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Originally Posted by BookCat
I seem to have been reading lots of Enid Blyton (Five Finder Outers) etc lately just to get back into the habit of reading. The problem is, I now find, if I try to read a 'grown up' book (I tried Agatha Christie to stay in the detective theme), my mind wanders.
So I need either a more advanced children's author to get me on the right path, or an easy-read adult book. PD or under £2 in a kindle version would be great.
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Do you need an easy reading level, or are you just looking for something faster-moving/adventurous/more to your tastes? Do you like realistic/contemporary, historical, SF, fantasy (if so what kind), nonfiction, other? Agatha Christie is fine and all, but a little anachronistic perhaps if you're looking for a quickie read.
If you're looking for a bit of YA with pace, have a look at the Percy Jackson books (and the further Olympians and Kane Chronicles books) - the beats come bam bam bam, the chapters are short, and the tie-ins to Greek mythology are fun. The Leviathan series (Westerfeld) also has great pacing - it's an alt-U WWI steampunk series.
For stuff in the approximate mystery/adventure/crime area, check out the 39 Clues series, the Heist Society series, Young Sherlock Holmes, the Raven Boys series, The Name of the Star, Liar, The Shattering, The Midnight Dress, Every Breath, The Cartographer, Girl Defective, Jasper Jones, Friday Brown, and the Miss Fisher series.