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Old 06-27-22, 11:30 AM  
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I read a lot of YA, especially fantasy and some dystopian.

Did they ever read The Hunger Games? How about The Giver books? The Maze Runner series was pretty popular, though I didn’t care for it.

I loved The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix (starts with Sabriel)

The Thief series (Megan Whalen Turner)

Neil Gaiman is a great author but I seem to love or hate his stuff. (But the ones I love are Neverwhere, Stardust, and The Graveyard Book).

Diana Wynne Jones is classic fantasy. Have they ever read the Howl’s Moving Castle trilogy? She also has The Dark Lord of Derkholm, which I think is so cheeky and funny. It basically satires epic fantasy.

Speaking of epic fantasy - you can’t go wrong with The Hobbit and LOTR (The Hobbit is an easier read).

Marissa Meyer’s Cinder (and sequels) was good! Fairy tale-ish characters in a sci-fi setting.
Thank you! Yes…they read all the above, except for Garth Nix. Will pass this along.
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Old 06-27-22, 11:38 AM  
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Am asking for some recommendations for a couple of young adults looking for some good and fun reading.
A YA series?
Preferably fiction, although not quite ready for Brando Sanderson series.
Long ago they enjoyed the Divergent series… also loved Harry Potter.
They are older now and I have been out of touch with any YA.
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How about The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud?

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Old 06-27-22, 01:34 PM  
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How about The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud?

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Thank you…passing this one along!
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Old 06-27-22, 03:37 PM  
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I was out of town at my mother-in-law's for 12 days. Since there is no cell service and she has no WiFi, I read a lot when we are there. Here is what I have read in physical books recently:

American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins - Really, REALLY well-written.
The Gift of Friends - Emma Hannigan - Really enjoyed this one
Maybe One Day - Debbie Johnson - It has been a good book so far

On the Kindle, I read:

Write My Name Against the Sky - Barbara O'Neal - This book was a harder one for me to get into than hers normally are, but it was a good book and I enjoyed it in the end.

Goodbye, Again - Mariah Stewart - This was the second in a series. It was pretty good.

The Longest Echo - Eoin Dempsey - This was my first book by this author, but it won't be my last. I thought this was well-written and I had trouble putting it down.

Elijah - Chuck Swindoll - I always like his books and though this one was better than his average.

Spooky Sweet - Connie Shelton - This was the next one in the series. I am reading this whole series. It was pretty good, pretty typical for this series.

The Summer Island Festival - Rachel Burton - A little hard to get into for me, but I really enjoyed it in the end and was glad I stuck with it.

Walking Sam - Deanna Lyn Sletten - It was okay. One of her older books, it was more shallow than I usually enjoy, but I did read the whole thing.
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I'm about halfway through Anne Tyler's Clock Dance. I think I've mentioned before that I don't always enjoy her random, rambling style, but I like this one so far.
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I’m listening to The Maid by Nita Prose. It’s an excellent read!
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Old 06-28-22, 05:25 AM  
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I'm about halfway through Anne Tyler's Clock Dance. I think I've mentioned before that I don't always enjoy her random, rambling style, but I like this one so far.
Anne Tyler is my favorite contemporary writer and I've never thought of her style as random; I've always felt she knew exactly where she was going. Sometimes I feel at the end that things haven't concluded the way they should, but then I'll think it through and decide that they probably have. I've had that experience with a small number of her books; Clock Dance was one of them.
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Old 06-28-22, 09:19 PM  
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Just finished Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan.
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Old 06-29-22, 11:10 AM  
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Guess I haven't posted in a while?
Have been working my way through Trollope's Palliser's series in audio (Simon Vance, narrator) for bedtime reading, and also listening to Martha Beck's The Way of Integrity.
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Old 06-29-22, 01:35 PM  
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Just finished The Stranger In The Mirror by Liv Constantine. Completely preposterous but I enjoyed it.
Just started The Last House on Needless Street. I'm really excited about this one!
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