Book Lovers Club

pat01

How about the Harry Potter series for your granddaughter?

I have a few more pages to go in Wrinkle in Time, not crazy about it, find I keep passing it over for other books. On a road trip last few days, and started The Girl on the Train, great book, even though I saw the movie and know the ending, the book is very well done.

carolehalston

I really enjoyed Girl on the Train. I bought it from Amazon rather than wait until it was available from the public library to download on my Kindle. The author is a good story teller to pull off that plot. I also really liked the first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. The second wasn't as good as the first and I think I skipped the third. I bought both of those as e-books, too. I seldom buy regular books any more. I much prefer reading on the Kindle.

JKL2017

Thanks! DGD has read all the Harry Potters (her dad is a serious HP geek & they read them together every evening) but I like the idea of the Oz books. I will also look into the Secret Series. I appreciate your recommendations.

MinusTwo

JKL - What about the Little House on the Prairie series?

I LOVED The Borrowers by Mary Norton about the very real, miniature families that live hidden in houses behind the walls or the mantel, or etc, & borrow things from the owners. Like a needle becomes a large weapon to fight off a mouse and a thimble is a huge pot for cooking. I still have the set of four on my shelves. Edited to say: Pod & Homily and their daughter Arrietty are called the Clock Family because their entrance is under a grandfather clock. Arrietty is "adventurous" and talks to a HUMAN, beyond the pale.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett was one of my very favorites.

My son loved Roald Dahl's books.

It's hard for me to remember age 10 since my son is 48 this year - but we read almost constantly as he was growing up. Is 10 too young for the C.S.Lewis Chronicles of Narnia?- starting with The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe. I know my Mother was reading J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit aloud to us by age 10, though I didn't discover the trilogy until I was in college.

Ralph Moody wrote a wonderful series starting with Little Britches. The series is about a family of seven who moves from New Hampshire to a take up ranching in Colorado right after the 'hero' turns 8 years old in 1906. The father previously worked in the woolen mills and ruined his lungs. Of course none of them have ever seen the West, not to mention a horse.

Oh what a joy to revisit these favorites and watch a child's face as they discover them..

JKL2017

Thanks so much, Minus (& everyone else who responded). With so many choices I know I will find some great books for DGD! In the meantime I am flying through The Crooked Staircase. But why oh why does Dean Koontz keep killing or "adjusting" so many characters I like?????

JuliaJazz

Octo.  I agree that was a great book.  A friend gave it to me.  It is good to remember that we are not the only intelligent creatures on this earth.

pat01

Carole, I so enjoyed the dragon Tattoo series - I'd encourage you to read the 3rd, and now there is a 4th and 5th! A different author is continuing the series, I read the 4th The Girl in the Spiders Web, and just discovered there is a 5th I somehow missed, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye. Some controversy over the new author, but I found the book to be an enjoyable crime thriller read. I too read most of my books on kindle now, but do pick up the occasional paperback for beach reading.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_(novel_series)

badger

JKL2017, how about Anne of Green Gables for your 10-yo DGD? I loved those books as a girl.

MinusTwo

Oh yes Badger!! And Heidi.

TaRenee

JKL the kids at my elementary school were very into the Lemony Snickett series, Julie B. Jones, and the Goosebumps books were checked out all year. They also liked the Percy Jackson books. I got my kids started on The Sisters Grimm series. It’s a pretty good series based on fairy tales but not really fairy tales. Ronald Dahl has some great books too. There is also a fun series that starts with the book Gregor the Overlander. It’s kind of a twist on the Alice in wonderland but in a much more modern way.

Can’t tell that I love kids books can you. lol

JKL2017

Thanks so much, everyone. You've reminded me of many old favorites & suggested even more series that will hopefully become new favorites. I am going to enjoy reading many of these with her. Isn't it fun to introduce new generations to the joy of reading?

And for you Dean Koontz fans - book four of the Jane Hawk series (The Forbidden Door) is due out in October!

SandiBeach57

Here's a good one: The Lightkeeper's Daughters by Jean Pendziwol.

carolehalston

We have been watching BOSCH on Amazon tv. I just began reading a Bosch novel by Michael Connelly. It will be interesting to see if the book character matches the tv character.

