Oh, just grow up!

I've been on an incredible Juvie Fantasy kick lately; since Thanksgiving I've read: The 4 Twilight books, Ender's Game (yes, as a geek it's unconscionable that I'd never read it, even though Orson Scott Card is a total nutcase), Wee Free Men (part of the Terry Pratchett Discworld series), Redwall, and A Wrinkle in Time. Oh, and I'm currently reading Eragon.

Now, part of this is because Peter has been assigned a project on Fantasy Worlds in school (yeah, yeah, not THOSE fantasy worlds, thank-you-very-much. These are 5th graders, so let's please keep our minds out of the gutter). He was assigned The Fellowship of the Ring, Wee Free Men, and Redwall, then also had to pick a 4th book to read (he picked Eragon). So, yeah, Juvie Fantasy has certainly been around my house for awhile.

And, to be honest, that was always a genre I liked, even back when I was the Juvie. One of my favorite series when I was a kid was Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series. And, yes, I was (am) a total Harry Potter geek, and I like the Bartemeus books, and I loved Watership Down....

I just couldn't make the jump to adult fantasy (with a few exceptions, and again, no comments from the peanut gallery please). I've read a couple of Star Wars books that I like, and I like Bradbury, and I read Snow Crash. And, yes, I suppose LOTR is actually a grown-up book, as are the Shanara books, which I also like.

But if I'm going for a genre (rather than a specific book), and I want a grown up book, I'm much more likely to go for a mystery than sci-fi or fantasy.

I'm not entirely sure what this says about me, but at the moment I'm having too much fun to worry about it overmuch!