Post by wittzo on Nov 29, 2005 9:25:16 GMT -6
Magnolia is almost finished reading the 10th book in the "Series of Unfortunate Events" trixadecology. At least we assume there will be 13 books, since the plotpoints are coming to a head and each book has 13 chapters.
The kids were dissapointed in the movie when we saw it in the theater. Our youngest was pointing out all the inconsistencies with the books.
(One of) my 8 year old sons just finished the third Harry Potter book, "The Prisoner of Azkaban". He started the first one at the end of summer and read it in about two weeks. I can't wait to get the latest one in soft cover.
I successfully read "The Hobbit" to the boys, but "The Lord of the Rings" is a hard book to read out loud. They kept pointing out it's inconsistencies as well and got really confused. I'll let them read it for themselves like I did. "The Hobbit" will make for an great action flick because it doesn't have all the background history to worry about. Any background information is revealed as exposition to the main character, so you learn when Bilbo learns.
I just read the first two books in the Chronicles of Narnia, "The Magician's Nephew" which gives background information on the second book, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." "Nephew" was always meant to be the first book, but Lewis's publishers didn't let him do it that way. We learn how the wardrobe and the witch came to be and why there is a streetlight in the middle of the woods. It might help to read the "Nephew" before you go see the movie.
The kids were dissapointed in the movie when we saw it in the theater. Our youngest was pointing out all the inconsistencies with the books.
(One of) my 8 year old sons just finished the third Harry Potter book, "The Prisoner of Azkaban". He started the first one at the end of summer and read it in about two weeks. I can't wait to get the latest one in soft cover.
I successfully read "The Hobbit" to the boys, but "The Lord of the Rings" is a hard book to read out loud. They kept pointing out it's inconsistencies as well and got really confused. I'll let them read it for themselves like I did. "The Hobbit" will make for an great action flick because it doesn't have all the background history to worry about. Any background information is revealed as exposition to the main character, so you learn when Bilbo learns.
I just read the first two books in the Chronicles of Narnia, "The Magician's Nephew" which gives background information on the second book, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." "Nephew" was always meant to be the first book, but Lewis's publishers didn't let him do it that way. We learn how the wardrobe and the witch came to be and why there is a streetlight in the middle of the woods. It might help to read the "Nephew" before you go see the movie.