Post by thebookgirl on Oct 11, 2015 15:30:36 GMT -8
This is like a game, but it isn't a game. It's a pretty reasonable assumption that most people who frequent this site are avid readers, right? So lets try to recommend
each other stuff to read that we might also like!
This is a thread that should probably have rules, so...
1. Don't be rude. If someone starts a statement with "If you like Twilight..." don't be a jerk and say, "If you like Twilight, you should probably kill yourself because no one likes Twilight." Recommend a vampire novel, manga, TV show, movie, etc. like The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod or Sucks to be Me! or Dance in the Vampire Bund.
2. Tell a bit about what you're recommending. If you recommend Sucks to Be Me! to someone who likes Twilight, they may see it as an insult and get defensive. Explain that the book is about a girl who has to take classes about vampirism, and who has to think about becoming or not becoming a vampire. (I actually had to look this one up, but it seemed like a perfect example. I read it in middle school.)
3. Keep the titles related. This should go without saying. Don't make them too related, though. Telling someone who read Every Day they might like Another Day (the same story from a different character's perspective) won't really be useful to them. If you really want to make sure they know about the book, add a little note, but recommend them something like Cobwebs.
That's really all I can think of that would need to be said as far as rules go. If you don't know about the title of the book before you, ask the person who's looking for something new to read. They can probably tell you a bit about it.
Also, try to avoid Yu Wo titles. Again, it should go without saying. Don't be "that person".
Example:
"If you like Crewel by Gennifer Albin..."
"If you like Crewel by Gennifer Albin, you might like Taken by Erin Bowman.
Taken is a dystopian novel in which males are whisked away from their town at age 18 by a mysterious "heist". The main character decides that he doesn't want to be controlled by this "heist" and flees to the land on the other side of the wall that surrounds his city. Once there, he makes startling discoveries about life outside the wall, the Heist, and how his town was founded.
Did you read all of the Crewel books, or just the first one?"
If anyone's wondering about the rhetorical question, I have only read the first book, but my library has all three of them, so I plan on reading them.
I'll start:
If you like Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund...
It's a book about a girl who becomes a unicorn hunter. This is the sequel to Rampant, and in it, Astrid Llewelyn comes to question everything about her clan of hunters, the unicorns, the Remedy, and all related topics. The answers she finds are stunning, and they lead her to realize that she herself was never who she thought she was. If Zombies vs. Unicorns was the question (anyone get that reference?), this book would favor unicorns: They're sweet and loveable, but terrifying, man-eating monsters.
each other stuff to read that we might also like!
This is a thread that should probably have rules, so...
1. Don't be rude. If someone starts a statement with "If you like Twilight..." don't be a jerk and say, "If you like Twilight, you should probably kill yourself because no one likes Twilight." Recommend a vampire novel, manga, TV show, movie, etc. like The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod or Sucks to be Me! or Dance in the Vampire Bund.
2. Tell a bit about what you're recommending. If you recommend Sucks to Be Me! to someone who likes Twilight, they may see it as an insult and get defensive. Explain that the book is about a girl who has to take classes about vampirism, and who has to think about becoming or not becoming a vampire. (I actually had to look this one up, but it seemed like a perfect example. I read it in middle school.)
3. Keep the titles related. This should go without saying. Don't make them too related, though. Telling someone who read Every Day they might like Another Day (the same story from a different character's perspective) won't really be useful to them. If you really want to make sure they know about the book, add a little note, but recommend them something like Cobwebs.
That's really all I can think of that would need to be said as far as rules go. If you don't know about the title of the book before you, ask the person who's looking for something new to read. They can probably tell you a bit about it.
Also, try to avoid Yu Wo titles. Again, it should go without saying. Don't be "that person".
Example:
"If you like Crewel by Gennifer Albin..."
"If you like Crewel by Gennifer Albin, you might like Taken by Erin Bowman.
Taken is a dystopian novel in which males are whisked away from their town at age 18 by a mysterious "heist". The main character decides that he doesn't want to be controlled by this "heist" and flees to the land on the other side of the wall that surrounds his city. Once there, he makes startling discoveries about life outside the wall, the Heist, and how his town was founded.
Did you read all of the Crewel books, or just the first one?"
If anyone's wondering about the rhetorical question, I have only read the first book, but my library has all three of them, so I plan on reading them.
I'll start:
If you like Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund...
It's a book about a girl who becomes a unicorn hunter. This is the sequel to Rampant, and in it, Astrid Llewelyn comes to question everything about her clan of hunters, the unicorns, the Remedy, and all related topics. The answers she finds are stunning, and they lead her to realize that she herself was never who she thought she was. If Zombies vs. Unicorns was the question (anyone get that reference?), this book would favor unicorns: They're sweet and loveable, but terrifying, man-eating monsters.