I love books. I really love books. I want a house full of books. A big huge library house. As a kid I read books prolificly (fuck knows if I spelt that right) … I have a huge bookshelf full of books overflowing the shelves they sat on. I was reading at the age of a 12 year old when I was 7. I immersed myself in books to escape, to enter worlds only seen in dreams, creatures such as dragons which have always fascinated me.
I encourage my little one to read, to get his hands dirty planting herbs, to explore things with his mind. He’s become quite the creative, imaginary sort with incredible tales to tell. I buy him books alot, a book is special to him, he looks after his books. When he’s older I have series of books I am saving to read to him or allow him to hide away and disappear into a world of fantasy when he wants to read them himself.
One of the series I am enjoying and collecting Christopher Paolini’s …” Inheritance Trilogy Series” … Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr … and apparently a fourth book is being written even though Trilogy normally means three lol.
I think he’ll love these books, he loves dragons, and hell I love the books. And even moreso I’ll love sharing the adventures and the journey of the story with him. Brisingr so far seems like a good book and very much in line with the previous two books. Brisingr has only just come out on NZ bookshelves, last weekend I believe was “run in the store and buy the book” day … hehe like a good nerd I did *grin* I now want the hardcover set cause it’s purdy lol.
Now off to do a little more research on the Terry Prachett books hehe…
mina
on Sep 29th, 2008
@ 03:59:
I would HIGHLY recommend reading the “dragonrider’s series” by Anne McCaffrey. She is my absolute favorite. I have a feeling that Christopher had inspiration from her books.
vanimp
on Sep 29th, 2008
@ 08:52:
I have always seen her books but never read one yet, thanks Mina I will go and source a couple and highly likely collect them too lol. x
Dragonmage
on Sep 29th, 2008
@ 13:47:
I haven’t read these books, but I really wasn’t impressed with the movie (yeah, I know, not a good way to decide.
) Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonrider books are fun. I have most of them in e-book (no space for dead tree editions)
vanimp
on Sep 29th, 2008
@ 13:52:
Nooo the movie sux big time … it’s hideous, it leaves far too much of the storyline out, without reading the book you wouldn’t see all the small underlying things of the tale. And the ending is completely different. Read the book … even better read it to your girls hehe x