@Jynjah
6 Years
YA book recs
Posted by JynjahI remember a time past - when bone to bone was paved with miracle water, and a young woman could sit by a window sill and read for hours on end. She did not thirst or hunger because these stories filled her throat and belly with jurda - YA (Young Adult) novels were a balm for the restless soul. With the adaptation of Shadow and Bone, I'm back to reading again.
Do you read any YA novels? Which would you recommend?
Not since a young adult. I did read one 10 years ago by accident. I'm into horror. So even then it was young adult horror. It was an Anne Rice book. She took a shot at writing YA. Turned out rather perverse so, probably not your genre.
When I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
Posted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
Some horrors have happy endings...rebirth... total skin shedding... evolution.
My favorite young adult horror writer, from my tweens (I quickly graduated) was. Virginia Hamilton... "Sweet Whispers Brother Rush" and OMG Lois Duncan... read them all. You will love both.
Beauty by Robin McKinley. She has a lot of other great ones, this on really stuck with me.
Posted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
I love YA fiction .... two of my fave authors are Sarah Dessen (USA) and Louise Rennison (UK)
😄
Posted by LadyNeptuneBeauty by Robin McKinley. She has a lot of other great ones, this on really stuck with me.
Thanks! I am gonna go check this out. 👍👍
Posted by VenusAquariusPosted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
Some horrors have happy endings...rebirth... total skin shedding... evolution.
My favorite young adult horror writer, from my tweens (I quickly graduated) was. Virginia Hamilton... "Sweet Whispers Brother Rush" and OMG Lois Duncan... read them all. You will love both.
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Ok, I will! Virginia Hamilton sounds like a Harlequin Romance writer too. I'm not sure if I've read anything by her, but she sounds really familiar.
Posted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
I love YA fiction .... two of my fave authors are Sarah Dessen (USA) and Louise Rennison (UK)
😄
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Withering Tights!! The writer is risque, funny, real, and still able to draw a reader back into those awkward years when we thought the world was an oyster! I love her books hard.
Gonna go check out Sarah Dessen too then.
Posted by JynjahPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
I love YA fiction .... two of my fave authors are Sarah Dessen (USA) and Louise Rennison (UK)
😄
Withering Tights!! The writer is risque, funny, real, and still able to draw a reader back into those awkward years when we thought the world was an oyster! I love her books hard.
Gonna go check out Sarah Dessen too then.
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😀Have you read many of them? I still have a stack of them......might read them again
“He had everything a dream boy should have. Back, front, sides, Everything. A head”
Withering Tights
😄
I also loved this series...I read them all from
his teen years to adulthood. Laughed out loud at them 😂
Posted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
I love YA fiction .... two of my fave authors are Sarah Dessen (USA) and Louise Rennison (UK)
😄
Withering Tights!! The writer is risque, funny, real, and still able to draw a reader back into those awkward years when we thought the world was an oyster! I love her books hard.
Gonna go check out Sarah Dessen too then.
😀Have you read many of them? I still have a stack of them......might read them again
“He had everything a dream boy should have. Back, front, sides, Everything. A head”
Withering Tights
😄
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I actually got the chance to review Withering Tights! Back in the day, there was a website where you could request a book to review. I don't know if it still exists, but it was pretty thrilling when the digital books arrived on your kindle. The only catch was that it lasted for only 30 days and you couldn't copy it. And, also, you absolutely had to write a review somewhere and send the link or doc to the author.
After Withering Tights, I tried to keep up, and I think I got to 'Stop in the name of Pants' and then got distracted with other books or life or something inane like that. 🤔
I'm going to find all the others and binge read them like chips and soda.
Posted by MyStarsShineI also loved this series...I read them all from
his teen years to adulthood. Laughed out loud at them 😂
No, I don't think I have read this. Looks like my summer reading is about to get lols
Posted by JynjahPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
I love YA fiction .... two of my fave authors are Sarah Dessen (USA) and Louise Rennison (UK)
😄
Withering Tights!! The writer is risque, funny, real, and still able to draw a reader back into those awkward years when we thought the world was an oyster! I love her books hard.
Gonna go check out Sarah Dessen too then.
😀Have you read many of them? I still have a stack of them......might read them again
“He had everything a dream boy should have. Back, front, sides, Everything. A head”
Withering Tights
😄
I actually got the chance to review Withering Tights! Back in the day, there was a website where you could request a book to review. I don't know if it still exists, but it was pretty thrilling when the digital books arrived on your kindle. The only catch was that it lasted for only 30 days and you couldn't copy it. And, also, you absolutely had to write a review somewhere and send the link or doc to the author.
After Withering Tights, I tried to keep up, and I think I got to 'Stop in the name of Pants' and then got distracted with other books or life or something inane like that. 🤔
I'm going to find all the others and binge read them like chips and soda.
