Loving YA Series Fiction
BJ Neary (9/27/16)
Retired HS Librarian – Abington Senior High,
Abington, PA
I am so happy that my book-loving librarian friends,
Mollee and Tavia, founders of #yearofya, the virtual Twitter book chat that I so look forward to and
participate in monthly, asked me to be a guest blogger! As I began to
think about what I most ENJOY RIGHT NOW in YA literature and looked at my Goodreads bookshelves, I realized I have been totally hooked on YA SERIES
fiction for years now and wanted to share (1) my CURRENT favorites, (2) series
books not to be missed, (3) amazing audiobook series and (4) NEW series I am SO
looking forward to jumping into (I want your recommendations too!)
What I relish
in any series is that they can be any genre; authors build believable and
fantastical worlds and craft strong, authentic characters that readers can
relate to and cannot wait to explore and enjoy in more than one book. To
satisfy my cravings for the next sizzling series sequel, I preorder the next
book in the series either for my Kindle, order hard copy from Amazon or for my
listening pleasure on Audible. Afterward,
I excitedly look forward to discussing the sequels and series with my friends.
Since I curate Young Adult Novels on Scoop.it, I cannot wait to read reviews from bloggers and
other publications like SLJ and Booklist for their recommendations concerning these new releases.
How do I keep track of all the series? I use Goodreads
and I just love free FictFact
because there are several ways to find your favorite series: Browse by Series, Browse by Author, Popular Series Overall, Most Popular by Genre, Book Release Calendar (love
this) and Search…could not
be any easier!
(1)
MY CURRENT faves (linked to my reviews
on Goodreads)
Over the
years, my students and I enjoyed discussing and sharing series. Therefore, I am providing even more series (Animoto video) since I was a high school librarian for ten years.
Retired for 4 years, I still ravenously read YA series and am always anxiously
waiting for the next new title! When I
was a high school librarian, I did not get around to reading as many series as
I would have liked, since librarians are also performing multifaceted jobs (you
know what I mean.) By the time I was
able to read series such as, Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi and Girl
of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson, the whole series was finished! I just gobbled all three books in the trilogy
(one over Christmas break and the other over summer), loved them, of course,
and it was heaven!
(3) Amazing audiobooks series
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A Court of Thorns and
Roses Series
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Sarah J. Maas
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The Selection Series
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Kiera Cass
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Daughter of Smoke
& Bone Series
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Laini Taylor
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Half Bad Series
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Sally Green
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(4)
New Series I Want
to READ - you can’t read every single series that comes out, but this
Animoto video shows a few I WANT to read but have not gotten to yet. But, oh how I do want to jump into them!
Nerd Alert! I just
received Crooked Kingdom, Six of Crows,
Book 2 by Leigh Bardugo on my Kindle, so I will begin reading this heist
thriller immediately!
Additional Series Books Links
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