It seems to me that ‘these days’ we can’t leave a good thing alone. Suddenly a Snickers has almonds it, pizza’s gone tandoori, TV shows need a film release, films need a sequel—and now a prequel, and successful young adult books must be trilogised. The fact is that Suzanne Collins’ first book in the Hunger Games series, The [...]
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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Posted in Books, Books and Film, dystopia, fantasy, fiction, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Reading, Suzanne Collins, young adult, tagged adventure tales, comparing books and movies, following a series, hitting people with books, postaweek2011, teen romance on 2 June, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Posted in Books, Child Narrators, dystopia, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Suzanne Collins, young adult, tagged adventure tales, being compelled to keep reading, following a series, postaweek2011 on 4 April, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I am not a trendsetter. I don’t own an i-phone, I don’t live in a funky suburb, I’m not sure what the hip kids are up to these days, and wearing cartoon-character T-shirts to the gym seems to be something only I find pleasing. And yet in the last few months I have had a taste of what [...]
Books that made me: Playing Beatie Bow
Posted in Australian fiction, Books, Books and Television, books that made me, Reading, Ruth Park, young adult, tagged books that made me, postaweek2011, the balloon-shaped swell of reading joy on 20 February, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I have an overactive imagination. I am inclined to spend a reasonable amount of time in my head, and if left to my own devices the head stuff can start to dominate. It is difficult to explain. My mind doesn’t easily brake once a story is let loose, whether it is someone else’s tale or just a [...]
N is for New York
Posted in Books, Cassandra Clare, Clary Fray, fantasy, Reading, young adult, tagged following a series, hunters and demons, magical worlds, teen romance on 3 December, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been feeling a lot of pressure of late. To be in the loop. To be in touch. To be up to the same goddamn Mad Men episode as everyone else. And to be honest, at this near-festive time of year, it’s all becoming a bit much. I’m close to announcing that ‘The Mortal Instruments’ will [...]
The no-longer-so-young adult reader
Posted in P'o'B babble, young adult, tagged am i too old to be reading this? on 11 August, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It seems many literary-minded folk have been thinking about those more mature readers of young adult fiction lately. Thanks to a friend for spotting this article in the New York Times. Enjoy! ‘The Kids’ Books are All Right’.
H is for Hunger
Posted in Books, dystopia, fantasy, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Reading, Suzanne Collins, young adult, tagged adventure tales, am i too old to be reading this?, following a series, reading overcommitment, teen romance on 7 August, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Despite not being able to describe myself as a ‘young adult’ – I recently turned 30, but who’s counting? - YA fiction still appeals to the reading-me. Is it because I’m hopelessly immature? Borderline illiterate? Has moving back to my parents’ house led to some kind of mental and/or emotional regression? Or are there things about teen novels which make them more [...]
A is for… Ashes
Posted in Books, Cassandra Clare, Clary Fray, fantasy, Reading, young adult, tagged hunters and demons, ick-factor, magical worlds, teen romance on 17 February, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Rising from the murky mists of strep throat (yes, yes, I know it’s a ‘kissing disease’ – move on, people) finally we come to the official start of the Pile o’ Books year with the letter ‘A’. Bienvenue, as they say at the Olympics. And we begin the official program with Cassandra Clare’s City of Ashes [...]
Book 30: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Posted in Books, Cassandra Clare, Clary Fray, fantasy, young adult on 8 December, 2009 | 7 Comments »
You know you’re in trouble when reading a novel and you can’t decide which of the male adolescent characters you’re more in love with… and no I am not referring to the blood-suckers books, though having just watched New Moon for a bit of a laugh and having never had much interest in reading the [...]
Book 20: Liar by Justine Larbalestier
Posted in Books, Justine Larbalestier, Reading, young adult on 24 September, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, the unreliable narrator. I hear the groans from students across the interweb and those of us who remember senior English. ‘Miss, what do you mean, “Can we trust the narrator?” ?’ Aren’t they the ones freakin’ telling the story? Why would they lie? And isn’t it all fiction anyway? Why make something up and [...]
