tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post2307936782310234514..comments2023-04-17T10:11:30.325-04:00Comments on We Heart YA: What do teenage boys love to read?We Heart YAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02418854853031344928noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-9913281950614089742011-11-21T10:40:23.219-05:002011-11-21T10:40:23.219-05:00@Midnight Bloom-
Really? That's kind of funny....@Midnight Bloom-<br />Really? That's kind of funny. Because most girls complained that the romance isn't strong enough at first… Ha ha.<br /><br />@Mary-<br />Ooo, thanks for the insider scoop! It's interesting to see also that older books like Gary Paulsen's stuff, and October Sky, make their list.We Heart YAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418854853031344928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-37185694804182377932011-11-15T17:35:03.130-05:002011-11-15T17:35:03.130-05:00I tried to make my cousin read The Hunger Games tr...I tried to make my cousin read The Hunger Games trilogy, but he told got no further than book 1 because he thought there was already too much romance in it, lol. Oh well. He likes the Percy Jackson novels a lot though! Great post!Midnight Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13066607315430568010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-14083165401135553252011-11-07T20:30:25.972-05:002011-11-07T20:30:25.972-05:00Let's see...my boy students have been reading:...Let's see...my boy students have been reading:<br />Hunger Games (big surprise)<br />October Sky<br />The Rise of Renegade X<br />Blood Ninja<br />Gary Paulson books<br />A pile of graphic novels (DC Comics)Mary @ BookSwarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099395167194720599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-8387238803014262222011-11-06T10:10:34.889-05:002011-11-06T10:10:34.889-05:00Thanks for all the book suggestions, everyone!
Wh...Thanks for all the book suggestions, everyone!<br /><br />What's interesting, also, is how many of these titles are written by women as opposed to men.<br /><br />@Asher-<br />That's a good question, and definitely one that needs more research. Everyone says boys read less than girls as they get older, but the question is, Do they read less because they don't want to? Or because they don't find books that appeal to them?<br /><br />@kaye-<br />We LOVE seeing people reading in airports or buses or trains! The best is when we see guys reading something from the Twilight series, hehe.We Heart YAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418854853031344928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-89414892719070078202011-11-06T08:14:21.070-05:002011-11-06T08:14:21.070-05:00It makes me wonder, too. Do a lot of boys actually...It makes me wonder, too. Do a lot of boys actually read? something to think about, I guess.<br /><br />- Asher (from <i><a href="http://paranormalindulgence.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Paranormal Indulgence</a></i>)Marathonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12998824096375362353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-56824750212726709292011-11-05T15:01:35.700-04:002011-11-05T15:01:35.700-04:00I loved Paper Towns. There's a lot of fantasy ...I loved Paper Towns. There's a lot of fantasy out there for guys. Orson Scott Card's Pathfinder and Christoper Paolini's Inheritance Cycle are pretty good. I haven't finished Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan yet, but it's good and it's for guys.<br /><br />There's definitely stuff out there. And I agree with Kristan. I love books that appeal to both boys and girls.Stephanie Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588798330873011415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-17117382014117714292011-11-04T23:10:34.605-04:002011-11-04T23:10:34.605-04:00Oh, yes, THINGS A BROTHER KNOWS and ABSOLUTELY TRU...Oh, yes, THINGS A BROTHER KNOWS and ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY are good! Also, CARDTURNER by Louis Sachar.<br /><br />I do think there could be more "boy books" in YA -- but I'd also like to see more books where gender just isn't a problem. Boys AND girls will like the story. Like Hunger Games. Or (I'm guessing here) John Green's new one.Kristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771013578685419826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-32838770943799231082011-11-04T18:51:08.744-04:002011-11-04T18:51:08.744-04:00I'm pretty bad at being a teenage boy, but can...I'm pretty bad at being a teenage boy, but can I say that I saw someone on the 6 train yesterday again reading THG. (The amount of people that read it on that train is astronomical.) He wasn't a teenager, but probably also a college student and it made me infinitesimally happy.<br /><br />Today on the 6 I saw four girls, all different ages, in a row reading different MG books and that also made me smile goofily.<br /><br />On a related note, I think Neal Shusterman would appeal quite well to a teenage male audience, as well as the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld.kaye (paper reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13149323197913005984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-42836579097417648962011-11-03T15:59:33.473-04:002011-11-03T15:59:33.473-04:00Paper Towns by John Green has to be my favorite bo...Paper Towns by John Green has to be my favorite book with a male protagonist. Also The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian is pretty awesome. :)Julia @ That Hapa Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961460353502898001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-65936277321412164902011-11-03T15:53:41.673-04:002011-11-03T15:53:41.673-04:00great boy reads i've read r
the marked son by...great boy reads i've read r<br /><br />the marked son by shea berkley<br /><br />crusade in jeans by thea beckman<br /><br />I'M A romance aholic, dude here<br />a rarityrorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01492185365572906987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-12305862842780154092011-11-03T13:04:12.830-04:002011-11-03T13:04:12.830-04:00I just read 'Anna Dressed in Blood' and &#...I just read 'Anna Dressed in Blood' and 'Hold Me Closer, Necromancer' for Halloween and it just so happens they both have male narrators, and I think the authors did a great job with them. 'Where She Went' is a male narrator, but I still think it's more of a "girly" (ugh, I hate to categorize) story. 'The Piper's Son' is completely fabulous and I think it works well for guys and girls.Ashley @ Book Labyrinthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395484656811182553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570782455185394721.post-36476984017233477232011-11-03T09:21:27.187-04:002011-11-03T09:21:27.187-04:00Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson is a good title l...Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson is a good title lots of boys like.<br /><br />I also would think Things A Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt would be a good title for guys.Carrie Mesrobianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305292109198218306noreply@blogger.com