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Last year we had the best time reading the final Harry Potter book aloud before bedtime while camping. Of course, Harry is no more but I would love to be able find a similiar type book to continue this 'new' tradition.
We will be camping for ten days in the mountains...I have four children from ages four to fourteen to keep interested and they (and my dh and I) love fantasy, sci-fi and the like.
I was thinking about reading the first Wheel of Time book to them, that was a great read! And the book is certainly long enough to last ten days. But, I've already read it and it would be cool to read something new for me too
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!!
Funny, now that you mention it, I haven't read anything new I like lately, and I'm a fantasy-reader too (plus magical realism, myth, etc!)
So I'm probably going over old ones you've all already read, but here are my votes:
I always loved Piers Anthony--the old Xanth novels are fantasy with plenty of silly humour for the kids, and you could take a stack of them. And speaking of old, Anne McCaffrey was always good, but you'd have to be able to sing and ad-lib tunes!
Would you want to revisit Narnia or Lord of the Rings? If your kids only know the film versions, the beauty of the written version is something special.
Neil Gaiman's another favourite of mine, especially Good Omens and his latest (Stardust? how embarassing to not remember the title!)
Weiss & Hickman's Death Gate Cycle: great storytelling, plus plenty of characters for kids to identify with or laugh at.
Charles de Lint? Like HP, he's got a nifty blend of real world + magic.
My teenage daughter burns through books in this genre, and has loads more time to read than I---I'll ask her in the morning if she's read anything great lately.
('cause I'm looking up at my list and thinking, geez, what an antique....! )
I would like to thank everyone for their suggestions! As it turned out, we found the first Wheel of Time book by Robert Jordan at a used bookstore while on vacation and read that. It was great! All the kids enjoyed it, and it really helped to make the 12 hour car ride home bearable. I would recommend it for families who are missing Harry Potter.
Thanks again!
I hear that James Patterson, who wrote numerous murder mysteries (some made into movies) is now writing adventure books for kids & teens. Evidently they are good enough to keep parents engaged too, and families are reading them together.
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