Wild Things: YA Grown-Up discussion

I like lists :D We don't already have one of these top 5 ones do we?

Okay...so everybody list your top 5 favorites, series can count as 1, of course.

1. Harry Potter series

I know its completely unoriginal to put them on a favorites list, but I looooove love love them.

2. Anne of Green Gables series

Anne was my first book love, and she is certainly still up there with the best. I dare you not to love her (unless your name is Fiona and you are grouchy)

3. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Katsa is a strong female character, and I love the journey her character gets to take (both mentally and physically) in this book. Its very addicting, and I couldn't put it down.

4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Talk about addicting, I don't think I got out of my chair until I read this whole thing in one evening. I can't wait for the sequel, Catching Fire, in September.

5. I, Coriander by Sally Gardner

A cute fairy tale, VERY loosely based on Cinderella. The prince, however, has a very small role in this one. Coriander steals the show.

**EDIT***
5.1 A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Cause Fiona reminded me, I just read it too and LOVED it. I feel so close to Mattie, wish we could have been friends.

And, since I'm cheating anyway...

5.2 The Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

Just read this yesterday and it hooked me right in. Yelena is a fabulous character, and I love assassins.

5.3 Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster

A cute short little book of letters that a girl wrote to the man who was putting her through college. A very simple and sweet story.

...what I really meant was Top 10 :)

Yes, this is a tough question... Mine aren't in any order, it changes depending on mood.

1. To Kill a Mockingbird- Haven't read it since high school, but it was great, probably one of the best books ever written.

2. Bridge to Terabithia- first book to teach me that books can be more than amusing stories.

3. Are you there God? It's me Margaret- read this one a zillion times (probably not overestimating, either) when I was in grade school

4. Bless the Beasts and Children- fairly intense book with many metaphors and symbols, every time I read it I see something different.

5. Hunger Games- I'll put this one on here. I was really taken with it and can't wait for the sequel.

I like how this has turned into Top 5.3 because we all love too many books. :) Clever.

In no particular order...

1. Harry Potter series

Because...yeah.

2. Night World series by L.J. Smith

That shouldn't surprise anyone, since I talk this series up whenever I can. She created such a solid world, and such wonderful three-dimensional characters. These books were my constant companions during my teenage years.

3. The Alice McKinley series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

I learned so much from Alice. And when I used one of my dad's contacts to mail a letter to Ms. Naylor's house, she kindly replied on her personal stationary. I was so thrilled.

4. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

This is a beautiful book.

5. Are You There God? It's Me Margaret

I feel I have to put this on the list. I certainly read it enough times.

Thanks for changing it from top 5 to top 10, Allison - that makes it a little more do-able. So here are mine, in no particular order:

The Giver
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
Where the Red Fern Grows
Anne of Green Gables
Christy
Chronicles of Narnia series
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Little Women
To Kill a Mockingbird
And for something a little more contemporary:
The Uglies series

Some of these are books I just think everyone (or at least every girl for some of them) should read sometime in their life.

Allison wrote: "1. Harry Potter series

I know its completely unoriginal to put them on a favorites list, but I looooove love love them.

2. Anne of Green Gables series

Anne was my first book love, and s..."

5.1, 5.2, 5.3...You're such a cheater!
(I love it)


And Alexis -- would you believe I've never read anything by Judy Blume? I take that back, I think I read part of Freckle Juice. Or maybe it was Superfudge. But never one of the classic girly books.


As for my own top, I'm going to have to think on this awhile...

Well, *jumping on the bandwagon*

1. Harry Potter, any and all, but I just love the first two best.
2. Anything by Joan Aiken
3. Wrinkle in Time series
4. The Secret Garden
5. Anything by Marguerite Henry

and I'm so far behind because I haven't read anything published after 1985! (that's when I moved to Italy and lost touch with the world of books in general, but especially YA!)

My top five as of today would be:

1. Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7
2. The Graveyard Book
3. Graceling
4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
5. To Kill a Mockingbird

In no particular order

The Book Thief
Howl's Moving Castle
I Am the Messenger
The Graveyard Book
Harry Potter
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Dark is Rising
Matilda
A Mango Shaped Space
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

It's really hard to pick. Most of these are more recent, I do love a lot of the classics too.

OHMYGOD I didn't know What's Eating Gilbert Grape was a book! How could I not know that? Must read

Misty wrote: "OHMYGOD I didn't know What's Eating Gilbert Grape was a book! How could I not know that? Must read"

Misty, where do you know the story from?

Johnny Depp Movie!!

Linda Grace wrote: "Johnny Depp Movie!!"

Exactly. One of my favorite movies when I was a kid. Do any of you watch Family Guy? If so, please tell me you saw the squirrel version of WEGG. Priceless!

I've seen all but the new season. Is it on the new one? That show is awesome! :)

I love Family Guy and WEGG! I'm going to have to look that episode up on internet!

Apparently I was wrong, it was American Dad. There are clips on youtube, but not the full story line.

Apparently I was wrong, it was American Dad. There are clips on youtube, but not the full story line. It's an episode called Irregarding Steve.

1. (Chaos Walking Trilogy) by Patrick Ness
2. by Meg Rosoff
3. by Neal Shusterman
4. (only books 1 & 2!!) by Suzanne Collins
5. by Lois Lowry

It's going to be hard to choose only 5.

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Anne of Green Gable series by L.M. Montgomery