Mom in High Heels Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Indy finished the last book in The Kane Chronicles series (Rick Riordan) and is suffering a bout of depression! He loved those books and has been moping around the house for days. I totally get it, as I've been sad when I finished a good book (or series), but do other kids do this too? The next set of books he was going to start on were the Seven Wonders books, but only 2 of them are out yet, so I'm thinking maybe we'll wait on those and start on Heroes of Olympus since there are 4 of those out and RR is pretty good about cranking them out. Indy would really like to read more books with the Egyptian pantheon, but I can't find any. Does anyone know of any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Dd does get sad, yes. It isn't about the pantheons but the Artemis Fowl books by Eoin Colfer might be a nice distraction and are for the same age. They are finished so no books to wait on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 My oldest does. In fact, she purposefully avoids some books that she would like to read because they are a series. She gets so invested in the characters sometimes and she definitely feels rather sad when it's over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Not so much series, but there have been a few books. DD the Elder wept when she finished The Neverending Story because she would never be able to read it for the first time again. (Fixed title... don't know what the heck I was thinking....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torikei Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I'm strange because I grieve before I read the last book in the series. I cried when I received the last book in a Wheel of Time series. I'd been reading the series for twenty plus years. I couldn't touch it at first. The thought of reading it made me too sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicianmom Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Yes. Oh, the wailing and gnashing of teeth the day dd finished Jo's Boys. She also gets mad at me when a book doesn't have a sequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I'm strange because I grieve before I read the last book in the series. I cried when I received the last book in a Wheel of Time series. I'd been reading the series for twenty plus years. I couldn't touch it at first. The thought of reading it made me too sad. I waited a few months to read the last WoT book as well. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I can't say DD gets sad, since she usually just starts from the beginning again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Well, DS wouldn't read the last book in the Redwall series because Brian Jacques died before it was published (but after it was finished). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Yes. My dc has not finished House of Hades, and is a speed reader. Doesn't want it to end, and has 3 books going, and keeps switching out. It makes me smile. Yesterday dc whispered, "stop reading, stop reading." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimtaxi234 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Penderwick series When I read this thread title, I immediately thought about the Penderwick books. So far, there are only 3 books in the series, but they are so charming that my daughter and I are always sad when we have to say good-bye to the characters until we meet them again. We re-read the series once a year and we share our happiness and tears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Yes, they do and not just series, stand alone books, too. They get it from their mommy. ;-) When DS#1 was younger, sometimes he'd finish a book and turn right back to the beginning to start over bc he didn't want to give up the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Oh absolutely! Dd gets very emotional about her books, her characters, and her shows. From my dd's pinterest page: Caption: I think I'm ready now. And this girl I think may be dd's hero: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/311100286730313198/ Anyway, dd commiserates on Pinterest with all her followers. It's therapeutic....and hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Yes, they do and not just series, stand alone books, too. They get it from their mommy. ;-) When DS#1 was younger, sometimes he'd finish a book and turn right back to the beginning to start over bc he didn't want to give up the story. One of mine insists they read all of the HP books 10x each. Even my dh has read Hunger Games multiple times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 One of mine insists they read all of the HP books 10x each. Even my dh has read Hunger Games multiple times. I think DD's Narnia audio boxed set might eventually explode from overuse -- not that I know how CD's degrade. Does Patrick Stewart's voice start to go up pitch like on old cassettes, or is it something more dramatic like the laser burns a groove in the disk? Prob neither. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 My oldest doesn't yet. But I do. "What will I give her to read now?!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I think DD's Narnia audio boxed set might eventually explode from overuse -- not that I know how CD's degrade. Does Patrick Stewart's voice start to go up pitch like on old cassettes, or is it something more dramatic like the laser burns a groove in the disk? Prob neither. Our cassette version of Deathly Hallows finally bit the dust. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Yes, so much so that my eldest won't finish the last book in favorite series. Me, not so much. It probably helped with the sadness factor that my favorite series had really gone downhill by the final book #39. Wait, did I just say that?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Our cassette version of Deathly Hallows finally bit the dust. ;) You have a cassette player??? I'm in awe. :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 One of my ds gets sad when he finishes ANYTHING that wasn't just something quick and easy. Books, TV series, events, vacations, plays he's in, holidays, sleepovers, you name it. Some of it makes sense, but some of it kind of doesn't. But I get it. Endings are sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Even I get sad, but with DD, she'll reread it again and again....and again. Did you just hear me loudly sigh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I do. I live in the world of the book, and am sometimes loathe to leave. I remember the very first time that happened--I learned to read in first grade with a series featuring "Mary, Mike, and Jeff." I clearly remember asking my teacher, when we finished all the readers, why there weren't more books about them! I apparently didn't realize we had many, many other choices in reading material! At least there's comfort in knowing those worlds are still accessible, unlike some of the IRL places of my childhood that no longer exist, like the woods near my home that were bulldozed to create land for more houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I remember that I waited for years to read The Last Battle. I believe the back of the book said enough to know it was the end of Narnia--and I did NOT want to read that! And I think it was okay to be a bit older for the themes in that book--I was probably a teenager when I finally read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Oh absolutely! Dd gets very emotional about her books, her characters, and her shows. From my dd's pinterest page: Caption: I think I'm ready now. And this girl I think may be dd's hero: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/311100286730313198/ Anyway, dd commiserates on Pinterest with all her followers. It's therapeutic....and hilarious. Hm...I never did read a new book with a french chef knife. That might get some uninterrupted reading time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 I remember that I waited for years to read The Last Battle. I believe the back of the book said enough to know it was the end of Narnia--and I did NOT want to read that! And I think it was okay to be a bit older for the themes in that book--I was probably a teenager when I finally read it. I would have been destroyed if I had waited years only for it to end the way it did. :huh: It is not my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 Glad to see Indy isn't the only one. *I* get depressed when I leave the world I'm reading about, but to see Indy so depressed was both sad and a little heartening. I loved that he got so into the books that he really immersed himself in the characters and the world. I remember the wait for the HP books was excruciating. I went to all the midnight releases and sat up all night reading for books 5-7. I even hired a sitter when 5 came out (James Bond was in Iraq) so I could go get my book. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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