Good Reads Library
And While We Are On Kids Books....
Since I'm ranting about such things this week, I for one am NOT waiting with baited breath for "The Empire Strikes Back"--excuse me--"Eldest" by Christopher Paolini to make its fall debut.
I still cannot get over how so many intelligent, well read adults can be taken in by a re-do of Star Wars with some dragons and Tolkienish names thrown in.
Whatever happened to reading books CRITICALLY?
I guess when you've got a book written by a weirdly homeschooled teenager and published by his parents, you've got a great built in publicity campaign. So none of those other little things count.
Like writing skills that reach above those in a Bulwer-Lytton ("It was a dark and stormy night") Fiction Contest entry. Plot skills that go beyond lifting various bits from movies and books and slapping them together.
Oh, and characters that are YOUR own, instead of being ripped off from said movies and books. Characters that go beyond cardboard stock figures.
But I guess when you can market a book like this and make millions and garner lots of articles about your young author, why bother with things like that?
What DO I think your kids could be reading in the fantasy line? So glad you asked. I'll have some of my favorites--old and new--in my next post.
