I really enjoyed the YA novel Mary Jane. But not enough to have sought out its sequel, yet.
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
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."
Laga - Aug 27, 2008 2:26:46 pm PDT #7040 of 28393
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Deena - Aug 27, 2008 2:42:24 pm PDT #7041 of 28393
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I'm hoping for some recs. Kara is tired of Grizzwold, Beatrix Potter, Junie B. Jones, etc. After having been banned from reading her daddy's books, she says she wants "DEATH BOOKS!, Romantic! Exciting! Death books!"
She's almost 7, reading at about 7/8/9ish age in vocab, a little older in concept.
Anyone? Jilli?
juliana - Aug 27, 2008 2:44:39 pm PDT #7042 of 28393
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
She's almost 7, reading at about 7/8/9ish age in vocab, a little older in concept.
I was reading Narnia at that age (with occasional consultation with my mother and our British English Dictionary). I misremember the vocab level, but they're certainly romantic & exciting.
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2008 2:49:02 pm PDT #7043 of 28393
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Would Coraline be too scary? Is she ready for Harry Potter yet? Maybe Goosebumps?
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2008 2:53:34 pm PDT #7044 of 28393
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
How about The Search for Delicious? I read that in third grade, I think.
Gadget_Girl - Aug 27, 2008 2:53:55 pm PDT #7045 of 28393
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
Several of my students are reading various Twilight books. We had a fairly decent discussion about them after school today. Most of them clung to the high school girl romance of the books but could see my frustration and annoyance with them. One or two actually liked Breaking Dawn and were strong enough to accept the horror their friends responded with at the revelation. One of my students has stated she isn't going to read any of the series simply because the vampires sparkle.
Some of them were not familiar with a lot of other vampire fiction. Our conversation then turned to 'Dracula' and 'Salem's Lot'. There is probably going to be a run on those from the school library, now.
Deena - Aug 27, 2008 2:55:36 pm PDT #7046 of 28393
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Ooh, we own Coraline. That is certainly romantic and scary. We have the first HP, too. I'll try them and see what happens. Narnia would be lovely. That's a great idea. I have no idea what the Search for Delicious is, but I'll check on it. She might like some Goosebumps, but she's more the dying of consumption than eaten by monsters sort of reader.
amych - Aug 27, 2008 2:56:52 pm PDT #7047 of 28393
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
she's more the dying of consumption than eaten by monsters sort of reader.
Anyone surprised? Anyone? Bueller?
flea - Aug 27, 2008 3:01:52 pm PDT #7048 of 28393
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The Spiderwick Chronicles are a big hit in our house - trolls, goblins, and fairies, but nothing really scary or too gross. I LOVE Search for Delicious; it's by the author of Tuck Everlasting, which is good too (and mos def romantic). Is she old enough for Lemony Snicket? I've never read them. The Hobbit?
My father read me an abridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo aloud when I was maybe 8, and while it is a romantic DEATH book, I don't think it's really appropriate for the age.
Fay - Aug 27, 2008 3:08:44 pm PDT #7049 of 28393
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
She's almost 7, reading at about 7/8/9ish age in vocab, a little older in concept.
Anyone? Jilli?
SHE IS NOT ALMOST SEVEN!!! NO WAY!!! OMG!!!
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Ahem. That aside (!!!!!!!), I second the Lemony Snicket rec, and the Spiderwick rec. Skulduggery Pleasant is maybe a bit too tricky just now, but check it out - I definitely think it will be Kara's cup of tea (feisty 13 year old lass becomes trainee wizard/detective as the sidekick to an animated skeleton who bears a striking resemblance to Remmington Steel. Also features the fabulous swashbuckling lass Tanith Low, who rocks my socks).