madteaparty Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) I tell DS he has no time to read for fun (really, he has approx 200 pages a week to read for his classes) but he insists (!!). He asks me to procure his fun reading but what's fun for me isn't fun for him I imagine :) Last stuff he read for fun and enjoyed was And then there were none (but NOT Murder on Orient Express) and Ready Player One and Never Let Me Go. He said A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich was ok. I ordered some more Stephen King and...what else? Edited October 17, 2017 by madteaparty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 For fun reading, my 12 year old son mostly reads Pokemon, Minecraft or other video game manuals, Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes or other comic strips. He likes really "light" reading when it's purely for fun. Although some of his assigned reading would be classified as fun too. He just finished Lord of the Rings. Now he's reading The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Light reading for fun for our DSs at that age was not something heavy and adult like Never Let Me Go or A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich -- neither of those is light reading to ME as an older adult ! ! :eek: Very similar to Where's Toto: at age 12, for relaxation reading, DSs here still enjoyed Calvin and Hobbes, plus a few other cartoon collections, such as Foxtrot. They each had different interests, so one enjoyed mini-mystery collections, and the other was still enjoying Ranger Rick magazines and also the Ranger's Apprentice series. Both really enjoyed video game manuals/cheat books, and some Popular Science magazine articles. And the quarterly Brick Journal, which is for Lego lovers of all ages. They both also enjoyed: - Artemis Fowle series - Percy Jackson and the Olympian series - Harry Potter series Based on you saying your DS enjoyed Ready Player One (RPO): - Armada (also by RPO author Ernest Cline) - Alex Rider series (Horowitz) - the Bromeliad trilogy: Diggers, Truckers, Wings (Pratchett) - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Adams) - The Martian (Weir) - I Robot (Asimov) - The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury) - Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bradbury) - Dune (Herbert) Also possibly: - Below the Root (Snyder) - House of Stairs (Sleator) Also just thought of Wodehouse on Crime, a collection of PG Wodehouse short stories all loosely based around a "crime" (such as stealing another person's mystery novel after loosing your own copy to find out how it ends). If your son enjoys Wodehouse's writing with the Wooster and Jeeves series, pretty much any Wodehouse will be enjoyable. Don't know how adult the content is, but Overlord (Maruyama) sounds somewhat similar to RPO. What about some content-appropriate graphic novels? For semi-horror, the Midnighters series by Scott Westerfeld was pretty intriguing. Edited October 17, 2017 by Lori D. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear (and other Moers books)Ranger's ApprenticeTolkien's booksFablehaven (and other Mull books)Wingfeather Saga seriesND Wilson's books (100 Cupboards, Ashtown Burials, etc.)Gregor the Underlander seriesEragon seriesThe Chronicles of Imaginarium GeographicaGK Chesterton's fiction Edited October 17, 2017 by JudoMom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosika Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 One of mine loved Louis L'Amour. A librarian recommended it, and we were all kind of weary because it's not a genre any of us would normally gravitate towards, but he LOVED them. They were so easy to find at libraries and used book stores, too. He also liked the guy who wrote The Firm a million years ago ... mind blank ... southern guy, I think, easy adult reading. Another one liked Dean Koontz, but he's sitting right here and says they're hit or miss - some are great, some are really out there and weird. He think someone who likes Stephen King would find Dean Koontz to be worth a try. My daughter is only 12, but she really enjoys alternate history books by Harry Turtledove. I just have to remind her that it's ALTERNATE history! I'm paranoid she's going to get confused and really think some of the plot lines are real history. LOL All of my kids could lose themselves for hours in a Far Side or Garfield comic book, too. And they often do :) I used to object, but Calvin & Hobbes is actually kind of clever and smart as well so we have several copies of those books around. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 One of mine loved Louis L'Amour. A librarian recommended it, and we were all kind of weary because it's not a genre any of us would normally gravitate towards, but he LOVED them. They were so easy to find at libraries and used book stores, too. He also liked the guy who wrote The Firm a million years ago ... mind blank ... southern guy, I think, easy adult reading. Another one liked Dean Koontz, but he's sitting right here and says they're hit or miss - some are great, some are really out there and weird. He think someone who likes Stephen King would find Dean Koontz to be worth a try. My daughter is only 12, but she really enjoys alternate history books by Harry Turtledove. I just have to remind her that it's ALTERNATE history! I'm paranoid she's going to get confused and really think some of the plot lines are real history. LOL All of my kids could lose themselves for hours in a Far Side or Garfield comic book, too. And they often do :) I used to object, but Calvin & Hobbes is actually kind of clever and smart as well so we have several copies of those books around. The Firm= John Grisham. :) Dh loved him back in the 90s, so I have read them all too. They made great movies too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicJen Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 My son reads a wide range of books for fun. He loves Diary of a Wimpy Kid but right now he's reading Steven King's 11-22-63. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 My son reads a wide range of books for fun. He loves Diary of a Wimpy Kid but right now he's reading Steven King's 11-22-63. DS is a King fan and even though I promised I'd stop censuring books at 13 I "forgot" to order The Shining for him (got some of the short stories instead, per a thread in here). He has read It and seen the movie so maybe it's ok. How is your kid liking 11-22-63? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicJen Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 DS is a King fan and even though I promised I'd stop censuring books at 13 I "forgot" to order The Shining for him (got some of the short stories instead, per a thread in here). He has read It and seen the movie so maybe it's ok. How is your kid liking 11-22-63? He says he's loving it! He loves history and he loves time travel so it's a great combination. I already had it on audible from when I used to listen to audible books while nursing the baby, and after he read a different time travel type book it occurred to me he might like 11-22-63, and he hurries to his room in the evening to start listening again every night. This is a kid who last year was reading phobic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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