Was an absolute bookworm throughout my middle school years and then largely slowed down as I got later into my high school years. Now I'm in university, and trying to get back into reading again.
My largest issue is that i tend to struggle to trust a book unless I know its a universally popular book. (I'm guessing this comes from the fact that i've mostly consumed live theatre as content over the last few years, and I like when a piece of media has a vibrant and accessible community online talking about it and experiencing it together, and also, I'm used to exclusively using word of mouth to help determine what i spend my hard earned dollars on since there's such an access barrier.) This is such a random flaw that I need to get over, but nonetheless i struggle to get into books without this.
I've recently been re-reading the percy jackson series. I enjoy knowing that I do already like the book going in, but upon re-read as an almost* adult, its become apparent that yes, this IS a kids book, and I should be reading something that matches my reading level, and has more mature themes.
I'm looking for mostly standalone stories, that aren't TOO long. I seem to enjoy books with a romance subplot, but it's not the primary point of the story. I enjoy more dystopian or fantasy books! (love hunger games so very much!) I love when once in a blue moon I actually get sucked into a book, and I have the moments where I have to set the book in my lap and look around my empty room because my jaw just dropped so hard for one reason or another. I'm not sure if im much of a classics girl yet. I've enjoyed reading books that are the basis for theatre i've seen and enjoyed. (ie animal farm, and I've read about a quarter of dorian gray before getting too busy and and to DNF it). Last year I read the first two books of the empyrean series and the first 2 1/2 of ACOTAR. I got through the first books interested but greatly struggled to get through their sequels.
Above all else, I am a teenage* girl and I'm open to trying different things! Sorry for the long post!
*I'm almost 20! not quite a teen but I don't think I count as an adult haha
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Don’t apologize for the long post when you’ve saved us all valuable seconds by putting ISO instead of spelling out whatever that means.
For a well-acclaimed standalone fantasy romance (that I really enjoyed), I would definitely recommend Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik!
I’d recommend *The Handmaid’s Tale* to start. It’s dystopian, but written for adults. And there’s a LOT of discussion around it out there; since you enjoy that, it could be a good entry point.
I mean – I’m over 40 and one of the books that touched me the most last year was aimed at a younger audience (Kitemaster by Jim C. Hines).
Recommendations:
Susanna Clarke – Piranesi (fantasy, mystery, no romance).
Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone – This Is How You Lose the Time War (romance novel in a remarkable and weird sci-fi setting)