Although I branched out and found a bunch of authors I liked, I still starting running out of new things to read again.
So how did I solve this problem? Goodreads.com came to my rescue!
A couple summers ago, my mom took my brother and me on a trip to visit family. Dad hates traveling and probably also couldn't really get the time off, so it was just the three of us. To help my brother and me out with killing time at the airport and stuff, Mom offered to buy us new games and/or books as long as the total price didn't go above a certain amount.
Naturally, I chose books. Solely books.
I found a list on Goodreads that had several dozen books recommended for readers my age, and I probably fit at least one dozen titles into Mom's price range.
I can't remember all the books that I got, but I made many new friends out of them before the summer was over. I got the first book in several series and a few stand-alone novels. If I liked the book well enough, I looked for more in the series and/or by the same author.
That summer, I discovered the Mysterious Benedict Society, Cameron Dokey's Once Upon a Time contributions, and Princess Ben, among others.
Two or three years later now, though, I would probably be running out of new books to read again if it wasn't for one thing: free Kindle books.
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