About FYA
hey guys! i’m sarah, and i created this website because I LOVE THE PANTS OUT OF YOUNG ADULT BOOKS. and, actually, i should clarify. i love the pants out of good YA literature, not the crap which will go unnamed cos i don’t want a lot of sparkly vampire lovers sending me hate mail.
i should ALSO mention that i’m an adult. well… supposedly.
over the past few years, i realized that i’m not the only “adult” (i really can’t use that word without quotes) on the planet who adores drinking martinis while reading books about high school crushes, teenage angst and that whole “coming of age” thing. so, i made this site to serve as a home for people like me, in the hopes that we can dish about our favorite books, swoon over fictional high school boys and mutually shake our fists every time someone asks if we ever read “real literature”…and we can do it all WITHOUT SHAME!
so, whether you’re a hardcore sarah dessen fan-4-life or a newbie that just picked up “hunger games” and realized that it’s AWESOME, i want to welcome you to forever young adult. now, grab a drink, and let’s get down to some Serious YA Business!
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Have you reviewed any of PC Cast’s books in the House of Night series?
haven’t read any! but i will look into it…
I have quite a collection of YA novels that I first became addicted to in 4th grade….and yes, I still have them all! This site is so fantastic–good to know I’m not alone in this guilty pleasure…
Do y’all take suggestions on titles? I have some doozies I’d like to recommend
hey lisaB, welcome to FYA! we’re always looking for new sources of angst and romance, so please, recommend away! send us an email or just leave a comment on one of our posts, and we’ll dig right into those doozies!
I found this site today, and I am so glad I did! I love YA novels, and currently I’m reading Catching Fire! I love it! The Hunger Games was great, this one is even better! Can’t wait for the last one! Anyway, I’m excited to check out your reviews and find new stuff to read!
holla elise!!! i’m glad you found us amidst the bustling internet, and make sure you leave yr two cents in the comments for HG & CF (you’ll find posts about these two books are PLENTIFUL on this site, kinda like this tomato plant that my mom put in our garden when i was a kid and then like we had a zillion tomatoes and even when winter came, the plant totally refused to die. just like our passion for peeta, katniss & gale!).
Ok, here’s a few for starters:
“Confessions of a Teenage TV Addict” — Ellen Leroe
“The Cat Ate My Gymsuit” — Paula Danziger
“Remember Me to Harold Square” — Paula Danziger
“Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice?” — Paula Danziger
“Dicey’s Song” — Cynthia Voigt
“Bummer Summer” — Ann M. Martin
These are oldies for sure, but goodies…funny how the stories of yesterday (okay, the 80’s) still hold their relevance today…haha!
I wasn’t allowed to watch Dirty Dancing or Top Gun, but I could read all the Sweet Valley High as a 6th grader that I wanted–the joke was on my parents! =)
Favorite YA book when I was younger “Princess Ashley” by Richard Peck, not sure why but I read that book constantly when I was younger.
paula danziger YES!!!!! i still have my old paperback copy of “remember me to harold square,” so you can definitely expect a flashback here on FYA in the near future. i loved cynthia voigt and richard peck, too. and can i get a what what for ellen conford?!!
I hope you caught up on Top Gun and Dirty Dancin’–those were two seriously important movies in my middle-school years. And we share many of the same favorite books from that era. Hmm…are you my secret online twin?