Anyone else read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child? I'm underwhelmed.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
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."
Hil R. - Aug 09, 2016 9:55:34 am PDT #24107 of 28267
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
dcp - Aug 09, 2016 1:56:50 pm PDT #24108 of 28267
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
book suggestions for an 8 year old boy entering the 3rd grade?
I remember these from when I was about that old:
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield
Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Burrell - Aug 09, 2016 2:13:15 pm PDT #24109 of 28267
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Reading it now, Hillary.
At 8, Isaac preferred non-fiction to fiction in most of his books, sj, so we amassed a big collection of books on dinosaurs, outer space, the ocean, entymology, the rainforest, you name it. Those first three topics especially. As for picture books, there is one called If I Built A Car that he liked a lot.
For chapter books, we were reading Harry Potter together as a family at that age -- much beloved. And there's a book series called The Menagerie that I think would work for an 8 year old too. There's the classic Captain Underpants series as well, but usually there's no reason for an adult to introduce kids, their friends will take care of it.
Gudanov - Aug 09, 2016 4:58:26 pm PDT #24110 of 28267
Coding and Sleeping
I can mail you a free copy of Cog if you want. It has a female protagonist though and may be a little advanced.
I have no interest in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I just feel like it's done and I don't want anymore.
EpicTangent - Aug 10, 2016 7:41:57 am PDT #24111 of 28267
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
If anybody's late to hop on the Outlander train, or just wants an e-copy for cheap, now's the time.
Steph L. - Aug 20, 2016 11:39:29 am PDT #24112 of 28267
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I read Rainbow Rowell's Carry On, which was pretty damn delightful.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2016 3:31:17 pm PDT #24113 of 28267
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think Cursed Child probably works better on stage, because it's gotten excellent reviews but I thought the script was only okay. The dialog seemed very stilted, and the plot was overcomplicated even for JKR.
Neil Gaiman's Fortunately The Milk is fantastic, my son read it at age 8 and loved it. (Grown ups should read it too!)
Hil R. - Aug 20, 2016 3:44:19 pm PDT #24114 of 28267
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Cursed Child also broke its own internal rules of time travel, which irritated me.
Gris - Aug 21, 2016 8:10:45 am PDT #24115 of 28267
Hey. New board.
I did not expect to like Carry On for some reason and then I really did.
Typo Boy - Aug 21, 2016 9:34:03 am PDT #24116 of 28267
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
What about Allyson'"Sam the Bat" ? Even though it was a children;s book I enjoyed reading it before passing along to the friend's kid I bought it for. And teaches bat biology! (Honestly knew almost nothing about varieties of Bat species a before reading that book.) So an extremely all ages thing.