In a matter of a few days, she has devoured Ferals. So, a reasonable person would believe that she'd choose one of the other 2 to read next. However, last night, she was her usual melodramatic and bored self. Her: Mama, help me find a good book to read.
Me: Uh, don't you have 2 other new books to read that we got?
Her: they're boring.
Me: What?
Her: I like my books to start out intriguing on the very first page and then go from there. I don't like them to start with "Hi. I'm here. There's a story coming but I have to give you all the boring details first."
I can't say I disagree with her. It took me 3 tries to finally push past the boring part of The Alienist, which I then ultimately enjoyed tremendously. I had to give her the "it's just like a TV show, give it three episodes" talk about books. We'll see if it works.
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I think it's Nancy Pearl who suggests giving a book (100-A) pages before you give up on it, where A is your age in years. The kid has a few years before she gets to put a book down right away if you follow that rule.
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