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honey:
OK, my dealio is that I need to figure out which books out there sound like me so I can figure out who are the best publishers for me.

PROBLEM... Kelly hardly ever reads and thus has no idea which books are like hers.

SO, I have to start reading/researching some books.


QUESTION...

Does anyone here read a lot of fiction? Do you have any recommendation s of Books or Authors that you like? More specifically any young adult fiction/romance you could recommend?

mare:
I love reading!

Read Nineteen Minutes by Jody Piquolt. It's an excellent novel about a school shooting and it's told from everyone's point of view. I know it isn't necessarily your syle but it's an excellent book lol

As for romance, think Double Day books. I think they take manuscripts from people without agents.

I would also recommend Anne Tyler. She's an excellent romace-ish type writer who has a great comedic style. Back When We Were Grownups and I think the other one was called Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant are two great books she has written.

Wally Lamb's I Know This Much is True and She's Come Undone <-- he's my hero. He's my JK Rowling lol

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver was a great book as well. Although I have found some of her other ones to be kind of on the snorefest side.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson MCCuellers is a classic, great read.

The Secret Life of Bees is also fantastic.
 
I haven't read very many books directed at teenagers so I can't really help you out in that reguard. but I have read a TON of books so f I think of anything else i'll add it to the list.

honey:
thanks Mare. Anywhere is a place to start, but I've also made it a goal to just read more in general, even if it's not necessarily my genre, because it will still help me with my own writing. Plus, it's almost the real beach season and my kids and I will go probably once or twice a week here shortly, and I love taking books to the beach so I'll need a good summer reading list lol.


And I know you're always talking about Wally Lamb, so what kind of writer is he? Like mainly drama?  Are most of these books dramas?

honey:
Oddly enough most of my reading has been in the action adventure category. Like I've read most of Michael Crighton and a lot of the Dirk Pitt series by Clive Cussler. Not romance at all lol.

but yeah, I know there are some teenagers here on this board. What are you guys reading these days?  Oh lord that just made me sound so old. LMAO.

I really do need to find some good books that are geared toward teenagers. Like the twilight series or the Traveling Pants series... stuff like that.

mare:
Anne Tyler's books are more conedy then drama but yes, the others are more drama centered.

Wally Lamb just does a great job writing in first POV as a woman in She's Come Undone that you almost think it was written by a woman. It's a drama but there are a lot of very funny parts in it as well. I Know This Much is True is an incredibly huge book but a great one. It's a story in a story about identical twins but one of them is mentally ill. Those are the only books he's written actually lol I don't know, maybe because of my upbringing and my families dysfuntion but both books really spoke to me and inspired me to write Mel's. The first draft lol

Deception Point is another great book. It's Dan Brown and a suspense action one and I read it in about three days lol I couldn't put it down.

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