Reddit mentions of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

I'm not sure they even make something in the YA genre specifically that I do want to see more of. The YA books I have enjoyed, I'd probably be hesitant to read a book that looks similar for fear they're just capitalizing off of what's worked before. I've only read Paper Towns out of John Green's work but his stuff seems fairly gender neutral and I thought the book was pretty good. It helps that the marketing isn't ridiculous. It seems like every YA book has a badly photo-shopped cover picture of a live model or a model's hands or something, and a big ugly font for the title, which is basically just warning me book trying to get popular by following trends, don't waste your time.

My favorite YA book in recent memory is probably The Only Ones by Aaron Starmer. It was still "post-apocalyptic" but it did it a lot differently than most ones do, there aren't any zombies or big bad government with no explanation or anything, it's more focused on the characters relationship as they try to build the machine they need. I also enjoyed Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, mostly because of the way that characters behaved. They weren't always making the most agreeable choice or doing anything likable, but they were realistic.

Most of the stuff I read isn't YA though. My favorite series is Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy. 1984 would be my favorite book in general, I suppose.

EDIT: I'd add that a lot of times I choose to read books in spite of the fact they're YA rather than because they're YA.

Hello, my names Molly and I'm excited to join reddit's bookclub! I've never been in an online or a real life book club, this is all brand new to me. Who doesn't love trying something new?

My favorite books are tied between The Art of Racing in the Rain and Breakfast of Champions. My favorite author is, hands down, Vonnegut. I've come to love Stephan King because he is my mother's favorite author. Genres? I'm not picky!

I am currently reading the YA book called Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl. It's actually pretty good and I've neared the end today and I only started it yesterday!

I'm not sure I have any books that I'd want someone to ask me about. Probably either of my two favorite books listed above. I haven't read anything recently that really needs discussing, you know?