Especially with Good Girls Guide To Murder I see alot of comments saying "its very YA written". Now I'm pretty "new" at reading. I've only just consistently been reading for about 2 months, so I haven't read alot of different books and genres. But I just wonder what about a books makes it an YA? Is it the topics, the way its written, ages of the main characters?

I saw many readers struggling to understand certain terminology from S&B Trilogy so just adding on things that u may not (or may) know or would at least help in bridging the information gap of Shadow & Bone:

GRISHA are humans who practice "small science", manipulating matter at its fundamental level( prob molecular) rather than actually performing magic

GRISHA ORDERS AND TYPES (U will prob find this at the start of the book) 1)Corporalki (Order of living and dead; Red kefta) A) Heartrenders: manipulates internal organs, stops hearts, or slows breathing, u can say like the attackers (nina is this as uk) B) Healers: mends wounds, bones and tissues, mostly on the defence side(cant being people back from death tho) C) Tailors: alters physical appearance (Genya Safin is the only one who is a proper tailor, she will be prob mentioned somewhere in the book)

2. Etherealki(Order of Summoners; Blue Kefta) A)Inferni: Summons flammable gasses to create fire tho a spark is required as small science is based or not creating something new rather using what is there B) Squallers: Manipulates air pressure to creste winds or storms C) Tidemakers: Controls water and manipulates its temperature D) Sum Summoner: Very rare ability to summon light (Alina Starkov is the only one and the protagonist of S&B Trilogy)

3. Materialki (Order of Fabricators; Purple Kefta) A)Durasts: Manipulates solid materials like steel, glass, and wood. (They made Kaz's Cane and Inej's shoes) B)Alkemi: Uses chemicals, poisions, and blasting powders

Other key information: 1)The second army is Ravka's specialized military unit composed of Grisha, now led by Zoya Nazyalensky(she is mentioned in Nina's pov) 2) Amplifier: There are 2 types of amplifiers, human amplifiers and remains of certain specific animals(u need not know much abt them). Human amplifiers are used to mostly test if someone has grisha powers. 3)Political condition: In Ravka, Grisha are respected and were trained; In Fejerda, they are feared and hunted as witches; In Shu Han, they are experimented upon and exploited; In Kerch, although illegal, they are generally sold as slaves or indentured servants 4) Kefta: It was a long embroidered coat, worn by Grisha of 2nd army in Ravka; it signifies order by the colour and the type within the order by embroidery on it; Combat keftas are bulletproof 5) Little Palace: Residence and training grounds of Grisha in the 2nd army 6: Grisha War: In the last book of Shadow and bones, there is a major war of Grisha internally which led to a decline in Grisha population or many went under hiding, hence 2nd army is rebuilding now

I hope u all have an amazing reading experience!! If u have not started Six of Crows, pls go and read S&B Trilogy, it would be a lot more fun if u read it before the Soc and i am sure u will enjoy it a lot.

Just as a LPT prior to reading this book, BUY PAPERCLIPS. or read with them next to you or something. I saw a tip that said to put the page number where the ephemera came from on a little sticky on your ephemera (or tbh like just write it on there, the whole book is pre-annotated, why not add your own pizazz) so you know where it came from. This does not solve the problem of the ephemera FALLING OUT OF THE BOOK while you read and making you insane. Paperclip them in place and save yourself.

Guys, I'm in a spiral in my art and my life and I'm looking for recommendations for radical (not liberal, productivity-focused if possible) books that address things like perfectionism. Thank you so much in advance!

I'm just starting part three. This is definitely not the kind of book I usually read, I have a hard time getting into the story normally, I prefer romance. But this one I have to say OH MY GOD I'M SO EXCITED TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENED. I've been stressing out for a few chapters, I feel like something bad is coming...

This book is kind of reminding me of pretty little liars😭

"Having them in her planner was the perfect memory prompt."

Well...yeah...that's like...the whole point...of putting something...in your planner...sorry but this line pissed me off it served no purpose!