good reading
Thanks to Nikki's post and Zarah's numerous suggestions, Dylan and I have been able to settle down to a few good books. There's unbelievably awful stuff mixed in with the good at the young people's section, and sometimes it just gets bloody trying to find the good stuff. I do the search largely because I'm the one who has to do the reading, and I just can't do it if a book is terrible. Nice pictures help too. I don't require a lesson or moral, though it's quite useful, I just need a stretch of imagination, a dose of creativity, and a good story wouldn't hurt too much. Is that too much to ask for? Apparently, these days.While other moms are busy buying The English Roses or Mr. Peabody's Apples (books have to be celebrity too?!), I just wonder what happened to all the wonderful kinds of books that I used to find in bookshops when I was a kid - you know, the ones with amazing stories and unforgettable characters? Still there I'm sure, but getting harder to get to as you push aside the other books posing as children's stories. Everybody seems to think writing for children is easy. It's probably why the good books are few and far between the other shelf fillers.
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