tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post5398434388876242354..comments2023-11-18T03:15:19.102-06:00Comments on Straight From Hel: Do Teenage Boys Read?Helen Gingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-76193878235624463762008-11-19T17:52:00.001-06:002008-11-19T17:52:00.001-06:00Oh yeah, sorry guys for being so quiet. My hotel d...Oh yeah, sorry guys for being so quiet. My hotel didn't have internet connection. But I'm baaaacck.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-14905553210278037232008-11-19T17:52:00.000-06:002008-11-19T17:52:00.000-06:00Love your comment, Mark, of hiding it from mom.I h...Love your comment, Mark, of hiding it from mom.<BR/><BR/>I have one son, grown now, but he was and is a big reader and he fits this article's author. He likes and liked adventure, comics, anime, fantasy. But he also is an avid reader of philosophy, history and biographies.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-10341348069160674492008-11-19T17:47:00.000-06:002008-11-19T17:47:00.000-06:00The teen boy really sounds on target to teen boy t...The teen boy really sounds on target to teen boy tastes, or at least that was my experience as a teen boy who read. I loved Robert E. Howard, and science fiction with a lot of adventure. And comic books, of course. And sports books. Without comic books and the encouragement of my father and grandmother (who gave me her hardback editions of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer) I might not have been much of a reader. I thank my father, though, for an interest in history and nonfiction, which I also read. I loved biographies. My favorite was about Winston Churchill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-59542447157278601522008-11-19T15:41:00.000-06:002008-11-19T15:41:00.000-06:00I don't have any children, but I remember when I w...I don't have any children, but I remember when I was in high school I liked reading Dick Francis mysteries. I don't know if any teenage guys are interested in his books these days.<BR/><BR/>Morgan Mandel<BR/>http://morganmandel.blogspot.com<BR/>http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.comMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-28713547059244181412008-11-19T10:56:00.000-06:002008-11-19T10:56:00.000-06:00I have a 16-year old son. Yes, he has his video ga...I have a 16-year old son. Yes, he has his video games and his IPod, but he also reads. Currently, he is burning his way through the Redwall series. He's also read some of my Burroughs' Mars books. He's in an Advanced Placement language arts class, and is reading The Great Gatsby, which he's not really enjoying, but he did love To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men. I read the first line of Cannery Row to him the other night and he pronounced it "sweet".<BR/><BR/>So, yes, some teenage boys do read. They are as diverse as adults in their reading habits.Gayle Carlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783449240138097315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-56172116026287410772008-11-19T10:31:00.000-06:002008-11-19T10:31:00.000-06:00I really don't see teen fiction as being that diff...I really don't see teen fiction as being that different from adult fiction. I preferred more fantasy and adventure as a teen than I do now. I recall reading a lot of Edgar Rice Burroughs and historical tales by Frank Yerby. I also know that most of us had books we kept under our mattress, but for the most part they were not dirty books. Manfiction, mostly--e.g. Richard S. Prather with a somewhat lascivious cover.<BR/><BR/>My oldest son got turned on to Jurassic Park and my youngest by Ursula K LeGuin stories.<BR/><BR/>I think the way to get teen boys to read is to put a racy cover on some high adventure and tell them to hide it from Mom.Mark Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746027017657987261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-61173244025055798822008-11-19T10:13:00.000-06:002008-11-19T10:13:00.000-06:00I have a 6 year old who is just starting to read s...I have a 6 year old who is just starting to read so I'm going to extrapolate... He already likes police procedurals, horror/paranormal (ghosts, mummies, monsters), science fiction (anything with robots), superheros and fantasy. Books he has enjoyed Alice in Wonderland, the Bunnicula series, Wee Three Men among others that are slipping my mind right now.pussrebootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167235847991793325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-70586963638739441542008-11-19T09:18:00.000-06:002008-11-19T09:18:00.000-06:00My experience with teen boys and their reading hab...My experience with teen boys and their reading habits is nearly nil and I've seen few of them reading, unfortunately. It seems that computers and video games have taken the place of books. Hopefully the uniqueness of hand held e-book readers has captured their interests.Jean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32918125.post-79867928563944457842008-11-19T08:22:00.000-06:002008-11-19T08:22:00.000-06:00I have a teenage nephew who is an avid reader. And...I have a teenage nephew who is an avid reader. And I swear to god, his reply to me when I asked him about what he likes and does not like about male teen fiction was almost VERBATIM to this young fellow's!!!<BR/><BR/>Hit the head right on the nail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com