Forum: Story Recommendations

Thank you for the recommendation. I burned out on Stupid Boy. It was no one gripe; I just wasn't interested anymore. I know I'm in the minority, so it's just me.

I know I'm in the minority, so it's just me.

Than we are a minority of two. I also got burnt out on it.

I burned out on Stupid Boy. It was no one gripe; I just wasn't interested anymore.

Me too.

HM.

ETA: three!

*cough* me too

but a part of the reason is the unfinished status.

I know I'm in the minority, so it's just me.

Have to agree with you, seems like it was either author burnout, or too much pandering to an audience subset.

I think it's also a bit of a "been there, done that" effect, it's hard to make similar events exciting again and again, so you need to top them, and an easy way to do so, is making them more impressive, basically increasing the stage they are set on. But at some point, that sort of story-telling can bite you in the butt, as there are limited ways to increase things without going full retard.

Oh but what a group of characters and interactions he has written. Nothing I have read on SOL is better. I admit it helps if you love to read about sports. I'll forgive the repetition in the story lines as it's kept more plausible then some and the characters are so rich. Dozens are memorable and interesting. I'd read stories written about most of them if the author decided to leave the main character.

The sports is just overkill, modeling and acting were unique enough.

I've been looking at The Grim Reaper since it was being posted. I don't read stories until they're completed and by the time it was finished I was intimidated by the length. I should probably take another look.

I've been looking at The Grim Reaper since it was being posted...

...by the time it was finished I was intimidated by the length.

It's really three books in one. It's pretty easy to take a break after each section of the story is finished as they are clearly defined.

It's really three books in one. It's pretty easy to take a break after each section of the story is finished as they are clearly defined.

Seconded.

Thank you. That's been in my library for a long time. I'll pull it out.

I think that only the first book takes place when they're in highschool though and even then it was more about their lives outside highschool if I recall, not much about highschool life. Still a fun read though cringy at times when they go way over the top.

Thank you Rowwbot. It's been years so I'll go back and read it again. At least until reading a chapter dealing with how to do plumbing gets to me

Is there a need for the school tag to be subdivided?

Yes

That's the problem - there is only one school tag.

So search the story descriptions for those that contain "high school".

You'll get 618 results.

(Number may vary depending on which filters if any you have set)

If you sub-group it you then have to have too many codes for school because of the many types of schools -grade, middle, high, junior high, senior high, college, boarding school, etc. There is a limit on the number of codes you can use, and if the story follows from one group to the next that's less you can use if needed for other aspects, and it also makes the number of codes to be displayed larger.

With the no sex under 14 rule, SOL would only need high school and college, I would leave out boarding school because it doesn't really imply a grade / age level.

middle school is typically grades 7 and 8, and sometimes includes grade 6.

Junior High is grades 7-9

There are VERY few 14 year olds below grade 9, none below grade 8. So the number of Jr High stories that could qualify on SOL for be very small.

middle school is typically grades 7 and 8, and sometimes includes grade 6.

and sometimes 5

and sometimes 5

Where? I've not heard of that in the US.

Good point.
Why should the School-tag be only featuring the US-system? Add one for each of the various European systems and a few for Asian systems, I think those have their own ideas.
Or, simply keep it as it is, if education plays a big enough role, use the tag.

The Zane's World Series looks right up my alley. Thank you.

you're welcome. Hope you enjoy!

they rank right up there with 19 inch cock stories

1. You could have a reasonably realistic 19 inch cock in a bestiality story (horses could get quite a bit bigger than that).

2. Harems or polygamous marriages (one male with multiple women) were the norm for the majority of human history. Monogamous marriage has only dominated for at most the last 2000 years.

I particularly loved the story of Kyle Martin that start with Finding Balance

How angsty and dramatic is that series? I like high school, college and sport stories, but I hate relationship drama. I prefer romance that makes you feel happy while reading, rather than the anxiety you get with relationship angst with cheating, break ups, triangles etc. I prefer the childhood friends get together and stick together through thick and thin kind of stories. I can overlook some drama, but I can't handle A Well-Lived Life or Playing the Game levels of drama for example. The stories about Kyle Martin have a good score and a decent length, but I'd like to know what I'm getting into if I give it a shot!

How angsty and dramatic is that series?

All teenagers lives have some angst. The important part of the story is how they deal with it.

Sure they do, but it's also important to remember that this is fiction. There's not always a need to be as realistic as possible, or portray the relationships in a realistic rather than idyllic frame, even if the genre isn't fantasy, sci fi or some such. Some times it can be nice to just read to find some happiness escaping from the drama and angst of real life!

I'm happy to give authors the leeway to reimagine the world and the characters that it shapes

What's the use of books without that creative imagination? If I want to read about the real world I can go to one of those so called 'news' sites ;)

You mean those that misunderstood that "making the news" does not mean to "make up new stories"? Some things I hear on the news, it makes me think of the old adage that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction needs to stick to the things we can imagine, truth does not.

