Wild Things: YA Grown-Up discussion

It's time for our nominations for October's group reads. If you haven't done this before, our rules can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2.... If you have questions, please ask.

Our theme for October is fairytale retellings! You may nominate 2 Young Adult books, one that is themed, and one that is not. Please label your books as themed and non-themed.


Please include authors' names when nominating. Authors may not nominate their own books!

Thanks!

If you need ideas, check out this list:

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/96....

Just make sure the book is geared to YA.

Themed: Bound by Donna Jo Napoli

Non-themed: King of the Pygmies by Jonathon Scott Fuqua

Be sure to check our bookshelf before nominating, we've actually read quite a few good ones already that fall in this category.

Themed: The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

Non-themed: Hourglass by Myra McEntire

Themed: Sweetly by Jackson Pearce

Non-Themed: All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

Themed: Beauty by Robin McKinley Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

Non-Themed: Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud The Amulet of Samarkand

Themed: Princess of the Midnight Ball
Non themed : Unwind

Themed: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Non-themed: Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac

Jamie wrote: "Themed: Princess of the Midnight Ball
Non themed : Unwind"

We did Unwind a couple of months ago...

Karis (YA Litwit) wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Themed: Princess of the Midnight Ball
Non themed : Unwind"

We did Unwind a couple of months ago..."

Indeed we did. Feel free to revive the conversation if you like, Jamie. Is there another non-themed book you would like to nominate?

Oh sorry about that...I am new and didn't see the list, but now I was able to click down and see the rest!
Ok, how about Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs?

Jamie wrote: "Oh sorry about that...I am new and didn't see the list, but now I was able to click down and see the rest!
Ok, how about Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs?"

No worries Jamie :) And welcome :)
Sweet Venom is a great choice! I really want to read it.

Has anyone read The Looking Glass Wars? I'm not sure if it's good, but it sounds like an interesting plot for a fairytale-retelling.

Just wondering.

Jennifer wrote: "Has anyone read The Looking Glass Wars? I'm not sure if it's good, but it sounds like an interesting plot for a fairytale-retelling.

Just wondering."

I've read the 1st two (The Looking Glass Wars and Seeing Redd). They are both great! I want to read the third, but haven't gotten to it yet.

I've read The Looking Glass Wars and didn't like it as much as I expected. There's not a lot of Alice in Wonderland retellings because it is already a story with a lot of depth and it's relatively modern in the scheme of Fairytales... There's some Japanese manga ones, but it's the only English one I've seen. I have Seeing Redd on my bookshelf but haven't read it. The concept was better than the plot, if I recall.

And though not a YA book I've heard good things about Alice I Have Been

How about,
Themed: A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan

Non-themed: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Themed: The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman

Non-Themed: Memento Nora by Angie Smibert

Throwing my opinions in here...I loved The Looking Glass Wars, but I was really disappointed with Alice I Have Been. The author jumped around bluntly throughout Alice's life and she did not handle Dodgson's possible attraction to Alice well at all.

Themed: Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George

Non-themed: This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

Might as well give my two cents :) I enjoyed The Looking Glass Wars very much (listened to the audio book and the narrator was great! I never read the sequels, though I want to. I did have a couple students who truly loved the whole trilogy.

Themed: Ash by Malinda Lo.

OOh heard good things about Miss Peregrine's ... Some good nominations here and a lot of stuff I haven't heard of. Looks like a lot of people have read Looking Glass Wars and liked it. I liked it too, just not as much as I had hoped I would...but I think with so many good opinions it's worth you trying it out :)

I just changed my non-themed to All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin because I'm reading it now and it's effing AWESOME! You guys MUST read it!

Jennifer wrote: "Has anyone read The Looking Glass Wars? I'm not sure if it's good, but it sounds like an interesting plot for a fairytale-retelling.

Just wondering."

I didn't mention it before, but I LOVE Hatter Madigan form The Looking Glass Wars. HUGE book crush! If it were a movie, Jude Law would have to play him! <3

Brittany wrote: "OOh heard good things about Miss Peregrine's ... Some good nominations here and a lot of stuff I haven't heard of. Looks like a lot of people have read Looking Glass Wars and liked it. I liked it t..."

Miss Peregrine's was great! the use of historical photographs really helped up the creepy factor.

Themed: Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George

Non themed: Kings of Colorado: A Novel by David E. Hilton

I'm going to close nominations as we've got a ton! I'll get a poll up later today and come back to let you know it's up! Thanks everyone!

Polls up!

http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/17...

We've had a tie! Re-vote for either Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast or Sweetly. Poll will only be up for 2 days!

We have our winners! Because we had 2 ties, we've decided to have 3 group reads!

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

AND

Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast

AND

Sweetly

Enjoy!