I loved The 5th Wave, but my library doesn't have Infinite Sea so I'm dying to read the sequel. I could buy, but I'd have to buy both, because, well, that's how I roll. 
What YA book are you reading RIGHT NOW?, issue 2
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I have a shelf on my bookcase specifically for books that don't match: where I got the first as paperback and the sequel as hardback, where I borrowed one from the library, where I decided to do Kindle after the first book, where the publisher changed the cover style after I started buying the series... It was driving me nuts trying to figure out where they went (particularly when some were paperback and some hardcover), so I gave them their own shelf.
Sage, if I had enough book shelves, I might have one of those, but maybe not. I won't even buy a new sequel if I bought the first in paperback. I have to have matching books.
Heheh, I always borrow the maximum amount (10 books), even though I know I won't be able to read them all in the allotted time (what with all the books on my TBR pile and my Kindle and all) ...
Gotta love the library.
I'm near the end of The Distance Between Lost and Found. I absolutely love it.
When was another good one. Oh, and Forget Me.
When was another good one. Oh, and Forget Me.
RWM - 37? I only take what I can read in a few weeks for a couple of reasons. 1) I'm afraid I'll lose some 2) Can't read more than a few in two weeks anyway 3) If I'm holding on to a bunch, then other people can't read them and I feel selfish. We have a very small library with only 1 copy of each book. I always return a book I've finished that day or the next for this reason.
I usually take 5-8. That's how many I can carry out the door. I usually have to renew 1 or 2 and library books are the ones I'm willing to stop reading without fuss.
Speaking of which, I decided not to finish Gates of Thread and Stone. It was a NetGalley book, so mostly free. I was intrigued by the beginning, but after that I found it tedious, particularly the traveling scenes. I'm reading too many books at once and have too many I want to start to bother finishing this one.
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I'm stacking up on Netgalley titles too - I have been approved for four of my requests this week, so I'm all prepared for my Easter reading marathon. I won't have my computer/writing with me for 4-5 days while at my parent's wee cabin, so I plan on reading tons.
I haven't been to Netgalley since last summer, but a few of you in here mentioned it and made me remember my educator account there, and now I'm hooked.
Will read Stephanie Kuehn's "Delicate M0nsters" first.
I haven't been to Netgalley since last summer, but a few of you in here mentioned it and made me remember my educator account there, and now I'm hooked.
Will read Stephanie Kuehn's "Delicate M0nsters" first.
So jealous you get to read Delicate Monsters. That is on my TBR!!! I am the worst Netgalley user so they stopped approving me for books (LOL!)
Currently reading M@k1ng Pr3++y, YA contemp about two sisters (Montana and Arizona, named for states their mom lived in) and how their dad has remarried 4 times and divorced 4 times, and their sister relationship; how it changes when Arizona goes off to college and Montana feels left behind. The writing so far is good but I am only 15% in so we'll see. Out in May
Currently reading M@k1ng Pr3++y, YA contemp about two sisters (Montana and Arizona, named for states their mom lived in) and how their dad has remarried 4 times and divorced 4 times, and their sister relationship; how it changes when Arizona goes off to college and Montana feels left behind. The writing so far is good but I am only 15% in so we'll see. Out in May
Yay! I got an ARC of We A1l Looked Up at work, so I'm finally reading YA again. So far it's sort of like "literary fiction meets The Breakfast Club meets an asteroid," and that's a good combo.
ETA: Several years ago in YA SYW I read an excerpt of a book with a concept seemingly quite similar to this one, and I liked it so much I kind of hoped this was it. But no, that was first person; this is third. The characters are totally different. Anyone remember that sample?
ETA: Several years ago in YA SYW I read an excerpt of a book with a concept seemingly quite similar to this one, and I liked it so much I kind of hoped this was it. But no, that was first person; this is third. The characters are totally different. Anyone remember that sample?
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That is so cool! I reckon I've saved myself over £1k by borrowing library books for the last few years.
I prefer to own books too, but I can't afford to own all I read and I have NO shelf space. Books are piled on the floor in my bedroom. Friends of mine have an entire wall of their living room as book/dvd shelves. It's like 9' tall by 20' long. I love it! I get envious just looking at it.
Yeah, I've always liked to own books, but I have limited shelf space too.
I much preferred Cress's POV, but I didn't dislike Scarlet.
Going back to the library discussion, I can borrow up to 20 books at a time, plus 5 e-books. The most I've had out at any one go was 17. I'm quite fortunate in that there are at least 10 libraries within several miles of each other, so I've gone on library crawls a few times where I'll pick up any hot YA titles or YA books which take my interest. My top crawl in one day was 6 libraries (would've been 7, but one was closed), which resulted in the 17 books borrowed.
I try to rush through reading them as soon as I can so I don't have a stack of books cluttering my room. At the moment I have eight out on loan, but I'll be returning three, hopefully four, tomorrow. (Of course, that means I'll be visiting a library then so who knows how many books I'll walk out of the door with?
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Just finished THE DARKEST MINDS by Alex Bracken. I loved that it was set in Virginia, my home state.
Finished The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson. Overall, I enjoyed it, but Carson's portrayal of the main character's weight grated a bit. I like seeing an overweight character as a hero, but does she have to think about food constantly?