True, that's why I wrote 'news'. And although some of it required great creativity to assemble, it's hardly entertaining ;)

Dunno, if you take it with a good deal of gallows humour, it can be entertaining. For example, consider that there are two men known to have taught their dog to make the Hitler-Salute. One in Finland, 1941, the other in Scotland, 2016.
One of them got convicted for it. Want to guess which one?
You can't make insanity like that up...

Some things I hear on the news, it makes me think of the old adage that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

The vast majority of I what I see in the news where I have direct knowledge is not just wrong, but drastically wrong. So why the fuck should I trust anything they have to say in areas I know nothing about?

Given Mike was celibate in HS, that would be a 'no sex' story...and based on things he's said, a fairly boring one, too.

Off topic, but a question please.

Is 'celibate' the best word in that context? Would not 'still a virgin' be more accurate?

Yes, I'm aware of the dictionary definition, the point is that 'celibate' infers a conscious decision, a vow, etc. Whilst 'virgin' indicates lack of opportunity or circumstances.

In the HS context it seems doubtful that boys enthusiastically embrace celibacy...

My 3.14c

Is 'celibate' the best word in that context? Would not 'still a virgin' be more accurate?

Depends.

If he lost his virginity in his last year of Junior High, say to a young woman in the neighborhood and she moved to another state, then he might have no girlfriend during HS, because he compares all available and willing girls with his lost first love.

This would be celibacy, 'cause he is no virgin.

HM.

This would be celibacy, 'cause he is no virgin.

Which is why I stated "in that context"

Actually, I'd say yes, because the one REAL chance he had he turned down, and it was because of his faith.

Ok, then I suggest what you posted earlier...

Given Mike was celibate in HS, that would be a 'no sex' story...and based on things he's said, a fairly boring one, too.

...isn't as boring as stated. It would make a refreshing change for a story to contain a HS boy who wasn't banging every girl he could.

Not to mention a girl who encounters a HS boy with actual convictions, then lets him go.

Whilst 'virgin' indicates lack of opportunity or circumstances.

No, virgin does not necessarily indicate a lack of opportunity. One could have had opportunities and declined them because they didn't think they were ready yet.

No, virgin does not necessarily indicate a lack of opportunity. One could have had opportunities and declined them because they didn't think they were ready yet.

Indeed, though that seems like an adult viewpoint, not that of a HS student aged boy...

I did exactly that in high school. Doubt I was the only one. Not for reasons of faith, just not thinking I was ready yet.

I don't doubt you were not the only one.

My comment was referencing the typical HS boy as found in stories here. It would as I said be a refreshing change to have a story that contains a HS boy who wasn't banging every girl he could.

Thought I'd stay relevant to the topic.

My comment was referencing the typical HS boy as found in stories here. It would as I said be a refreshing change to have a story that contains a HS boy who wasn't banging every girl he could.

My biggest issue with the typical HS boy in stories here is the absolute lack of commitment. Either the boy himself or his parents make sure he knows that there's no way that he can be in a commited relationship while at highschool age.

That's a pretty stark contrast from when/where I grew up. Sure, there were some that got into casual relationships to just have some fun, but that was the exceptions, the normal attitude was - If you're not serious, what's the point? I'm not starving so much for attention that I'll stay with someone I'm not into enough to see the relationship going anywhere in the future. In stories here, hormones seem to have an almost mind-controlling influence.

For me and my friends, if you got into a relationship and didn't feel like it was going to last, you moved on. There was very little of this casual dating with no longterm goals that's in abundance in the stories here. Or maybe not longterm goals, but definitely very little dating that you went into intending it the be short term from the start. I guess there was a fair amount of people who just dated not thinking too much about the future, but it was very rare to see someone thinking that they'll just date someone for only a short time from the outset.

Though it's probably because of different cultures. I lived in the capital of a small country, so there was no issues of moving 2000 miles away for college etc, so I can kind of understand "short-term" dating, but I have a hard time relating to it. That parents would tell their 15-18 year old children to not get too attached to someone they like is super foreign to me.

Only a tiny percentage of high school boys of any generation are confident/arrogant enough to think they can have a handful of dates with a girl and move on to the next. As if the popular girls would cooperate even If you manage to catch one between boyfriends. The biggest source of high school promiscuity generally seems to be with the HS equivalent of the Hollywood party crowd.

No, virgin does not necessarily indicate a lack of opportunity. One could have had opportunities and declined them because they didn't think they were ready yet.

My problem was that being a stupid boy, it wasn't until years later that I realized that there had been opportunities I'd missed. I doubt that I'm alone in having been totally oblivious to signals the girl probably thought were flashing lights and sirens back in ancient times when it was slutty for a girl to take the initiative.