Young Adult Book Discussion 2021

For April 2021, we will be reading YA books.
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Young Adult Book Discussion 2021

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This month we are focusing our attention to books that are considered young adult! Get your teenage self ready and choose a book that you think will make you feel good 8)

Young adult:
  • geared towards people from ages 13-18
  • can woven in with other genres easily
  • it's meant to help transition readers from children's books to adult books
  • protagonists are usually teenagers (13-19 years old)
  • any romance is more innocent than those found in adult novels
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Some guiding questions:
  • Share what you read and a little about its synopsis.
  • Were there other genres tied into the text? If so, which ones?
  • Share something you enjoyed in the text and something you thought could be better.
  • Would you recommend this book? Why or why not?
As always, let's share a month of great reading! :D
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I'm thinking of reading Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas. Has anyone ever read this book? I read The Hate U Give and loved it. I'm hoping this will be just as enjoyable.
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@gali - would you like to read a young adult book together for this month? If so, maybe you can share a few titles that you'd like to read and I can choose one from that list?
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hsimone wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 18:50 @gali - would you like to read a young adult book together for this month? If so, maybe you can share a few titles that you'd like to read and I can choose one from that list?
I would be happy to. :)

Some books on my list are: The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty, Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin, A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini, The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, The Shadow in the Glass by J.J.A. Harwood (a new spin on Cinderella), Mrs. Perivale and the Blue Fire Crystal by Dash Hoffman, Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Seraphina by Rachel Hartma, Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley, The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes.
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gali wrote: 10 Apr 2021, 00:35
hsimone wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 18:50 @gali - would you like to read a young adult book together for this month? If so, maybe you can share a few titles that you'd like to read and I can choose one from that list?
I would be happy to. :)

Some books on my list are: The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty, Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin, A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini, The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, The Shadow in the Glass by J.J.A. Harwood (a new spin on Cinderella), Mrs. Perivale and the Blue Fire Crystal by Dash Hoffman, Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Seraphina by Rachel Hartma, Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley, The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes.
Awesome!

Ooo...there are a lot of good titles here, and some that I've been wanting to read as well. How about we start with Seraphina by Rachel Hartma? I've been wanting to read this series for quite some time now.
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hsimone wrote: 13 Apr 2021, 09:38
gali wrote: 10 Apr 2021, 00:35
hsimone wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 18:50 @gali - would you like to read a young adult book together for this month? If so, maybe you can share a few titles that you'd like to read and I can choose one from that list?
I would be happy to. :)

Some books on my list are: The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty, Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin, A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini, The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, The Shadow in the Glass by J.J.A. Harwood (a new spin on Cinderella), Mrs. Perivale and the Blue Fire Crystal by Dash Hoffman, Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Seraphina by Rachel Hartma, Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley, The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes.
Awesome!

Ooo...there are a lot of good titles here, and some that I've been wanting to read as well. How about we start with Seraphina by Rachel Hartma? I've been wanting to read this series for quite some time now.
Sure! when do you want to start it?

@Gravy do you want to read it as well?
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gali wrote: 13 Apr 2021, 09:59
hsimone wrote: 13 Apr 2021, 09:38
gali wrote: 10 Apr 2021, 00:35

I would be happy to. :)

Some books on my list are: The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty, Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin, A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini, The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken, The Shadow in the Glass by J.J.A. Harwood (a new spin on Cinderella), Mrs. Perivale and the Blue Fire Crystal by Dash Hoffman, Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Seraphina by Rachel Hartma, Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley, The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes.
Awesome!

Ooo...there are a lot of good titles here, and some that I've been wanting to read as well. How about we start with Seraphina by Rachel Hartma? I've been wanting to read this series for quite some time now.
Sure! when do you want to start it?

@Gravy do you want to read it as well?
Awesome! We can probably start whenever. Let's see if Gravy wants to join, and maybe base when we start it when she can?
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hsimone wrote: 13 Apr 2021, 14:29
gali wrote: 13 Apr 2021, 09:59
hsimone wrote: 13 Apr 2021, 09:38

Awesome!

Ooo...there are a lot of good titles here, and some that I've been wanting to read as well. How about we start with Seraphina by Rachel Hartma? I've been wanting to read this series for quite some time now.
Sure! when do you want to start it?

@Gravy do you want to read it as well?
Awesome! We can probably start whenever. Let's see if Gravy wants to join, and maybe base when we start it when she can?
Fine with me. :)
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Thank your for inviting me, but I think I'll have to pass. :tiphat:
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No problem. :)

@hsimone, I am ready whenever you are. :)
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gali wrote: 15 Apr 2021, 23:45 No problem. :)

@hsimone, I am ready whenever you are. :)
I'm good to start, as well! :)
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hsimone wrote: 16 Apr 2021, 19:17
gali wrote: 15 Apr 2021, 23:45 No problem. :)

@hsimone, I am ready whenever you are. :)
I'm good to start, as well! :)
Cool, I will start it tonight. I opened a thread for it. :)
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gali wrote: 16 Apr 2021, 23:58
hsimone wrote: 16 Apr 2021, 19:17
gali wrote: 15 Apr 2021, 23:45 No problem. :)

@hsimone, I am ready whenever you are. :)
I'm good to start, as well! :)
Cool, I will start it tonight. I opened a thread for it. :)
Awesome, thank you! :)
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I've just finished The Fisherman and his Foundlings by Phillip Leighton-Daly. It is a book about an old widower who fishes for a living and takes in a mermaid to care for. It was quite interesting to read it, especially with its heavy vocabulary. However, I was sad to see that the old man dies in the end.
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Mwatu wrote: 28 Apr 2021, 05:45 I've just finished The Fisherman and his Foundlings by Phillip Leighton-Daly. It is a book about an old widower who fishes for a living and takes in a mermaid to care for. It was quite interesting to read it, especially with its heavy vocabulary. However, I was sad to see that the old man dies in the end.
That sounds like an interesting read. Glad you enjoyed it! It's bad that the fisherman doesn't make it in the end, though.
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