watch the flames burn auburn on the mountainside

[golden_scarlett]

Went to see Vampire Academy yesterday... Chrrrrrist it was bad. It was kinda so bad it was good though, so still not a waste of an afternoon. It poked fun of Twilight quite a bit which I thought was rich because it hit every YA cliche ever itself..Plus the character of Dimitri was cool but yiiikes that casting

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[beege22]

Have you heard of/read Wen Spencer. Her Ukiah Oregon series and the Tinker books will wash the taste of VA right out of your metaphorical mouth. They're cool and fast and brilliantly original. And no-one blurs the line between science fiction and fantasy like she does. She's the only author I've ever read who gives magic a scientific basis and makes it *work* instead of seeming ridiculous. She writes a good romance too, a talent which is on display in both of those series.

I don't know that I'd exactly categorise them as YA because they're the kind of books you can read as a teenager or at any later age.

[golden_scarlett]

Ooh thanks for the Wen Spencer tip - checked out her site and looks very me :) will def give her a go. I love YA mainly because I'd rather read about teenager problems - help me escape RL and my own adult problems there haha :) thanks

[beege22]

> I love YA mainly because I'd rather read about teenager problems - help me escape RL and my own adult problems there haha :) thanks

Ah. Well Tinker and Ukiah Oregon both qualify according to that definition, although Spencer's novels tend to focus on teenage characters as they're entering/being dragged into adulthood.

[triaden]

I have refused to read 'Fault' for exactly that reason. Reading is an excape for me. It's a fantasy I go to to enjoy myself. Reading about cancer isn't a fun fantasy or an escape. It's going to depress me and I know it. I've got enough of depression in my life already. I don't need more.

I think the next series I'm going to read is Divergent. I kinda wanted to anyway, so I'm excited to see that the movie looks good. I'm kinda shocked that Vampire Academy was that bad, lol. But I never read the books.

Oh, also I'm probably going to read City of Bones. Sometime.

[golden_scarlett]

I'm glad I'm not alone with the cancer book thing - now that I've finished it I can say I did enjoy it but am gonna stick with my policy of fun and fantasy with my fiction too... if I want to be depressed I can just watch the news. I did enjoy John Greene's writing tho so might check out what else he has published.

I read Divergent just after I read Hunger Games, hoping for more along the same lines - it fell short for me but HG is a pretty tough comparison. I liked it, and I did try and read Insurgent - the second one, but got bored! Might give it another shot tho, especially if the movie is any good. The only series I've liked since HG was the Gone series by Micheal Grant - I'd recommend giving that a try.

And I've tried City of Bones but didn't like the writing :( bummer coz the premise was cool.

Yeah me too re VA, I was reeeeally trying to like it. I thought it would be like Vampire Diaries, they would make it better than the books. Maybe that's the thing - they should've made it into a tv series instead..

[triaden]

I'll have to see how the writing in both Divergent and CoB feels to me.

[joanna_484]

I'm with you about books (and movies) that are too depressing. We deal with enough heavy matters IRL; I don't need my hobbies to centre on them!

[golden_scarlett]

mte, give me shameless escapism aaaanyday :) xx