Daniel-X is my new hero.
I LOVE James Patterson. Ever since my sister got me turned onto his writing, I’ve been ravenous to read anything new that comes out. While I was pregnant with Zachary, I went back and read every single Cross series book. I’ve read all of the Women’s Murder Club series. I’ve read most of the books he’s written that aren’t in those 2 series. I LOVE his writing. I love reading in general, though.
My son Anthony, though – he’s a different story. He’s always looked at reading as a necessary and unpleasant CHORE. The only thing I’ve ever gotten him to read that he enjoyed was the Treehouse series of books, and to be honest, those were quite a few levels below what should be his level of reading. But nothing ever engaged him enough to want to read.
Until The Dangerous Days of Daniel-X.
Daniel-X is James Patterson’s newest brainchild. Geared towards “young adults” as well as their parents, it held my NON-reader’s attention from page 1 till the end of the book – which he got to within DAYS!
The story and James Patterson’s writing style (short chapters, lots of description) kept him engaged virtually every waking hour. He kept coming to me to tell me the latest that he’d read and his ideas about what might happen next. He hadn’t even finished the book and was asking me about the next one.
I think that any book that can engage a kid’s imagination like that – and inspire him to then make up more stories when he goes outside to play with friends – inventing different scenarios, etc. is worth its weight in gold.
When that SAME book can also entertain the parent? PRICELESS!
Special thanks to MomCentral and MotherTalk for the opportunity to review this book!
