Book ,'Objects In Space'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Mark Zusak's other book I Am the Messenger is definitely YA. So maybe Book Thief is in that category because his other work is too?
Also Megan McCafferty's books straddle a YA/Adult fiction split. And I love her books. I've seen them shelved in both YA and in adult fic.
I'm pretty sure Pratchett said he didn't write Maurice or the Tiffany Aching books to be any different from his adult novels, just when the publishers suggested marketing them as YA or Children's Lit or whatever he didn't see any reason not to.
The publishers probably said, "Oh, the main character's a kid, market the book to kids", that makes sense.
Also, and I realize this is the wrong thread for it, I just finished Heartless, and it actually made me say "Holy SHIT!" out loud, at about 4 different places in the book.
I KNOW, RIGHT?! I love the last image of the book. LOVE.
Okay, my Holy Shit Moments were: (1) the revelation that Professor Lyall is bisexual, (2) the revelation that Professor Lyall was getting it on with Alexia's FATHER oh my god, (3) Felicity being a vampire snack/spy for the hive, (or, actually, the fact that it was all due to a decision Alexia made), and (4) yeah, that last image, HOLY SHIT.
Good stuff.
I really enjoyed Heartless. And I'd read it again but I sent it back with my Dad. He really enjoyed the other ones so I left them down at the beach. However I have no idea what his reaction to the bisexuality will be.
See, I had guessed Lyall's bisexuality , but Lyall and Alexia's father? HOLY SHIT. Did not see that coming AT ALL. And Felicity being a spy and tea-girl for the hive queen? Daaaaaamn.
I also loved the oath for the Parasol Protectorate. I'm really tempted to figure out how to paint it on a jacket sleeve in a nice script.
I just get more and more tickled with Ivy as the books go on. I was a little sad there wasn't more Ivy.
And Biffy + Chateau du Poupe = OTP!
I'm starting wintersmith next week. Loved WFM and Hat Full of Sky. I'm willing to argue that WFM is an 'anybody' book - a really good story a good reader of any age can love. The book's language is less difficult than, say, Harry Potter, and the scary bits are scary in different ways than HP. The psychological stuff and the subtext shifts beautifully (as per my 2 sample in-house test) depending on the age of the reader. So far, it seems to give you exactly the story you should hear, whatever your age. I love that. I'm guessing as Tiffany ages, we'll slow down reading the books, as we're doing with HP. But for now, HKF adores and wants to be Tiffany, and I can't blame her a bit. I'm completely charmed.
Is there another one after Wintersmith?
I Shall Wear Midnight