The Rebellious Readers discussion

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I would like a recommend vicious and vengeful by V.E.Schwab it’s filled with bad people and worse people because no one is truly innocent. So it all starts this these two college guys that look polar opposites on the outside but aren’t too different on the inside. The only difference is one of the guy pretends to be someone who he’s not so he can be loved by everyone, the other doesn’t pretend and because of that people keep their distance from him. What caught my attention was the fact that the guy who would pretend becomes obsessed with these superhuman people with abilities, also known as ExtraOrdianry’s. If they are real...can you set up a dangerous situation to where you would be able to obtain such a gift. It is sooooo good !

i love vicious and vengeful! one of my all time series/duology. it is amazing. i read them extremely fast. i love how in these books we start asking ourselves who is the villain and who is the hero in this book, if there is actually one. i think my favorite character has to be sydney, she is so sweet!

I will have to add it to my TBR. It sounds awesome!

Yay :D I’d love to talk about it! Is there a folder open for that series ?

No, but I'll add one!

I recommend wonder

Is a beautiful history

A BOY IN LOVE WITH A TOON GIRL!

Seriously, nobody in the history of mankind has ever written a toonophilia love story before. My masterpiece is a paranormal romance with comedy elements. Enjoy.

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I recommend Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeve: superb characters and perfect for any Sci-Fi or Dystopia lover

The Language of Flowers! It is super awesome and I promise that you'll never regret it!!!! Go check it out!!! It changed me literally...

i recommend the keeper of the lost cities series

I love Keeper of the Lost Cities!

i've read the first kotlc bokk and it was amazing! but sadly i didn't get around to biying the next books :/

Aww! You should read them at some point, they get really good. And-the 8.5 book is being written right now!! So excited!

The YA books I most recommend are these:

•The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters (feminist historical fantasy about a suffragist whose father hires a hyptoninst to cure her of her 'unladylike' ambitions)

•The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue and The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee (historical romance and historical adventure respectively, about the bisexual son and asexual daughter of an English nobleman)

•A Light amongst Shadows by Kelly York and Rowan Altwood (historical horror fantasy mystery romance, about ghosts at a boys' boarding school)

•Let's Talk about Love by Claire Kann (contemporary romance about a biromantic asexual girl falling in love with her co-worker after her girlfriend dumped her)

•Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertali (contemporary romance about two boys who fall in over email, with complications)

•Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden (contemporary romance about two girls who fall in love)

•I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver (contemporary romance about a non-binary teenager who gets thrown out of their house after coming out to their parents)

•All Out: No Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages and Out Now: Queer We Go Again, edited by Saundra Mitchell (short story anthologies)

Anyone got a good rec for fluffy christmassy books???? I’ve read One Day in December which I would TOTALLY recommend to everyone!

no, unfortunately

the afterlife of holly chase! i read it last year and it was so godo and cute!

That does sound cute!!! I’ll definitely check it out👍🏽👍🏽

The only Christmas book I know is The Flying Classroom which is super old lol. It's very precious to me, and I think it's interesting too because it was written in a different part of history and it's a little bit of insight in life then, but the old language can take a bit getting used to for sure. Lots of 30s youth slang and that stuff. But great characters.

sure!
•what’s a girl gotta do?
•if I was your girl (trans feminism)
I can’t remember any others.

Some feminist books I’d recommend are:

- Girls With Sharp Sticks (thriller type novel where girls rebel against a male dominated school and society)
- Girls of Paper and Fire
- This Savage Song (has a strong independent female MC)

Also, We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a non-fiction book which is very eye-opening in encouraging gender equality, and I’d highly recommend it! :)

Hmm...I think feminism can take many forms so it depends on whether you want to have something that makes you feel empowered as a girl, or whether you'd like something that more pointedly discusses feminism. A take I can recommend either way though is The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan, a FANTASTIC retelling of the Mulan legend. What I loved about it is that it delivers feminism in a way that feels historically accurate and realistic for the circumstances Mulan grew up in, yet its conclusions are so universal. There is a love interest, but rather than needing him, they empower each other mutually like it should be in a healthy romance. It also discusses stuff like how history is recorded and how we can discover unconscious bias inside ourself, sometimes even against ourselves. And it does everything so elegantly, nothing feels forced...can't go wrong with this one, honestly.

no problem!

