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Originally Posted by Hitch
Nyssa:
I'm sure that they will. I checked them out, and don't see anything worrisome. PLUS, I mentioned to the parents that "Compass" mightn't suit them, so now I seem trustworthy. (MwAHAHAHAHAHA...)
Yes, it IS awesome. I was dead pleased. My husband is the big reader in that family, albeit all non-fiction, but voracious nonetheless. I'm omnivorous--pretty much everything, although without other plot elements, romances don't really fly for me. I'm a big devourer of fic and non-fic alike. I'm delighted to spend a few pennies buying him books. It's NOTHING, really, when you think how it will enrich his life. My folks were big readers, and fed my reading habit throughout my childhood, no matter what. BEST thing that they ever did for me. (Although, whew!, me finding and reading that Harold Robbins book when I was 12-13 was probably a bit much...but they didn't know I'd seen it...)
Hitch
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LOL - I had a similar experience, at around the same age, with Robbins while staying with one of my Aunts.
I try to be omnivorous but am definitely a Speculative Fiction fan - my main love being Fantasy. Romance tends to be hit-or-miss with me (usually miss) and I don't really read much in the way of Nonfiction.
We too take great pride in supporting the love of reading with our children and the children in our extended family. They all receive book related gift cards every Christmas and on birthdays, even though (for our children) we purchase books regularly throughout the year.
As to additional recommendations:
My 11 year old son really liked the
Maze Runner series, however
he warns that it is quite violent, in the fact that there are many deaths (and one or two of those scenses are gruesome).
Both that son and his twin sister are enjoying the
Middle School series; they've read the first 4. It is realistic fiction, however, instead of fantasy.