Guest blogging with me today: My 11 year old son, the Bookworm.
My reading list this summer is eclectic as always, and includes some of my staple authors, as well as some who are new to me.It also includes a ridiculous amount of YA books as I try to understand the workings of my oldest boy’s mind.
His list of recent-reads is my ‘to read’ list:
The entire Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.
The entire Temeraire Series by Naomi Novik. (I bought the first book for ME. He scammed it, and I haven’t been allowed near the rest of the books yet. The covers are ALL Amazing, btw.))
The Bartimeus Trilogy by Jonathon Stroud
The Seventh Tower series by Garth Nix (I need to add I have “Sabriel” By Garth Nix on my 
Fictionwise Wish List for myself)
Key to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix (I can’t possibly read this many books by one author in two months. I’ll be tired of him!)
Dragonlance books by Margaret Weis (These are MY books. Kid is just greedy! I also have a Weis book on my Fictionwise List.)
Two Minute Mysteries (ha! I read these when I was his age)
The Blue Girl by Charles deLint. (this is also MY book. I read it first, at least.)
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. (I have three others by him, but found the first one I read, years ago, sort of odd, and wasn’t going to try again. I will now, I guess, as Kiddo is raving about this book.)
The Septimus Heap Series (Magyk, Flyte…and two others) by Angie Sage.
He wants to read:
Godslayer (Jacqueline Carey. I haven’t read it, but my gut says it might be too Adult for him. Anyone who has read it, lemme know if it’s a kissing book?)
The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl)
Victory of Eagles (Naomi Novik)
(See a theme here, yet? If he enjoys a series, give him more books in it. Please, authors, for the love of all that’s holy, write faster, because the kid devours your books in a day. *ahem* rant over.)
The Vampirates Series. (which I’ve seen and thought was a silly title, but never imagined he’d want to read!)
The Starship Titanic. (co-authored by one of Monty Python’s members, how could I say ‘no’? 
)
I will have to continue my own list in a bit…my baby is awake.
Alright…for my list, I’ve just copied the first page of my Fictionwise bookshelves, as these are the top of my TBR Mountain. (there are two further pages):
The Dragon Pool [Hellboy Series] by Christopher Golden
The Demon Awakens and The Demon Spirit: Books I and II of The First DemonWars Saga by R. A. Salvatore
Green Rider by Kristen Britain
Magic Lost, Trouble Found [Raine Benares Series Book 1] by Lisa Shearin
Wraith [Zoe Martinique Series Book 1] by Phaedra Weldon
Nightkeepers by Jessica Andersen
Key to Conflict by Talia Gryphon
Children of Amarid [Lon Tobyn Chronicles Book 1] by David B. Coe
Eyes of Crow [Crow Series Book 1] by Jeri Smith-Ready
The Lost Continent Collection by Catherine Asaro
Matters of the Blood by Maria Lima
The Queen’s Bastard by C. E. Murphy
From a Whisper to a Scream [A Newford Series Novel] by Charles de Lint
The King of Hel by Grace Draven
Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard
Over the Edge [Troubleshooters Series] by Suzanne Brockmann
The Temple and the Stone [The Knights Templar Series Book 1] by Katherine Kurtz & Deborah Turner Harris
The First Betrayal [Chronicles of Josan Book 1] by Patricia Bray
The Sword of Shannara Trilogy [Sword of Shannara, Elfstones of Shannara, Wishsong of Shannara] by Terry Brooks
Armageddon’s Children by Terry Brooks
Cast in Secret [The Chronicles of Elantra Series Book 3] by Michelle Sagara
Blackness Tower by Lillian Stewart Carl
Clockwork Heart by Dru Pagliassotti
July 11th, 2008 at 10:25 am
LOL at “kissing book” I totally had a Princess Bride flashback!
July 11th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
OMG!! You have a TON of books. I’ve read a whole bunch of them. Big surprise, eh? LOL.
July 11th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I’m waiting to get the third Novik book from the library. I’m enjoying them a lot, even if there’s not much romance in them.
July 12th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Wow that’s a lot of books. Your son will absolutely love the Artemis Fowl series. I have the Septimus Heap series in my library but haven’t read it yet.