[LIT] vacation reading

[ljackson]

I loved The Lovely Bones and my fourteen year old son read it immediately
following me and I was surprised by how much he liked it.

Lori


On 12/23/07 7:09 PM, "Heather Poland" <hpoland at gmail.com> wrote:

> See, I absolutely LOVED Elsewhere - one of my favorite all time books - and
> I could not stand Lovely Bones! I will have to check out The WEdnesday Wars.
> 
> Oh, I also really liked A Great and Terrible Beauty (followed by Rebel
> Angels, 2nd in trilogy)! A really good mix of historical fiction and
> fantasy.
> 
> I liked Blue Bloods, a vampire book - wasn't sure if I would like it or not
> but it was entertaining. Not the best literature, but fun!
> 
> And I agree with your last statement. I really love young adult literature.
> Many times I cannot find adult novels that are written the same way, so I
> tend to stick with the young adult :)
> 
> On Dec 23, 2007 4:32 PM, TLP <tlinsb71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Keeping up with my young adult and juvenile literature, I just
>> finished "The Lovely Bones." I had never read it back when it was so
>> popular. It was interesting, intense and definitely for the more
>> sophisticate older middle school reader. . I can see where "Elsewhere"
>> could be compared to this novel and offered to the early middle
>> schooler. I also just finished "The Wednesday Wars" and loved it.
>> Author Gary D. Schmidt writes in a way that feels, I don't
>> know...special to the reader. For me, its as if Schmidt walked into my
>> brain and found words that spoke directly to me. "Lizzie Bright and
>> the Buckminister Boy," his earlier novel, struck me in much the same
>> way. I just started "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"
>> by Sherman Alexie. Please keep the thread going as I need suggestions
>> for grown up novels too. I just can't seem to find any that are
>> written with the same passion as those created for young readers!
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 23, 2007 5:41 PM,  <FineArt11 at aol.com> wrote:
>>> i am not reading much, maybe a few magazines.  i hope to find a lot of
>>  time
>>> to write!  :)  i hope everyone enjoys a wonderous holiday season  and
>> finds
>>> all the time they want to read!!!  :)
>>> 
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