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Now that my son is in school, I’ve been wanting to
introduce him to some of the classic books that I read when I was
younger. The first book on the list was a no brainer: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, which has become a nightly read for the two of us.
Reading The Hobbit out loud has made me see the
book in a totally different light. Tolkien’s language is fantastic,
building up tension through a series of adventures as Bilbo, Gandalf,
and his dwarvish companions get into trouble and back out of it again.
It’s the perfect novel before bed — plenty of excitement, but most
importantly, plenty of cliffhangers to keep him waiting for me to read
it the next night.
For readers looking for something a little more recent, this year is a particularly good one,
and the next couple of months are particularly appealing, with March
and April bringing some highly-anticipated books. Here are 11 science
fiction and fantasy (and one related nonfiction) books to check out in
the first half this month:
Source: The Verge
