The NYT has a list of their "summer books (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/01/books/review/summer-reading-list-fiction.html)" (registration required).

My first choice would be "The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break (http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/08/books/review/08OGRADT.html)" Do you also have a book for this summer that is either on or off this list?

An Unfinished Life--Robert Dallek
John Adams--David McCullough

http://www.theinfected.co.uk/

Autumn and Autumn The City

David Moody

I really liked Autumn and am now reading the second. :)

The book I'm currently reading (in hardcover even!) is "The Life of Pi". On my pda I'm reading Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions". After these, who knows? I'm open to suggestions... Thanks for the link. :)

Forgot to mention, and just remembered: I really want to read Isabelle Allende's new book this summer!

I've got two books in the reading queue: Artemis Fowl and Across the Nightengale Floor.

Oh yes, and East of Eden. The Oprah selection for this month. =/

Originally posted by RockerChick
I've got two books in the reading queue: Artemis Fowl and Across the Nightengale Floor. I can recommend Artemis Fowl, which I think I read last summer. Something like an evil Harry Potter :) Very funny and mysterious. I haven't read the sequels yet, "Arctic Incident" and "Eternity Code" so cannot comment to these.

Btw, I just finished reading Order of Phoenix. Now turning to my next summer read, Caroline by Neil Gaiman.

I just finished reading "Across the Nightengale Floor". It was WONDERFUL. It's the first book in a trilogy. You can read about it here (http://www.theotori.com/bookgeneral/default.asp) . The author Lian Hearn has book 2 coming out on Aug 7.

Good summer stuff! ;)

The sequels to Artemis Fowl are awesome! Especially the third one! It's cool how he outsmarts the fairies even when they're on the same side.

Originally posted by chunlin66
The sequels to Artemis Fowl are awesome! Especially the third one! It's cool how he outsmarts the fairies even when they're on the same side. Ahh I was going to ask... I read the first book and liked it already.

Currently I'm reading H.G. Wells - The Invisible Man. I downloaded it from MemoWare, reformated the PalmDoc to HTML, and then turned it into a Plucker Document. I'm on Chapter 5. When I finish with that, I will be reading the first 4 Harry Potter books, that my Wife picked up yesterday at BarnsandNobal. Too bad those aren't in electronic format, I have to wait for my wife to finish the first one till I can start.

how can i find "Across the Nightengale Floor" and "Artemis Fowl" in e-book form and free to download?

Try IRC

Hmmmmmmm . . . didn't know there was a 3rd Artemis Fowl book. I think I'm going to have to get all of them for my DS 10. He'll think Artemis is awesome. I think they're cute books!

Sorry to bump this thread but I've started reading the first Artemis Fowl book and I love it, first time I've read this kind of books :)

Sorry to bump this thread but I've started reading the first Artemis Fowl book and I love it, first time I've read this kind of books :)

I agree it's very good.

I think we're going through a golden age of young people's/children's literature at the moment.

Perhaps the success of J. K. Rowling has made publishers realise there is a huge market for it.
So, even if we don't all like Harry Potter, Rowling perhaps deserves some credit for the amount of excellent alternatives out there :).

I agree it's very good.

I think we're going through a golden age of young people's/children's literature at the moment.

Perhaps the success of J. K. Rowling has made publishers realise there is a huge market for it.
So, even if we don't all like Harry Potter, Rowling perhaps deserves some credit for the amount of excellent alternatives out there :).
Children's literature did not begin with Harry Potter - it simply became vastly more visible. (And note that HP's overwhelming success came from the fact that huge numbers of grownups fastened on the books as readily as their kids.)

Among other things that have been around for a long time and are still popular, look at C. S, Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. Also noteworthy Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain, with roots in the Welsh Mabinogion.

See also the "Lemony Snicket" titles, the YA work of Tamora Pierce, the wonderful fantasies of the late John Bellairs... the list is very long and growing. Every major publisher has a Childrens/YA line, and they get attention from the publisher because they aren't hurting as badly as the adult trade books. Mom and Dad still buy books for the kids, if not for themselves.

The trick is to keep the kids reading when they grow up, which is another matter entirely.
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Dennis