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That’s so cool....you’ve no copy? 🙁
I’ve so many books in my house now I’ll soon be snowed in lol. I love the covers of the Rennison books...such fun 🥳
Enjoy! 🤓
Posted by JynjahPosted by MyStarsShineI also loved this series...I read them all from
his teen years to adulthood. Laughed out loud at them 😂
No, I don't think I have read this. Looks like my summer reading is about to get lols
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Go for it!
There’s a few of them, the last one is called The Prostate Year’s lol.....when he reaches middle age
Posted by JynjahPosted by VenusAquariusPosted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
Some horrors have happy endings...rebirth... total skin shedding... evolution.
My favorite young adult horror writer, from my tweens (I quickly graduated) was. Virginia Hamilton... "Sweet Whispers Brother Rush" and OMG Lois Duncan... read them all. You will love both.
Ok, I will! Virginia Hamilton sounds like a Harlequin Romance writer too. I'm not sure if I've read anything by her, but she sounds really familiar.
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Both are YA authors who deal with the occult at a level of horror. They are both multiple award winning authors. Virginia Hamilton writes in the realm of black culture with black venacular. "Sweet Whispers Brother Rush" is a ghost story - a young girl's pain of losing her brother but he visits her and, irc, warns her of danger.
"Locked In Time" by Lois Duncan is the most like a Harlequin romance but still occult, horror.
Lois Duncan
Virginia Hamilton
Posted by VenusAquariusPosted by JynjahPosted by VenusAquariusPosted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
Some horrors have happy endings...rebirth... total skin shedding... evolution.
My favorite young adult horror writer, from my tweens (I quickly graduated) was. Virginia Hamilton... "Sweet Whispers Brother Rush" and OMG Lois Duncan... read them all. You will love both.
Ok, I will! Virginia Hamilton sounds like a Harlequin Romance writer too. I'm not sure if I've read anything by her, but she sounds really familiar.
Both are YA authors who deal with the occult at a level of horror. They are both multiple award winning authors. Virginia Hamilton writes in the realm of black culture with black venacular. "Sweet Whispers Brother Rush" is a ghost story - a young girl's pain of losing her brother but he visits her and, irc, warns her of danger.
"Locked In Time" by Lois Duncan is the most like a Harlequin romance but still occult, horror.
Lois Duncan
Virginia Hamilton
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Wow! Some of the publications are older than I am, but I hope to find hard copies of Virginia Hamilton on Amazon. She reminds me of New Orleans and the horror stories my tanty used to tell us when we were tots and couldn't stop asking questions. 😂😭
Nostalgia: it's a Cancer moon thing. lol
Thanks for the rec.
Posted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
I love YA fiction .... two of my fave authors are Sarah Dessen (USA) and Louise Rennison (UK)
😄
Withering Tights!! The writer is risque, funny, real, and still able to draw a reader back into those awkward years when we thought the world was an oyster! I love her books hard.
Gonna go check out Sarah Dessen too then.
😀Have you read many of them? I still have a stack of them......might read them again
“He had everything a dream boy should have. Back, front, sides, Everything. A head”
Withering Tights
😄
I actually got the chance to review Withering Tights! Back in the day, there was a website where you could request a book to review. I don't know if it still exists, but it was pretty thrilling when the digital books arrived on your kindle. The only catch was that it lasted for only 30 days and you couldn't copy it. And, also, you absolutely had to write a review somewhere and send the link or doc to the author.
After Withering Tights, I tried to keep up, and I think I got to 'Stop in the name of Pants' and then got distracted with other books or life or something inane like that. 🤔
I'm going to find all the others and binge read them like chips and soda.
That’s so cool....you’ve no copy? 🙁
I’ve so many books in my house now I’ll soon be snowed in lol. I love the covers of the Rennison books...such fun 🥳
Enjoy! 🤓
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Sadly, I don't have a copy. I hope that's easily remedied. My young adult nanny would be thrilled to borrow these since she loves funny stories.
I'm so happy for the rec for Sue Townsend. From a quick search, it looks like a classic family series. I will try to add the entire collection to the family library. *Fingers crossed*
Posted by JynjahPosted by VenusAquariusPosted by JynjahPosted by VenusAquariusPosted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
Some horrors have happy endings...rebirth... total skin shedding... evolution.
My favorite young adult horror writer, from my tweens (I quickly graduated) was. Virginia Hamilton... "Sweet Whispers Brother Rush" and OMG Lois Duncan... read them all. You will love both.
Ok, I will! Virginia Hamilton sounds like a Harlequin Romance writer too. I'm not sure if I've read anything by her, but she sounds really familiar.
Both are YA authors who deal with the occult at a level of horror. They are both multiple award winning authors. Virginia Hamilton writes in the realm of black culture with black venacular. "Sweet Whispers Brother Rush" is a ghost story - a young girl's pain of losing her brother but he visits her and, irc, warns her of danger.