SandiBeach57

Has anyone read The Alienist by Caleb Carr? The 10 part series on TNT was excellent. (A psychiatrist solving gruesome serial murders in late 1800s).

voraciousreader

sandi...The DH and I both read The Alienist. I HATED the book but felt obligated to read it...don’t ask me why...

That said....you want to read a fabulous series of historical fiction about New York? check out Beverly Swerling’s books beginning with City of Dreams....Amazing! She did fabulous research about New York and it shows on every page. Carr’sbooks...nothing burgers....

MinusTwo

Anybody read "Sing Unburied Sing" yet?

BTW Carole - Connelly is one of my favorites. And I think one of VR's husband's favorites too. Perfect reads while you're at the lake this summer

MarilynIllinois

Hi MinusTwo,

Yes, I've read "Sing Unburied Sing." I liked it a lot. Very absorbing and thought provoking. There are ghosts that play an integral part in the story.

MinusTwo

Thanks Marilyn. I've read a couple of reviews so knew about the ghosts. Looking forward to reading - but since I never buy new books, I'll put it on my list for the paperback.

Edited to say - it's not really the money. I believe in supporting my Indie bookstores. But hardbacks are too heavy for me to hold up anymore with some neuropathy & tendosynovitis.

pat01

Sandi, I went to read a description of The Lightkeeper's daughters, and the story sounds very familiar to me. I keep a list of books read, and this isn't on it, I'm wondering if this story of the delinquent girl helping the older woman was actually another book I've read. Or perhaps I just forgot to add it to my list!

SandiBeach57

Finishing Margaret Atwood's Handmaids Tale. Oh my. Need to order the DVD series to see if the show follows the book.

SandiBeach57

Hi, I just received 3 books: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan and The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan. Has anyone read these? Thoughts? Trying to decide which one to read first.

badger

Still #2 on the library wait list for new Jane Hawk. Meanwhile, picked up the new Ken Follett A Column of Fire. It's the third in series that started with The Pillars of the Earth.

InnaB2018

Hi, ladies. Try Outlander books by Diana Gabaldon. Pure escapism, great story and wonderful style.

voraciousreader

i am reading Lionel Schriver's new book of short stories and two novellas, Property. I am enjoying it

MinusTwo

VR - glad to see you. I think of you everything anyone mentions Lions - LOL.

Valstim52

I just gave my grandson a set of Nancy Drew Mysteries and Ellery Queen short stories. He is 10 and an avid reader. My daughter let me know they were mine when I was a young girl. I pulled them out of my old chest for her and my other kids.

So much for my memory.

Minus I love Anna Quinlan!!

Val

voraciousreader

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minus....i have two miniature, carved lions in my front garden.....most people ignore them and no one has ever made the association....the DH and my kids know why they are there and understand and appreciate their significance.....

I am happy to say that there are few things that bring more joy to my life than reading to my little grandson. I also marvel at how much he loves books. My heart bursts with joy as I watch him laugh at Mo Willem's humorous stories. As I read Green Eggs With Ham, I can close my eyes and feel young again, as I imagine reading to my own children. And, when his tiny hands cradle massive books that drop into my lap and he jumps up next to me and schrunches himself closely into my side, I know I am touching a piece of heaven on earth as i read to him.....

JKL2017

VoraciousReader, your post made me smile. I have a 4 year old granddaughter who loves to have me read to her. I think her first word was "Again" because she was never content hearing a story only once! Now she's also reading to me (putting her own unique spin on every book she "reads"). And you're absolutely right - it is a piece of heaven!

MinusTwo

My DS & DIL decided many years ago not to have children. I'm OK with that - except for the reading part. I have not been able to get rid of the children's books. Oh VR - I'm so jealous. Thanks for sharing. And JKL.

TaRenee

I got my Advanced Reader Copy of Willa of the Woods (Robert Beatty, who also writes the Serafina series). I’ve already read 6 chapters. And it’s testing week. Whew! But it sure is good