I'm overweight myself, and I don't spend every spare moment thinking about food, and I don't stuff my face at every opportunity. I feel like the portrayal of the MC perpetuated stereotypes about overweight people.
Apart from that, I enjoyed the story, and I'll probably read more at some point.
I'm overweight myself, and I don't spend every spare moment thinking about food, and I don't stuff my face at every opportunity. I feel like the portrayal of the MC perpetuated stereotypes about overweight people.
Apart from that, I enjoyed the story, and I'll probably read more at some point.
I might have a book buying problem...even though I support libraries in every way I can, I feel like buying books helps the industry, and it's a tax deduction. However, last year my book purchases added up to more than travel, so...it might be a problem. And I'm getting ready to have to have a second, specially made to fit YA books bookshelf built.
No judgement, you totally have the right to feel that way, but I personally really identified with Elisa because her relationship to food was so similar to mine. And I don't think it's a sin to show an overweight character this way. The problem may be that she is basically the only overweight fantasy MC in YA, so everybody's going to judge how she was portrayed by their experience, if overweight, or, if not, by what they think is a stereotype or is fat-shaming or is everybody's reality, whatever.
The problem isn't this one overweight character, whose experience matches mine but not yours. The problem is that there's only one, so there's no variety of experiences, so we look to the one and judge it.
Fuschia I had trouble with W3 @LL L00K3D UP. I really enjoyed it but never connected strongly to the characters and I wonder if teens will take to it. Felt like an adult novel to me, sorta aimed at teens? I don't know how to explain what was awry for me
I finished M@K1NG PR3TTY, and for the first time in ever posted a book review of it on my blog
I'm now reading Alice H0ffman's The River King. Not exactly YA but takes place at a MA boarding school about a loner boy and a scholarship girl, their friendship, and their school. I love Hoffman's writing/magical realism.
Everybody seems to love G1RL OF F1RE & TH0RN$. I read the first chapter and loved then got to the kidnapping and was 'meh'. I want to try again though. I tried to read it when it first came out (I think there was a craze of fantasy at the time?), but my crit partner (who hates fantasy) read it and loved this week so I want to try again. she usually only reads contemporary so!
I finished M@K1NG PR3TTY, and for the first time in ever posted a book review of it on my blog
I'm now reading Alice H0ffman's The River King. Not exactly YA but takes place at a MA boarding school about a loner boy and a scholarship girl, their friendship, and their school. I love Hoffman's writing/magical realism.
Everybody seems to love G1RL OF F1RE & TH0RN$. I read the first chapter and loved then got to the kidnapping and was 'meh'. I want to try again though. I tried to read it when it first came out (I think there was a craze of fantasy at the time?), but my crit partner (who hates fantasy) read it and loved this week so I want to try again. she usually only reads contemporary so!
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Fire & Thorns: liked the series better and better with every book!
Thumbs up for your bookcase, bethany
Yesterday, I completed an arc of Juliana Stone's S0ME KIND 0F N0RMAL, a YA romance, and I see why our China-travelling KTC liked it so much - it was quite terrific and deep, without being overly angsty or dramatic. Would definitely recommend!
Saving up the DELICATE M0NSTERS arc for Easter hols next week... along with a bunch of other books.
Thumbs up for your bookcase, bethany
Yesterday, I completed an arc of Juliana Stone's S0ME KIND 0F N0RMAL, a YA romance, and I see why our China-travelling KTC liked it so much - it was quite terrific and deep, without being overly angsty or dramatic. Would definitely recommend!
Saving up the DELICATE M0NSTERS arc for Easter hols next week... along with a bunch of other books.
Oh yes this! Nothing against you, RWM, because I can totally see your point in this, but I have seen a lot of this lately. "Don't portray mentally ill people this way." "Don't portray disabled people this way." "Don't portray POC this way." If we had more portrayals of diversity in all forms then we could see these characters as individual representations of a diverse group.
Yeah, I think the biggest problem is that she's the only character with weight issues. So it ended up feeling like it wasn't the most nuanced look at weight.
Maybe I'm just oversensitive because I hate the attitude many people have toward overweight people. They act as if the only way you can be overweight is if you eat half a dozen donuts for breakfast and McDonalds for lunch every day.
I guess I was also a little put off by her transformation. She loses weight, and suddenly she's beautiful and confident. Why can't she be beautiful and confident when she's overweight?
All that being said, I still enjoyed the book. The weight thing was only a minor annoyance.
Agreed! I'm not really fond of transformation stories that don't see value in the person originally. And what is overweight anyway? Doctors don't even have it down to a science. People can not look like Barbie and still be healthy and beautiful.
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I'm really late to the game on this, but I'm reading The Archived by Victoria Schwab. I just started it yesterday and I'm already almost half done. I'm just breezing through it.
I wasn't even supposed to pick this up. I went to the library to return the short stack that I had out. I ended up walking out with three more books. Even though I picked them up, I promised myself that after I finish The Archived, I will read the ARC I got in the mail last week. I've never received an ARC, so I'm super excited.
I wasn't even supposed to pick this up. I went to the library to return the short stack that I had out. I ended up walking out with three more books. Even though I picked them up, I promised myself that after I finish The Archived, I will read the ARC I got in the mail last week. I've never received an ARC, so I'm super excited.