July 24, 2009 at 10:42 am
Jeffrey Williams (7/24/2009)
I wonder what it says about me that I actually enjoy reading all of these books that are supposedly targeted at teens? :hehe:
That you have better taste than most editors?
Since we've strayed from zombie themes, how about the 'Percy Jones and the Olympians' series? I have only read the first, but loved it, can't wait to pick up the rest.
Synopsis: Greek mythology is alive and well, and it's *pissed off at you*!
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July 24, 2009 at 10:47 am
By the way Gail, never officially thanked you (thank you, thank you, thank you!) for the link to Leigh's WOT Re-read. Unfortunately I caught up with her, so now I have to wait between posts, but excellent stuff!
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July 24, 2009 at 10:49 am
Mr. ".", I had the first 2 books and just checked my library and they are no longer with me. You can get them on Amazon though. I may buy them.
Jeffrey, I love 'em all too! I think it means we need to give our brains a break and have an easy read. Also, I think it means that we have never really grown up. This seems to be a male thing, though, most of the ladies I know like to read "grown-up" books.
JC,
My brother gave me the series when I was like 9. I devoured them. When I got the first one for my daughter(10) she LOVED it. Read it in about 4 hours. She loves to read. As a matter of fact sometimes she gets herself into trouble because she reads when she is supposed to be doing something else.
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July 24, 2009 at 10:51 am
Jan Van der Eecken (7/24/2009)
Just consulted my 13 year old son, an avid reader (actually all three of my children are avid readers, they go through books quicker than I get to change underwear :w00t:), so he came up with the following list of fantasy books he thinks are good to read and not too difficult for an 11 year old:Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl and Half Moon Investigations
Paul Stewart: Edge Chronicles (start with The Curse of the Gloamglizer)
Anthony Horowitz: Storm Breaker and Ravens Gate
Val Tyler: The Time Wreccas
Joseph Delaney: The Spook's Apprentice
What amazes me a bit is that the name of Jules Verne hasn't surfaced yet. Isn't he too popular in the Anglo Saxon World coz he was a Frog :-)? His books may be a bit dated, but I tore through those when I was somewhere between 12 and 14. Didn't particularly like "Around the World in 80 Days", and Jacky Chan as a parody of a Chinese as Passepartout didn't convince me otherwise. But books like "From the Earth to the Moon", "Voyage to the Centre of the Earth" (I think it was called), and especially "Twentythousand Leagues Under the Sea" (where the first nuclear sub in the US Navy got its name from) and "The Mysterious Island", those were fabulous. Kept me reading many a night underneath the blanket with a torch so mom wouldn't notice.
I'll have to check those out. I screen books for my kids, plus I just like to read them.
Love Jules Verne. Never read the From the Earth to the Moon. More books to read!
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July 24, 2009 at 10:57 am
Jeffrey Williams (7/24/2009)
I wonder what it says about me that I actually enjoy reading all of these books that are supposedly targeted at teens? :hehe:
I'm the same. I find most of them light, easy reading that I can get through in an evening or two.
Some recommendations from my bookshelf:
The young wizard's series by Diane Duane. Title of the first is "So you want to be a wizard". After book 4 they start getting a little darker and dealing with slightly more adult themes (book 5 is all about a death in the family). They are excellent books.
The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper. Title of the first is "Over Sea and Under Stone". Old, but good. The 2nd was converted to a movie recently, but is was a rather bad conversion.
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July 24, 2009 at 10:59 am
jcrawf02 (7/24/2009)
By the way Gail, never officially thanked you (thank you, thank you, thank you!) for the link to Leigh's WOT Re-read.
Pleasure. I love her writing style.
I'm way behind, I tend to read 2 or 3 and then leave them for a couple weeks. I'm part-way through book 5.
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July 24, 2009 at 11:00 am
jcrawf02 (7/24/2009)
Jeffrey Williams (7/24/2009)
I wonder what it says about me that I actually enjoy reading all of these books that are supposedly targeted at teens? :hehe:That you have better taste than most editors?
Since we've strayed from zombie themes, how about the 'Percy Jones and the Olympians' series? I have only read the first, but loved it, can't wait to pick up the rest.
Synopsis: Greek mythology is alive and well, and it's *pissed off at you*!
My daughter has started reading that.
She's the easy one. She started reading around age 5 and has been a book nut ever since. She's gone through Roald Dahl, Madeline L'Engle (sp?), JK Rowling, L. Frank Baum... She's starting to move to the teen stuff, so I suspect she'll be reading Twilight soon.
My son is the hard one.
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July 24, 2009 at 11:03 am
All my kids love to read. My middle daughter wants to be an author. She prefers fiction (sci/fi, fantasy) over non-fiction.
July 24, 2009 at 11:50 am
forgot about Madeline L'Engle, good stuff. Lots of new directions within the same series.
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July 24, 2009 at 12:48 pm
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Jan Van der Eecken (7/24/2009)
actually all three of my children are avid readers, they go through books quicker than I get to change underwear :w00t:Think I speak for the group here when I say . . . yick . . . thanks for the imagery
Oh, no. Is my wife actually right when she complains about certain not-so-enjoyable odours? :w00t:
July 24, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Jules Verne! Jan, did you ever read "Robur the Conqueror" ??
I may have, but I can't consciously remember having done so. Then again, in German it may have had an entirely different title.
July 24, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Briefly away from literature... Went to collect some takeaway pizza at the beach front just now. On the way home there was a silver Audi A4 2.T driving in front of me whose owner's ego may well be slightly overinflated. Personalised license plate reads SQLGURU-WP :unsure:. Wonder who HE is?
July 24, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Jan Van der Eecken (7/24/2009)
Briefly away from literature... Went to collect some takeaway pizza at the beach front just now. On the way home there was a silver Audi A4 2.T driving in front of me whose owner's ego may well be slightly overinflated. Personalised license plate reads SQLGURU-WP :unsure:. Wonder who HE is?
I wonder what the WP means?
July 24, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Hey Jan,
Robur was like Captain Nemo, except that he had a giant airship instead of a submarine. I remember there being another story, possibly a sequel (pronounced sequel) called Master of the World.
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July 24, 2009 at 1:41 pm
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Jan Van der Eecken (7/24/2009)
Briefly away from literature... Went to collect some takeaway pizza at the beach front just now. On the way home there was a silver Audi A4 2.T driving in front of me whose owner's ego may well be slightly overinflated. Personalised license plate reads SQLGURU-WP :unsure:. Wonder who HE is?I wonder what the WP means?
Thought someone was gonna ask that but only realised after posting. OK, to clarify: all personalised license plates in the Western Cape Province in South Africa end with WP, i.e. Western Province, where Cape Town is the capital of. Just like Gail and her neighbours will most likely have a GP (Gauteng Province) at the end of theirs. Got yet another 7 provinces in the country, but I'll spare you the details. Already confusing enough having 11 official languages and riots over service delivery issues (mentioned earlier) to keep us busy for another 50 posts. Hey, actually, that could drive us past the 7000 posts mark.:hehe:
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