My husband can read, as is obvious by his possession of one high school diploma and a heap of paintball magazines stashed in the bathroom cabinets; but he doesn't do it very often.
He read the Harry Potter series, he plowed through The Hunger Games in about 24 hours, and he's read quite a bit by Patrick McManus...but that comprises the entire list of books I've seen him read since we got married eleven years ago.
I once suggested that he read Twilight, because his brother did and seemed to like it. I won't tell you which one, because I don't want to embarrass anyone.
Andrew's response to that suggestion was to flip me the bird and remind me that he isn't bi-curious.
When we moved about a month ago we decided not to get satellite or cable TV. We thought it would be good for the kids to learn to entertain themselves otherwise. But poor Andrew has been bored and having moody spells over basketball games that he has not been able to watch.
He keeps telling me that he wants TV, and I keep telling him to read a book.
But he doesn't know what book to read.
So we need suggestions. Man-type books, preferably. Nothing by Stephanie Meyer or Danielle Steele or one of the guys from Queer Eye For the Straight Guy. I need man books. With a PG-13 rating.
My boys loved the Animorph series. Also the Redwall books. Good luck!
ReplyDeletehuger games?? it's a series and it's the rage.
ReplyDeleteTry "A Train to Potevka". It's a good man-book to have on the shelf because it's about spies, is a fast read, and is *mostly* true. "Touching the Void" and "Into Thin Air" are pretty harrowing, but definitely more involved. Fantasy..."Lord of the Rings"? And "Princess Bride" reads more manly than it sounds! We didn't have TV reception for a few years and actually watched the entire 2008 Summer Olympics in complete fuzz before we decided that by the next Winter Olympics we wanted to see colors and faces.
ReplyDeleteSteven King? Dan Brown? John Saul?
ReplyDeleteAnything by Jeffrey Archer!
ReplyDeleteBrian (who is not a big reader either) loves Clive Cussler. The best part is there are tons of his books at the library and most are on CDs. Often he will still be in the car after he gets home because he wanted to finish the chapter.
ReplyDeleteBrian loves Clive Cussler. They are very manly books and adventureous. The best part is they are found at the libray and most have a CD edition too. Often Brian will still be in the car after he gets home finishing the chapter!
ReplyDeleteTell him to pick up some Neil Gaiman novels. Neverwhere is a good one to start off with. Followed by Stardust (not to be confused with that horrific movie), American Gods and Anansi Boys. He also cowrote with Terry Pratchett a novel calls Good Omens. He is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteAnd one cannot go wrong with David Sedaris.
I meant to say a novel called not a novel calls. Criminy.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge Stephen King fan, however, Eyes of the Dragon (a book he wrote for his daughter) is a good one. My brothers count that as one of their favorite books now.
If he liked Hunger Games, have him read The Maze Runner series by James Dashner. Also, Eric's favorite books are the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. And I second the Dan Brown suggestion.
ReplyDeleteI second Clive Cussler books - very manly, adventure type books. And most of them have something to do with water/underwater/boat type stuff, which Andrew likes because of fishing so - you know, sorta relatable.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Michael Crichton (sp?) those are also attention grabbers. :)