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Life beyond the Harry Potter books
Filed under: Teens, Development/Milestones: Babies, Day Care & Education, That's Entertainment
After the fourth Harry Potter book I got burned out on reading them out loud to my kids. Yes, that might make me a bad mother, but holy moly those books are so long. Luckily by the time my interest was waning, my son was able to read them himself. Then along came the Lemony Snicket books which we obsessively bought adn read as fast as humanly opssible. After that it was the Inkheart and Eragons books. It was a great run and i was as thrilled as anything to see my son's nose buried deep in a book. Unfortunately, once it ended my son was not too interested in reading. Needless to say, the lack of reading has been bothering me and making me feel like an even worse mother than when I refused to read Harry Potter out loud. Yesterday I finally found a book that has so deeply caught my son's interest that he has been reading it almost non stop. Stoner and Spaz, by Ron Koertge is an edgy story that covers everything from drugs to sex to physical challenges. It might be a bit advanced for some teens, but it introduces some important topics that need to be addressed. After my son finishes the book I am going to read it for my self. I am hoping it will prompt some questions from both of us.
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11-04-2006 @ 12:47PM
margalit said...My son read most of the same series of books you mentioned except for Lemony Snicket, which we all HATED with a passion. Once he had finished all those series, he discovered Kurt Vonnegut, and was off and reading again. Since Vonnegut he's been reading the biographies of rock legends. OK, I might find the biography of Jimi Hendrix a bit, shall we say, dry... but he loves them. He also loves any Al Franken book, and will cackle gleefully at the Onion, Non Campus Mentis, and the Darwin Awards series. So there is life after Harry Potter. You just have to get out of the teen section of the library.
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11-06-2006 @ 11:11PM
Belinda said...I hated the movied Lemony Snicket and even though I haven't gone to the library to borrow a copy I don't think I will because of the movie. As for Harry Potter, I can't WAIT until I can read them to my daughter! I just found out that my fiance's two boys LIKE Harry Potter too and it is another reason I am looking forward to 2008 when we can get back to a good visitation schedule and eventually (hopefully) JOINT custody!! It gives me something in common with them.
Now to get the books in Hard back, I recently sold my paperbacks because we have decided to switch to hard back (I couldn't wait for the new one to come out in paperback or for my sister to finish reading it I WANTED IT NOW). Once we get my collection on hardbacks finished I am getting one for each of the boys (unless they want to share a set). I am looking forward to the last book with a sort of sad excitement. Excited because I can't wait to see what happens next and sad because it will be the last.
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11-28-2006 @ 4:05AM
Gerrard Wilson said...Seeing that you like these type of book I thought you might like to have a look at my new,first, and of yet unpublished, novel. Wot, Nott, Kakuri and the HU BA HOY. It's a magical, fantasy adventure, the first in a trilogy, featuring the two Outlanders.The first three chapters are available free to see on my web site www.gerrardtwilson.com.
If you like it, or indeed have any feedback I would love to hear it. Thanks.
All the best from Gerry Wilson (in Ireland).
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12-15-2006 @ 10:28AM
Gerrard Wilson said...it's GREAT!!!
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