[LM_NET] Gen: What are you reading?....better late than never

[Holly Gillum <exlibrishg@YAHOO.COM>]

Good Morning, All!
   
  I've just been introduced to the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyers.  I am 
HOOKED!  I've only read the first - can't get my hands on 2 or 3 now, as they are 
on forever-long waiting lists.  I'm going to Amazon them from me, to me for 
Christmas!  
   
  I am an elementary LMS, and certainly can't justify them in any way for my 
library.  Due to that limitation, I often limit my young adult reading to what I'd 
purchase for my kids.  Don't get me wrong, I read voraciously as an adult - adult 
novels, but I've missed the whole YA development.
   
  When I was a kid, we had S.E. Hinton or Danielle Steel - there weren't many 
in-betweens for recreational reading.  (Yes, I know there are plenty of classics 
such as Fitzgerald and the like for teens, but I mean REALLY recreational...)  I 
don't mean to insult anyone or any literature.  I just had difficulty finding that 
escapist literature I loved then - and today.
   
  I couldn't believe the development and integrity of the stories at this level!  
It's like a whole new world has been opened to me.  I never expected a teen book to 
hold my 35 yr. old interest, yet I read it in under 3 hrs.  I literally couldn't 
put it down.
   
  Having said all of that, can anyone recommend other great teen reads such as 
this?  They don't have to be paranormal - just good stories.  I truly, honestly 
don't know where to start.  Like I said, I can recommend books for 4th grade and 
under, or for adult & above, but nothing in the middle.  Any great reads you can 
recommend will be appreciated.  I have some young readers in my Sunday School class 
- one of whom recommended Twilight.  I'd love to be able to connect with them on 
another level.  And, I need something to read until I get my Twilight set it!
   
  Have a great day!
  HG
   


Holly Gillum, LMS
  Anderson Elementary
  Crossett, AR 71635
  exlibrishg@yahoo.com
   
  "Reading gives you some place to go when you have to stay where you are."  ~Mason 
Cooley

       
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