Future SK readers

[Riot87]

Do your kids read Stephen King as well (if you have them) if so what age do you think is best to start letting them read his books?


I am hoping Jonelle and my son will like his stories in the future as much as i do.

 

[ghost19]

My son read "The Eyes of the Dragon" and liked it quite a bit. He's got "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" on his Nook reader, but he hasn't gotten to it yet. He's currently obsessed by some series called "Vampirates"...He's read 5 out of the 6 books so far. I'm just thrilled he likes to read, although he usually reads lying on his back, cross ways on his bed with his feet all the way up on the wall, which looks, murderously uncomfortable to me....strange kid....I have to let him get a bit older before tackling some of Mr. King's other books....

 

[Riot87]

Thats great Ghost19

 

[Grandpa]

My wife and kids are inveterate readers. 75% of them read and enjoy Stephen King.

 

[fushingfeef]

I think I'll wait a few more years before I introduce Jillian to Eyes of the Dragon and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, maybe when she's around 11 or so.

 

[Shoesalesman]

My teenage daughter doesn't read anything but CD liner notes these days.

 

[fljoe0]

My son read "The Eyes of the Dragon" and liked it quite a bit. He's got "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" on his Nook reader, but he hasn't gotten to it yet. He's currently obsessed by some series called "Vampirates"...He's read 5 out of the 6 books so far. I'm just thrilled he likes to read, although he usually reads lying on his back, cross ways on his bed with his feet all the way up on the wall, which looks, murderously uncomfortable to me....strange kid....I have to let him get a bit older before tackling some of Mr. King's other books....

I used to read like that when I was a kid.

 

[ghost19]

I used to read like that when I was a kid.

I just leave him be when he's reading. He pretty much zones out when he reads, which I completely understand.

 

[skimom2]

Yep, my three oldest read him. I think my oldest started with IT when he was about 13, DD#1 started with Salem's Lot when she was about the same age, and DD#2 started with Eyes of the Dragon when she was 11 or so. LilMan is just 8, so he's almost to Eyes age--give him a year or two. I love seeing which books they choose as favorites: oldest currently picks Under the Dome (which I found difficult--then again, he likes alien stories & I yawn at them ), #1 wavers between Salem's Lot and Dolores Claiborne, and #3 is stuck on Eyes (though IT comes a close second!).

Mr. King and his thoughts and opinions are tossed about here like he was a favorite uncle--lol. "Stephen King said…" is a common phrase and his opinion bears weight: if not for his rec, "The Hunger Games" (amongst other books) might not have gotten a read, and that would be a loss (even if the last book was a clinker).

We are hardcore nerds--HAHAHAHA!

 

[king family fan]

My children who are grown now. Don't really read alot but do actually read SK.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...my boys aren't big readers, but the oldest one-when he read, it was ONLY King...and he thanked me for being a fan boy...

 

[GNTLGNT]

My wife and kids are inveterate readers. 75% of them read and enjoy Stephen King.

...damn, I gotta slow down reading these posts!...I got that as "invertebrate readers"....

 

[Kurben]

Well... Have no children to spread the habit to. My two best friends are childless as well (just writing this makes me wonder if i'm going around spreading some kind of airborn infertility disease without knowing it. I gotta put a break on my imagination somehow!!). They both like the dark tower put hasn't really got in to the rest of his authorship. My friends girlfriend has her birthday nex month. She is a nut for Zombies, loves The Walking dead show and so on. I have given her World war Z and The Passage previously and am planning to give her Cell this year. Might be an entrance into Kings world for her. I am doing my best to spread the gospel.