I recommend Arc of Scythe by Neal Shusterman, it's a utopian,
romance, and ya! Totally makes you ponder morality and mortality.
The first few chapters and a few things in the book are utterly disturbing and strange but I still love it! <33

sounds awesome! thanks for the reco!

Bumble wrote: "sounds awesome! thanks for the reco!"

uhh is this group inactive now?

no, it’s actually really active

Jyoti wrote: "PLease recommend some feminist books. I have been binge watching history documentaries, and have been feeling sad for the struggles women had to go through.
So, suggest books that have such women ..."

The Princess Will Save You
Girls with Sharp Sticks
Throne of Glass (not really feminist but has a really butt kicking female main character)

do y'all have any audiobooks recs? i recently got scribd and i'm not sure what book to listen to... and also cute fluffy books recs? (i just read the seven husbands of evelyn hugo and i need something to ease my pain)

Why We Took the Car is an underrated as hell wholesome bromance about two kids who spontaneously decide to go and steal a car and drive on their own vacation. It's pretty hilarious, and the friendship is just...so good. Also, a true capsule of just...German-ness.

does anyone have any good book recomondations for mythology and fantasy??

for mythology i have:
• wicked fox - korean mythology
• lore by alexandra bracken - greek mythology

and for fantasy books:
• a song of wraiths and ruin
• keeper of the lost cities
• a curse so dark and lonely
• ace of shades
• an ember in the ashes

For mythology, I'm basic as hell and have only read the Riordan books I think, unless you count Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (which I strongly recommend)...for fantasy I recommend Spellslinger the most. I'll also throw in Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1 Volume 1 if you wanna try something more unusual, but I'll add that it's not for everyone.

omg thanks guys i will so read some of these

I totally recommend City of bones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I borrowed it from a friend thinking I would like it but it wouldn’t be my favorite but I am so in love with it I can hardly wait till Monday to get the next book!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is pulling a REALLY close second to Percy which if you know me it is my all time favorite if ever needed I would die for just about any of the character (especially Fierro and Nico and will and Annabeth)

I just finished Raybearer yesterday and I loved it! Its got great representation, plot, worldbuilding etc. etc, and it's just really great!

After finishing Part 1: Daughter of a Soldier (which consists of three volumes) of Ascendance of a Bookworm, I really have to recommend the series. It's not your usual fantasy - but I guess everyone says that about the fantasy series they like, huh? At any case, Ascendance of a Bookworm has a somewhat usual fantasy world, but instead of heroics and fights and people going to slay evil or so, we're focusing on a little girl who...sells things.

Ascendance of a Bookworm centers around Myne, a young sickly girls whose soul, unbeknownst to everyone around her, is the one of a bookworm from our world who died a rather ironic death and, like a spit in her face, was reincarnated into a world where books are inaccessible to common folk. So her only option? Make them herself. But for that she needs money. She needs to make paper, and she needs to sell it. And she's weak and small - she needs someone to make all of this for her. So Myne enters the ruthless world of money, and while her "inventions" that she creates with her our-world knowledge catch on quite quickly, her knowledge of the market and the world she lives in now is theoretic at best, and near-fatally lacking at worst. And finally, it might not just be enough to make books - she might need to make a lot of money for her survival alone.

I greatly recommend this series if you enjoy very slow paced fantasy with a familiar world, but a completely new angle to it. And, well, if you can look past the incredibly awkward writing style (it's probably part the original writing, part translation). Myne may feel a little overpowered at the start, but it's quickly balanced out, and by volume 2, everything gets a lot more natural. The world feels lived in and the characters like they have their own lives going on. Not to mention the detailed descriptions of some fantasy foods, or how in depth Myne describes her crafting stuff. As someone who dislikes the vast majority of isekai (aka the transported into a fantasy world genre), this is the one I wholly recommend.

Books:

Can someone recommend me a book in which the girl reads romance books and her boyfriend helps her recreate her favorite scenes?