Subj : Kids books
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jul 25 2021 09:09:00

Hello JOE MACKEY!

** On Saturday 24.07.21 - 06:53, JOE MACKEY wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:

 JM>   Aug wrote --

 >> Consistent sellers are manga graphic novels (the ones you read
 >> back to front), Captain Underpants, Bad Guys, Dog Man, Wimpy
 >> Kid, Dork Diaries, The Princess in Black, Diary of an 8-Bit
 >> Warrior, the book series by Rick Riordan, the different series
 >> by Sarah Maas, and Cinda Williams Chima, and Victoria Aveyard,
 >> and Casandra Clare.

 JM>   Never heard of any of those.

Oh man, you *ARE* pretty old then!  LOL

Captain Underpants has been around for at least 15 years.

No matter.. You would certainly have heard of the above if you  
had kids.


 >> The Harry Potter series are a staple;

 JM>   That I've heard of.  Never read.

The books are not bad at all. The film, practically follows the  
book scene by scene.  It's fun quick read even for a grown-up.


 >> When there is an adaptation to a tv series, many people want to
 >> get a head start (or get "more to the story") and read the
 >> books.

 JM>   I know of fan fiction.

Fan fiction is something else.  I was referring to adaptations  
of books to film/tv.

When there is news of an adaption coming along, the interest  
for the book version increases - quite a bit.  For instance,  
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time is coming along to tv. The books  
have already been redesigned with new covers and increased  
prices. A new generation of people are therefore "discovering"  
the series all over again.
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