[HUAY]

Kay so I looked through the first several pages of this forum and found several "Recommended/What are you reading now?" threads. Another wouldn't hurt, would it? -- As my request(s) are more specific.


***I, as the title of the thread states, am looking for Teen/Young Adult books/novels.. I need cute, romancey books T^T~ (I'm not one to read nonfiction or history-related books ness.. and I suck at classics/old english type books)***


I like books such as...


By Libba Bray: A Great and Terrible Beauty

By Kate Brian: Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys, Sweet 16, The Princess and The Pauper, The V Club

By Meg Cabot: Avalon High, All American Girl & Ready or Not!, Princess Diaries Series, etc

By Rachel Cohn: Pop Princess

By Sarah Dessen: Dreamland, Just Listen, Keeping The Moon, Someone Like You, That Summer, The Truth About Forever, This Lullaby,

By Kyoichi Katayama: Socrates in Love

By Stephenie Meyer: Twilight, New Moon

By Jaclyn Moriarty: The Year Of Secret Assignments



and so on O_O.

Mmmm... I don't really like books such as, say, The Gossip Girl series... Those type of books are getting beyond cliche @_@|. (Like all the drinking/drugs/clique-y/popularity=life kind of plots) It's getting annoying.

T^T I just want to read genuine love stories.. Do you guys know of any books that are, if there is such a published book in English, similar to fanfics? (XD Not similar in style necessarily, but like the stuff you see in the fanfic section here. O_O.)

Okay enough rambling T^T O_O. So =| Any suggestionss?

[Iridescence]

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE THE YEAR OF SECRET ASSIGNMENTS! I was laughing so hard reading that book.. I was trying not to laugh out loud since I was reading it during class.

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is pretty good.

[Myss Blewm]

Oh my gosh I loved "The Year of Secret Assignments!!" I thought that it was one of the best books I've ever read. I also love all the books from Louis Rennison. All her books crack me up!
There's also "The V Club" by Kate Brian. It's okay. I like it enough to recommend it, but I don't think I like enough to really get excited about it. It's a good read though.
And a really good book (I think) is "Missing Abby" by Lee Weatherly. It's not really a "love" story, though there kind of is one...but still really good.
Another good book that's not a traditional love story, I know I'm getting off topic but just listen, is "The Gospel According to Larry" by Janet Tashjian. At first, I thought the book wasn't going to be very good, but I ended up really liking it, as well as it's sequel "Vote for Larry".
Oh, and check out "Guitar Girl" by Sarah Manning. Cute, sad, funny.
Hmm...and also "Pop Princess". I think it's a good book, but not as good as "Guitar Girl".

I think that's it for right now.

[hauwulli]

I recommend any Sarah Dessen books. Especially This Lullaby, and Dreamland

[katteriinka]

ANGUS THONGS AND FULL FRONTAL SNOGGING. hilarious

[<3goesDOKIDOKI]

^^ YESSS louise rennison! her books are sooo hilariousssss
so far there are 7 including one that was just published this year. i read it already and its not bad, wasnt as laugh out loud funny as usual but since i love the series i read it anyway
they're super short, very easy to read.
highly recommended to read just for fun

i read them even tho im 20 hahaha. its just so funny... its about like the trials and daily life of a 15/16 yr old.


for something more mature... why not nicholas sparks? the one who wrote the notebook, a walk to remember?
personally im not a fan of romance novels, but if you want a "love story" i think that'll be a good choice.

even tho its not like a teen book but whatever...some characters are teens right? lol like a walk to remember. i doubt his books are difficult to read.

[Myss Blewm]

I agree that Nicholas Sparks' books are easy books to read. They're not really my type either, although "A Walk to Remember" is pretty good. The movie was horrible, though.

[&gravity.]

Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami.

[LACE]

I recommend So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld. Such a good book. It might start off a bit weird, but it is really good.

[babyvox012]

confessions of a shopaholic

[meten]

The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot. While there are some times that I think she is taking things too far, and times where I seriously want to sock Mia in the face (), on a whole I can relate to her, as I myself am a semi-paranoid non-verbalizing person. Not a chance of being a princess though!

My all time favorite YA book is Two are Better than One by Carol Ryrie Brink. This is about two seventh-grade best friends who still play with dolls and write stories while their peers giggle over boys and wear cake coloring on their lips. Very nice coming of age book, once more I could fully relate to the two heroines as they deal with the conflicting feelings of puberty. Okay, I make it sound corny, but I swear it's not! Please give this a try if ever you see it (it was published about the mid 60's or perhaps 30's, I think)! Truly not to be missed!

[HUAY]

Ah O_O Delayed xD Thanks tons for your recos =O. Keep them coming ne ^^. Ill be sure to check some of them out =D

[ovaltinejenkins]

omg I LOOOOVE Avalon High <3 such a good book. it made me want to know more about the arthurian myths and whatever

[xtehdeb]

haha i love royally jacked

[Achromatic]

Meg Cabot's All American Girl is good

I like Seventeenth Summer also, except i can't remember the author. It was a sweet romance story; <3 it

[MeiNing]

Kind of late, but:
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (Love that book <3)

[HUAY]

^ xD not late at all =O It's never too late for good book recos~ XD But ye O_O! I've read that beforee. And I totally love it too @_@ It was so O_O philosphical-ish? haha like a whole diff idea/POV. =O. thanks ^^

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/060980790...ce&n=283155

sorry for bumpingish x:

The narration is funny. Romance is sweet (kind of. x:) Its story doesn't seem like much from the way the reviews speak of it, but I loved it. Don't miss out. (:

[BECKIEEE]

well a lot of people liked "God, Are You There? It's Me, Margaret" back in the day...

[Myss Blewm]

I just remembered this book about three girls who got together at each other's houses to cook and stuff. It's pretty good, but I forgot the title. I'll get back to you when I go back to the library.

If any of you are into fantasy books, but don't want to get into heavy fantasy, you can check out "The Hollow Kingdom" trilogy by Clare B. Dunkle. I like her twist on beauty and beasts and the roles of women in fantasies.