tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522986550317516325.post658150528177568857..comments2013-06-01T12:03:11.462-05:00Comments on The Raconteur Daddy: On the Last Bastion of Original StorytellingThe Raconteur Daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889981141376889830noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522986550317516325.post-50731085671407471382011-03-11T09:31:42.391-06:002011-03-11T09:31:42.391-06:00I am really, really REALLY going to need your help...I am really, really REALLY going to need your help when Eli gets to YA Fiction age. All the books look the same (cheesy) and I may not have the strength to read them to find out if they are worthwhile . . .<br /><br />Let's see here . . . as a kid I really liked: Tolkien and CS Lewis (which have of course stood the test of time); the Hardy Boys (which, at least the Dixon ones, are still fairly good even at my old age); more serious, classic, historical YA Fiction ('The King's Fifth' by Scott O'Dell was my favorite book for years - I just bought it to reread but I expect that all the history I've read in the intervening 20 years will only make me enjoy it more) . . .Eric John Nieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511827871081779462noreply@blogger.com