Unofficial What are you Reading Thread?

[Scribbly]

I read the first book of Hunger Games and I"ll be getting around to the 2nd and 3rd eventually.  I just had a serious problem with the writing.  I thought it was pretty bad.  The storytelling is great, it's very compelling and I had fun reading it, but it's just not good writing.

I'd heard a lot of talk about the Kingkiller Chronicles as well, which so far is The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear.  Again they're good stories that are, with some glaring exceptions, well told, but the writing just bothers me.

The quality of writing does not improve, but it really clicked with me. It might be partly because it is told from the perspective of a teenager, and I found the style helped paint that atmosphere. I can see how it isn't for everyone though. I will say that book 2 was weaker than book 3, but it is a 'bridging' book IMO. Book 3, the last third or so I was completely caught.

[kingyak]

I didn't really notice the writing one way or the other. It definitely wasn't inspired use of language, but on the other hand it wasn't like a Dan Brown book where the writing is so bad that it's actively distracting. (Other advantage over Dan Brown: the characters weren't less two-dimensional than most characters in porn movies).

[EK WAFFLR]

On Writing by Stephen King.

I've read maybe 3 or 4 of King's novels and a handful of his short stories in my life, but find him really interesting when he just talks/writes about shit. I could have done with a little less autobiography, but really enjoyed the second half of this one.

I like the autobiography part of it.

I've never been a big Stephen Kingh fan, but this is good!

It's by far his best book.

Easily. I loved the Garret Addams story at the end of it as well.

[Oysters Rockefeller]

At any given moment, I am on the precipice of reading Charles Yu's "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe," as it is probably the greatest american work since they stopped finding Kerouac's unfinished "novels."
Also The Amazing Spiderman, because The Amazing Spiderman.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Is this the place to ask for recommendations for books, or should I separate thread?

7 year old girl with a spectacular vocabulary and attention span, but still seven-year-old emotional fragility. She's devoured all the books in the house again. 

[Cainad (dec.)]

Is this the place to ask for recommendations for books, or should I separate thread?

7 year old girl with a spectacular vocabulary and attention span, but still seven-year-old emotional fragility. She's devoured all the books in the house again. 

The Phantom Tollbooth

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Is this the place to ask for recommendations for books, or should I separate thread?

7 year old girl with a spectacular vocabulary and attention span, but still seven-year-old emotional fragility. She's devoured all the books in the house again. 

The Phantom Tollbooth

Done it.

She's blown through most of the Warriors series, all of the Dealing with Dragons one, some of Narnia, first two Harry Potters, most of the Dragon Fire series, all the Wayside School and Ramona I could find, and a smattering of Roald Dahl. Also the dictionary.

[Don Coyote]

Is this the place to ask for recommendations for books, or should I separate thread?

7 year old girl with a spectacular vocabulary and attention span, but still seven-year-old emotional fragility. She's devoured all the books in the house again. 

The Phantom Tollbooth

Done it.

She's blown through most of the Warriors series, all of the Dealing with Dragons one, some of Narnia, first two Harry Potters, most of the Dragon Fire series, all the Wayside School and Ramona I could find, and a smattering of Roald Dahl. Also the dictionary.

Get a bigger dictionary and some encyclopedias.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Is this the place to ask for recommendations for books, or should I separate thread?

7 year old girl with a spectacular vocabulary and attention span, but still seven-year-old emotional fragility. She's devoured all the books in the house again. 

The Phantom Tollbooth

Done it.

She's blown through most of the Warriors series, all of the Dealing with Dragons one, some of Narnia, first two Harry Potters, most of the Dragon Fire series, all the Wayside School and Ramona I could find, and a smattering of Roald Dahl. Also the dictionary.

Fuck, I'm probably out of my depth.

Umm... T.A. Barron's "The Lost Years of Merlin" series? The Hobbit? The Earthsea Trilogy?

Maybe Cainad should have read more books outside the fantasy genre when he was a kid?

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

she's hella into fantasy right now

I remember Earthsea being a little too adult for tiny brains, but maybe the Merlin one?

[Cainad (dec.)]

Merlin is definitely pretty kid-friendly, IMO. Earthsea... well it is a bit dark, no doubting that, but it's not too far out of her league if she's already through Harry Potter 1 & 2. Maybe in another year or two.

How about The Riddle-master of Hed? I'm trying to mentally visualize the books on my shelf at home that I read years ago and somehow drawing a blank for most of them.

Too young for Mythago Wood (Robert Holdstock), but as soon as she's like 10 or so that's a definite requirement. Probably in my personal top 5 favorite novels.

[hirley0]

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http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=135265&highlight=ANTHROPOLOGY

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[Triple Zero]

The Neverending Story?

Crusade in Jeans (ok the main character is 14, but she's gonna learn a shitload of history)

Maybe I'm aiming too high for her age, as I don't really remember what I read when I was 7--A lot of Roald Dahl, I think. And of course a lot of really awesome Dutch stuff that probably hasnt been translated.

Or maybe you can take her to a public library and let her pick out stuff by herself?

Otherwise, go with Hirley0's suggestion and print out a physics forum. Ought to keep her busy for a while.

[Cain]

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

It's only 75 pages.  And written by a children's author!

[Placid Dingo]

Is this the place to ask for recommendations for books, or should I separate thread?

7 year old girl with a spectacular vocabulary and attention span, but still seven-year-old emotional fragility. She's devoured all the books in the house again. 

My housemate says Storm Boy.