Sophie, what about the Star Wars or Star Trek tie-in novels? Or the original ST Ship's Logs? Those are pretty straight forward, some of them.
Or some old-school SF, like Andre Norton?
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Consuela - Jul 21, 2013 2:20:20 pm PDT #21134 of 28404
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dana - Jul 21, 2013 2:22:58 pm PDT #21135 of 28404
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The Dark is Rising books? Madeline L'Engle? Some Neil Gaiman, like Coraline or Neverwhere or Stardust?
Consuela - Jul 21, 2013 2:26:18 pm PDT #21136 of 28404
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
... or what Dana said. Or Tamora Pierce, perhaps? Protector of the Small isn't too romancy.
There's also Nnedi Okorafor's fantasies: Akata Witch, Windspeaker, and I memfault the other one. Or Delia Sherman's The Freedom Maze, also written for younger readers.
le nubian - Jul 21, 2013 2:27:39 pm PDT #21137 of 28404
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Madeline L'Engle : very formative for me when I was her age and a bit younger.
Ginger - Jul 21, 2013 2:27:44 pm PDT #21138 of 28404
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Tamora Pierce? Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books ( The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith and I Shall Wear Midnight )?
Seraphina is wonderful.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 21, 2013 2:37:18 pm PDT #21139 of 28404
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thank you all! I will pass it on-- I also have some old trek tie in novels at my mom's house.
Unfortunately, I think she bailed on A Wrinkle in Time!
Dana - Jul 21, 2013 2:38:07 pm PDT #21140 of 28404
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, maybe Diane Duane's Young Wizards series? Speaking of Trek tie-in novels...because she wrote some...
Amy - Jul 21, 2013 2:39:22 pm PDT #21141 of 28404
Because books.
She might like James Dashner's Maze Runner series, or Robison Wells's Variant and Feedback.
Kat - Jul 21, 2013 3:25:37 pm PDT #21142 of 28404
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I like Amy's recs and second both. I also like Starters by Lissa Pierce.
sj - Jul 21, 2013 3:44:03 pm PDT #21143 of 28404
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The Graveyard Book, as well as the other Gaiman books mentioned above. The Series of Unfortunate Events.