-The Young Adult Challenge. discussion

You don't have to like something for it to be interesting, but luckily, I liked my interesting book. hah.
It was

And it was the most interesting book because I've never read anything like it.

So what are yours?

Hmmmm,

when I was really little. when I was a kid. for my first dystopian novel. for the sheer beauty of the writing and story. because they transported me and who doesn't love that?

I could go on and on... every book I've remotely liked had something worthwhile about it. But it's the books that carry me away, with flawed but empathetic characters, and complex plots, that have always been the most interesting to me:-)

That's awesome! hah.
Yeah, those are the best. :P

The most interesting book I've ever read is definitely that one. I still don't know if I liked it or not, because the plot is so complex and I had mixed feelings toward the characters, but I guess that's what makes it so unique. You can go on forver if you start analysing the story.

I've never read that book! hah.

I haven't read that many interesting books but i think this one is quite good.

The Fault in Our Stars is really really good. It's about cancer.... But WAIT! dont let that scare u off! its not a typical sadistic cancer book!

Is it the one by John Green? Cause usually his books aren't that typical. :D

YEP!!!! I LOVE HIS BOOKS!!!!

the fault in our stars <3

I LOVED IT!!! i would marry it if i could, but a girl narrates the story so...

haha xD I would just marry John Green (a)

uhh i dont think his wife would appreciate that.

This isn't a YA book, but I found fascinating. It's a true story about an Olympic runner in the 1940's whose plane was shot down over the Pacific Ocean in WWII.

That sounds pretty cool. :D

Lately:






the Grim Reaper series by Judy Clemens

Are they awesome? I've only read the Iron King, lol. (:

AWESOME!
especially The Buried Covenant and Anna Dressed in Blood because those two have male protagonists who are "not just pretty faces," but three-dimensional human beings with moral integrity, real depths of character, determination, etc. etc. Read my reviews, you'll see:) Can't wait till the sequel to Anna comes out-have it on pre-order. These two (and the others) rocked my world:)

That does sound pretty awesome. :D It's always good when there are awesome and developed characters, not just someone who's there as a puppet. I definately will. haha. I'll have to check those out. (:

and I forgot to add the Steampunk series by Kady Cross.:))

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter it was just plain different. YOu think you know how it went down in history. lol! City of Bones new take on nephiliam and Buffy the Vampire Slayer my 8 year old reads the btvs books that were mine. cant forget what got me into the ya books. Also the countdown series. No one has read these but me I think. hehe... I cant even find them on here. each month was the title in the series. ie countdown:January, Countdown: february, countdown: March.

I don't remember the Countdown series; will see if Kindle has 'em, or library.

Mallory Anne-Marie Forbes wrote: "I don't remember the Countdown series; will see if Kindle has 'em, or library."

it is by I hope this is the right daniel parker. they were written in 1998.

oh! thanks-I'll look for them: Kindle lists so many under the title "Countdown" I couldn't tell.:)

Mallory Anne-Marie Forbes wrote: "I don't remember the Countdown series; will see if Kindle has 'em, or library."

this is him! hes on here but it wont let me find the books to post a pic. Daniel Parker. wow he looks young in the pic. lol!

1998 was a century ago LOL-I fanned him, they don't seem to be on Kindle but the state library system lists tons by him, so hopefully I can find them-else I'll have to buy used via Amazon-def looks like my kind of series.

Mallory Anne-Marie Forbes wrote: "1998 was a century ago LOL-I fanned him, they don't seem to be on Kindle but the state library system lists tons by him, so hopefully I can find them-else I'll have to buy used via Amazon-def looks..."

I know right!!! Made me feel old putting that out there. they arent thick books. maybe a 100 pages each but there are 12 of them. I remember paying $3.99 for each of them back in the last century. hehe... wikipedi gives a good bit of info on the first book january to set it up. :)

Merri, want to see something weird? Amazon has the Countdown series listed under books, but look what's on Daniel Parker's page, above the book list:
http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Parker/e...

Mallory Anne-Marie Forbes wrote: "Merri, want to see something weird? Amazon has the Countdown series listed under books, but look what's on Daniel Parker's page, above the book list:
http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Parker/e......"

at first i was like wtc? lol! then I figured it was an add to check out some old guy. LOL! but I was all what has amazon done?!!! hehe... I was hoping that all of them would be in a set by now, like one book. I guess they have to at least break it up into 3 or 4 books if they did that. I really wouldn't want to carry a 1,200 plus pages book around....

I did, when I read the originally published The Stand and later, the actual original version, must have been right at 1000 pp.
Neal Stephenson's newest is 1040 in print Reamde

Crap on that! Lol! I would have carpal tunnel from holding that!

that's why I'm eventually going to buy Reamde on Kindle-I already have serious problems with my entire right hand, wrist, arm, shoulder;(

That's bad. I make cakes and would be out of money if that happened to me. My mother lives in Alabama and has breast cancer . She has my kindle now with 500 bookshelf on it. Oh I live in West Virginia. Lol. I read on my Motorola ATRIX 2 cell phone.

Jailbait it is very interesting and i have yet to find another book like this one. it is very under rated and intense

Mallory- wrote: "Lately:






the Grim Reaper series by J..."

loved the iron fey series. my favorite hands down, is The Fault in Our Stars. once i get the name in my head i cant think of other books

Transcend is awesome as I received an Arc copy of this book, kind of like Phantom of the Opera, hauntingly beautiful and a tragic love story. Definitely a one of a kind book as I have read 187 this year and nothing comes close to the emotions you will feel reading this book :)