If I want to be a children's writer I need to read more modern children's literature. So I decided to do a reading list for this year. I'm setting a target of 25 books for this year. Now I may read more but I do read quite slowly and not as often as I would like. Here's the list in its full glory, though not in any partcular order.
NB: Current book - Swallows and Amazons (a book I've wanted to read since I was a kid and never got around to it)
1. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
2. Beast Quest: Book 1 - Ferno the Fire Dragon
3. Dance with Dragons (released July - can't wait!)
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
5. Inheritence (released September)
6. The Subtle Knife
7. The Complete Spiderwick Chronicles
8. The Edge Chronicles - Beyond the Deepwood
9. The Bromliad
10. Assassins Apprentice
11. Royal Assassin
12. Assassin's Quest
13. How to Train Your Dragon
14. The Amulet of Samarkind
15. Tom Trineheart and the Land of Dark Stories
16. Inkdeath
17. Brisingr
18. The BFG
19. The Wyrmling Horde - Sum of All Men
20. The Warcraft Anthology
21. Tales From Earthsea (this book is really four stories in one and I have read the first)
22. Warlock of Firetop Mountain (technically an adventure book, but I want to return to the books of my childhood).
23. The Subtle Knife
24. Scott Pilgrim: Book 4
25. Scott Pilgrim: Book 5 (yes these last two are graphic novels but I still need to read them)
Well there you have it readers; my mammoth reading list for 2011. These will hopefully open my mind up so I can write some more.
P.S. I am currently working on my top 50 films of all time. This list will be up shortly and I'm sure I'll have some controversal titles.
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