"Locked In Time" by Lois Duncan is the most like a Harlequin romance but still occult, horror.
Lois Duncan
Virginia Hamilton
Wow! Some of the publications are older than I am, but I hope to find hard copies of Virginia Hamilton on Amazon. She reminds me of New Orleans and the horror stories my tanty used to tell us when we were tots and couldn't stop asking questions. 😂😭
Nostalgia: it's a Cancer moon thing. lol
Thanks for the rec.
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Yeah, theY can still be purchased... Most for less than $ 5... Amazon, Thriftbooks, etc. I'm 47 and these are from my tweens. So yeah, they're old. "Locked In Time" by Lois Duncan is set in New Orleans - the home of ghost stories.
Pluto in the 8th loves the occult.
Speaking of New Orleans: Anyone read Julie Kagawa? I remember her Iron Court series.
Lately, I'm rereading Shadow and Bone - the Grishaverse series by Leigh Bardugo - just to try and keep up with the series on Netflix.
My surprisingly worst YA writer is Cassandra Clare. I could not get through Mortal Instruments because of her style of writing. The movie turned out bad, and the show seemed better for a while.
Posted by VenusAquariusPosted by JynjahPosted by VenusAquariusPosted by JynjahPosted by VenusAquariusPosted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
Some horrors have happy endings...rebirth... total skin shedding... evolution.
My favorite young adult horror writer, from my tweens (I quickly graduated) was. Virginia Hamilton... "Sweet Whispers Brother Rush" and OMG Lois Duncan... read them all. You will love both.
Ok, I will! Virginia Hamilton sounds like a Harlequin Romance writer too. I'm not sure if I've read anything by her, but she sounds really familiar.
Both are YA authors who deal with the occult at a level of horror. They are both multiple award winning authors. Virginia Hamilton writes in the realm of black culture with black venacular. "Sweet Whispers Brother Rush" is a ghost story - a young girl's pain of losing her brother but he visits her and, irc, warns her of danger.
"Locked In Time" by Lois Duncan is the most like a Harlequin romance but still occult, horror.
Lois Duncan
Virginia Hamilton
Wow! Some of the publications are older than I am, but I hope to find hard copies of Virginia Hamilton on Amazon. She reminds me of New Orleans and the horror stories my tanty used to tell us when we were tots and couldn't stop asking questions. 😂😭
Nostalgia: it's a Cancer moon thing. lol
Thanks for the rec.
Yeah, theY can still be purchased... Most for less than $ 5... Amazon, Thriftbooks, etc. I'm 47 and these are from my tweens. So yeah, they're old. "Locked In Time" by Lois Duncan is set in New Orleans - the home of ghost stories.
Pluto in the 8th loves the occult.
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Ghost stories are the best! 😁😁
Posted by JynjahPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahPosted by MyStarsShinePosted by JynjahWhen I tried to adult, I tried horror - Stephen King was my first foray. It was all quite terrifying and unsettling, but I enjoyed a lot of his books.
I'd rather read more YA, though. I'm a sucker for happy endings. 😁😁
I love YA fiction .... two of my fave authors are Sarah Dessen (USA) and Louise Rennison (UK)
😄
Withering Tights!! The writer is risque, funny, real, and still able to draw a reader back into those awkward years when we thought the world was an oyster! I love her books hard.
Gonna go check out Sarah Dessen too then.
😀Have you read many of them? I still have a stack of them......might read them again
“He had everything a dream boy should have. Back, front, sides, Everything. A head”
Withering Tights
😄
I actually got the chance to review Withering Tights! Back in the day, there was a website where you could request a book to review. I don't know if it still exists, but it was pretty thrilling when the digital books arrived on your kindle. The only catch was that it lasted for only 30 days and you couldn't copy it. And, also, you absolutely had to write a review somewhere and send the link or doc to the author.
After Withering Tights, I tried to keep up, and I think I got to 'Stop in the name of Pants' and then got distracted with other books or life or something inane like that. 🤔
I'm going to find all the others and binge read them like chips and soda.
That’s so cool....you’ve no copy? 🙁
I’ve so many books in my house now I’ll soon be snowed in lol. I love the covers of the Rennison books...such fun 🥳
Enjoy! 🤓
Sadly, I don't have a copy. I hope that's easily remedied. My young adult nanny would be thrilled to borrow these since she loves funny stories.
I'm so happy for the rec for Sue Townsend. From a quick search, it looks like a classic family series. I will try to add the entire collection to the family library. *Fingers crossed*
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You can get the 8 book set at Amazon
Enjoy 🙂
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I remember a time past - when bone to bone was paved with miracle water, and a young woman could sit by a window sill and read for hours on end. She did not thirst or hunger because these stories filled her throat and belly with jurda - YA (Young Adult) novels were a balm for the restless soul. With the adaptation of Shadow and Bone, I'm back to reading again.
Do you read any YA novels? Which would you recommend?