll enjoy this group- it is by far my favorite.

Also, there are challenges. #5 will start in July, so it'd be a great time to jump in.
There are also monthly challenges that I run that are laid back and fun, so you can check those out too.

Enjoy the group!

Thanks for the information, AngelaSunshine. I'll definitely join the next bookmark swap!

Hello Kyle!! Welcome to the group!!

Hey there, Kyle - Bonjour!