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From: AAngel at aol.com <AAngel>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:28:12 EDT
You've named some of my most favorite books from my childhood. I'm curious, have you re-read them? I ask because I just spent the first part of summer rereading Edgar Eager's Magic series. For those who learned to love a specific genre, I wonder how tastes evolved and why you think they have.
While I loved revisiting HALF MAGIC, I found the experience less magical then I recalled and I wondered why. Considering this. I realize that, in my own life, I read to grow without every intending that to happen. I recall an early college summer reading all of Tolkien's work and learning I wanted to be able to walk toward battle if I believed it was right. I recall being thrilled
to take a course in Early British lit because I'd be able to visit King Arthur's Court through poets; they were the ones who helped me understand I wasn't alone in a desire for a better world. Later, I found myself loving most magic realism because it offers promise in the most subtle moments. These days I'm looking at Holly Black's novels (TITHE and VALIENT) and loving them because they bring the magic of not quite formed humanity into perspective on a young adult level. They make me realize we all have the potential to make good decisions.
My best summers and all were spent going through stacks of books, as I look back, were those in which I sought escapist literature only to discover I'd made a connection to work that stirred and stirs my desire for a better future -- for me and for all.
So why do people pick up a summer read? And what do you consider to be your perfect summer read? I'm curious..... Ann Angel
> What books for children and teens do you think of when you
> hear "on
> vacation"?
>
As a child, I loved fantasy novels where a change of location -- usually in connection with a summer vacation -- led to discovery of another world. An oldie, long OP, is Dan Wickenden's _Amazing Vacation_; Edward Eager also used the concept in _Magic by the Lake_ and _The Time Garden_ (and twisted it in
_Seven-Day Magic_ and _Half Magic_, where a stay-at-home summer vacation becomes more exciting through the discovery of a magical artifact).
DAJ
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Received on Wed 06 Aug 2008 08:28:12 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:28:12 EDT
You've named some of my most favorite books from my childhood. I'm curious, have you re-read them? I ask because I just spent the first part of summer rereading Edgar Eager's Magic series. For those who learned to love a specific genre, I wonder how tastes evolved and why you think they have.
While I loved revisiting HALF MAGIC, I found the experience less magical then I recalled and I wondered why. Considering this. I realize that, in my own life, I read to grow without every intending that to happen. I recall an early college summer reading all of Tolkien's work and learning I wanted to be able to walk toward battle if I believed it was right. I recall being thrilled
to take a course in Early British lit because I'd be able to visit King Arthur's Court through poets; they were the ones who helped me understand I wasn't alone in a desire for a better world. Later, I found myself loving most magic realism because it offers promise in the most subtle moments. These days I'm looking at Holly Black's novels (TITHE and VALIENT) and loving them because they bring the magic of not quite formed humanity into perspective on a young adult level. They make me realize we all have the potential to make good decisions.
My best summers and all were spent going through stacks of books, as I look back, were those in which I sought escapist literature only to discover I'd made a connection to work that stirred and stirs my desire for a better future -- for me and for all.
So why do people pick up a summer read? And what do you consider to be your perfect summer read? I'm curious..... Ann Angel
> What books for children and teens do you think of when you
> hear "on
> vacation"?
>
As a child, I loved fantasy novels where a change of location -- usually in connection with a summer vacation -- led to discovery of another world. An oldie, long OP, is Dan Wickenden's _Amazing Vacation_; Edward Eager also used the concept in _Magic by the Lake_ and _The Time Garden_ (and twisted it in
_Seven-Day Magic_ and _Half Magic_, where a stay-at-home summer vacation becomes more exciting through the discovery of a magical artifact).
DAJ
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