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Why YA ‘cure-all romance’ sucks!
A lot of Young Adult fiction these days implies that love is a cure-all, but is that really the case?
I adore contemporary books that describe reality without sugar-coating it, and I love authors who let their characters feel lonely and depressed sometimes. That’s what real life is like. There’s not always a happy ending to every story. (mere…) -
DR1-dokumentar: De perfekte piger
DR Dokumentar fortæller nu historien bag ’De perfekte piger’ i gymnasiet. Omgivelsernes forventninger og adgangskravene til de videregående uddannelser er tårnhøje – mange af pigerne er ved at knække sammen og presser sig selv til det yderste for at klare det. (‘ Regitse Zefting fra Vesthimmerlands Gymnasium i Aars.’ Foto: DR Dokumentar) (mere…) -
‘This house is haunted’ by John Boyne
An inexperienced twenty-one year old girls dream transforms into a nightmare. She’s all alone. But she doesn’t run away screaming. That’s old fashioned girl power! The setup in ‘This house is haunted’ reminds a lot of Henry James’ ‘The Turn of the screw’, but John Boyne proves with his strong characters that gothic fiction can be taken to another even more delightful level. (mere…)
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Hvornår er man klar til at læse engelske bøger?
Det kan være skræmmende at skulle til at læse engelske romaner, når man hele sit liv har været vant til kun at læse danske børne- og ungdomsbøger i fritiden. Derfor har vi spurgt fem danske unge om, hvordan de fik succesoplevelser med de engelske Young Adult-romaner og om de har nogle gode råd til dig, der endnu ikke har vovet springet.(Photo: Flickr: jamelah e. , Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) (mere…)
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‘Just One Day’ (Just One Day #1) by Gayle Forman
Allyson has never done anything unexpected until she meets Willem. He asks her to go to Paris with him for just one day, and so she does. The book is a good mixture of travelling, love and finding yourself, which pretty much describes most teenagers wishes. Together I think Willem and Allyson make our times most epic love story. (mere…)
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‘The Program’ (The Program #1) by Suzanne Young
There are definitely similarities between Scott Westerfelds ‘Uglies’-series and Suzanne Young’s ‘The Program’. Both are sci fi, and where ‘Uglies’ is about perfecting our physical appearance, ‘The Program’ is about changing our moods and memories to “secure” teenagers mental health. Nonetheless ‘The Program’ felt original and was a really good read. It became super exciting after a little too slow and incredibly sad start. (mere…)
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‘HORRORSTÖR’ by Grady Hendrix
This Young Adult Horror novel didn’t disappoint. I’ve always loved ghost stories, and I’ve always dreamed of sleeping in and exploring a big, strange building together with friends. With ‘HORROSTÖR’ Grady Hendrix finally made that dream … no, NIGHTMARE come into reality! Go to IKEA before you read ‘HORRORSTÖR’, then read the novel, in or with your new creepy furniture. 😉 (mere…) -
‘Invitation Only’ (Private #2) by Kate Brian
(Spoiler Alert! Second book in a series.) Reed is finally a Billings Girl and is ready to live the glamorous life – or so she thinks. Thomas is still missing, her new roommate is blackmailing her and apparently, everyone seems to be talking about this party called ‘The Legacy’ which Reed has no idea what is. ‘Invitation Only’ takes place a couple of days after ‘Private’ and it left me speechless. It is so much darker than ‘Private’ and the plot is so well put together, that I forgot I was reading the book and actually thought, that I was in the book. (mere…) -
Du må låne lækre Young Adult-romaner fra alle biblioteker i Danmark!
Selv om du bor helt ude, hvor kragerne vender, så kan du nu låne de nyeste Young Adult-romaner via Bibliotek.dk
For med Bibliotek.dk må du fjernlåne bøger fra biblioteker i HELE DANMARK – de bliver kørt direkte til dit lokale bibliotek, hvor du kan hente dem – og det hele er gratis! 🙂
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Vox pop: What is your reading story?
Tris: “At one point in life our look on books changed. Suddenly a random bunch of paper turned into a portal to a whole new world where everything was possible. When did you experience this change? What is your story?”
(Photo: ‘Girl reading’, Flickr: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) (mere…)
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‘Private’ (Private #1) by Kate Brian
15 year old Reed Brennan wins a scholarship to her dream school. When she starts at school she quickly realizes, that not everything is easy. But the she meets the perfect Billings Girls who can make anything easy, as long as you do as they say. While reading ‘Private’ I found myself unable to stop reading. Sometimes you find a book where everything about it is just amazing and you get that feeling, that this is the book. ‘Private’ was exactly that for me, because I was Reed Brennan. (mere…) -
‘No and Me’ by Delphine de Vigan
An incredibly poignant and beautiful story about two lonely girls mutual friendship. Not since ‘Zoo Station, The Story of Christiane F.’ have I been so emotionally involved, and even though the story is incredible sad, it wasn’t devastating, but actually life-affirming in a very beautiful way. (mere…)
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‘The Luxe’ (Luxe #1) by Anna Godbersen
If you like all the glitz and the glam, New York, the 19th century, the scandals, the charming irresistible boys and the manipulative and glamorous girls, then this is the book for you. It takes you into the world of all that, and you want to scream, cry and hug the characters all at once. (mere…)
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‘The Perfectionists’ (The Perfectionists #1) by Sara Shepard
Five girls, one murder and a whole lot of mystery. The story about Ava, Caitlin, Julie, Mackenzie and Parker who all hate the same guy. Together they come up with the perfect plan to kill him, but when he shows up dead the exact same way they planned it they have to work together to find the real killer before their perfect lives comes crumbling down around them.
When you mix the perfect girls, irresistible boys, plotted murder and secrets you get the perfect Sara Shepard cocktail. The Perfectionists had me at the edge of me seat the entire ride and I never knew what to expect along the way. (mere…)
