Current Events > YA Genre - do you read it?

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Not going to lie, I sometimes find myself reading them. Especially when I'm super busy and still want to read something, I'll pick up a YA novel and read it.

They tend to be light and fun, which isn't always a bad thing.
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I dont read new YA but Ill read my old favorites once in awhile
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josifrees posted...

I dont read new YA but Ill read my old favorites once in awhile

What's your favorite YA novel?

Right now I'm reading this



It's funny as hell.
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yeah i read YA series pretty often
usually action/fantasy ones

a lot of YA stories are decent
i really liked the mortal instruments series, and hunger games

i believe it was you who recommended six of crows and crooked kingdom to me
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yusiko posted...

i really liked the mortal instruments series

You introduced me to them a while back, and I actually finished the first book =D

yusiko posted...

i believe it was you who recommended six of crows and crooked kingdom to me

Did you enjoy Six of Crows?

In the second book, I almost cried when Mathias died ='(
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Nah. The only ones I remember reading in the last decade are Hunger Games and Harry Potter, if those count. I mostly read non-fiction these days.
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tamashiini posted...

Harry Potter

Love those books. Who doesn't?

tamashiini posted...

I mostly read non-fiction these days.

Anything interesting lately? I'm always on the lookout for recommendations.
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SE Hinton.

Also Wheel of Time series Im not sure if it is actually a YA thing but it has always felt like one
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Atomic Accidents by James Mahaffey is a pretty good layman's read of, well, nuclear accidents. Absolutely fascinating.

About halfway through Glenn Greenwald's With Liberty and Justice for Some. Good read, but too depressing for bedtime reading. Greenwald's No Place to Hide was the best account I've read/watched of the Snowden affair as well, but that's to be expected, since he was directly involved.
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I don't reject it outright but a lot of books in the genre seem to use the label as an excuse to not try very hard. Same with kid's movies - a lot of people disregard complaints because it's meant for kids, but that doesn't mean the film can't try.

Went back recently and read the Old Kingdom series. I had read Sabriel in my youth and started Lirael, but put it down for some reason. I somewhat regret giving them another shot.
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ollie89 posted...

yusiko posted...

i really liked the mortal instruments series

You introduced me to them a while back, and I actually finished the first book =D

yusiko posted...

i believe it was you who recommended six of crows and crooked kingdom to me

Did you enjoy Six of Crows?

In the second book, I almost cried when Mathias died ='(

now you just gotta finish the next 5 books, plus the prequel trilogy, and the sequel trilogy, and the bane chronicles as well as tales from the shadowhunter academy.

and i did enjoy six of crows
it was fun
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Yeah, but I am a 5th grade teacher.
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