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Omg I was about to fall asleep when I wrote that. Thanks for dealing with my eloquent review.

The Name of the Wind (kingkiller chronicles) is really good in a childish way. It is (they are) books you probably won't put down because each chapter is like 5 pages and they all end with, "and then the room suddenly went dark!" or "and that's when he heard the roar!"

They're good and exciting and fun and seem like they're written by someone who never took English Literature 101. Which, turns out the author is a professor of.

Actually, more like he had a series of wonderful sentences, poetic sentences, that he wanted to use and had to invent a plot around them.

My other favorite childhood series is the Magic the Gathering trilogy that starts with Whispering Woods. Whispering Woods (Magic: The Gathering, Bk. 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0061054186/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_HC5WAbYX36YCG

It says Book 2, but it's the first in a trilogy ending with Final Sacrifice. The first magic book was a standalone.

Whispering Woods follows Greensleeves and her brother Gull. If you're a druid/nature person, this series is cool. Really cool. And there isn't any, "crossed her arms under her ample bosom" bs." It's just a druid being awesome.

I just started the Malazan Book of the Fallen series (on the third book). It starts with Gardens of the Moon. It's interesting, brutal (not in a Martin way, in a murder and descriptions of war way), and a little "arms crossed under ample bosom." I've been enjoying it because of the surprising twists taken to weave the storylines together. It is a male dominated book with some (maybe like 3 or 4?) extraordinary women.

Edit: and your recommendations?

Edit 2: and yes, I still never pick my cats up by the scruff of their neck. I don't know if it's true or not, but I honestly trust Morwen on this more than I trust a vet :-p

Hey, infants and toddlers need books too!

Yummy Yucky was a favourite in our house. So were Dinosaur vs Bedtime and Goodnight Gorilla.

Getting a little bit older, my kids loved all the Arnold Lobel books and so did I. They were/are among the very few of my kids' books that I never ever got tired of reading over and over again, night after night.

Personally I loved the Madeline books and the Babar books, my daughter liked them but I could never get my son into them.

This was a huge favourite for both my kids in the toddler/preschool years. I can still recite some of those stories from memory (and do).

The original Thomas the Tank Engine stories are really charming. If your nephew ends up taking an interest in trains and that sort of thing, this is a gorgeous book.

eta: almost forgot: Maurice Sendak is essential. My kids can both recite Chicken Soup with Rice from beginning to end.

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde.

After a preliminary test on a minor character that wouldn't be missed, the worlds second most evil man has gone into the original manuscript of Bronte's classic and is hunting the title character in an act of literary terrorism. Spec Ops Thursday Next of the Book Crimes division has to go inside the same book -- she reads herself into it -- and save Jane without messing up the story or getting caught on its pages if somebody in the real world happens to be reading that passage right now. She has to stay on the margins, literally. And be home in time for tea.

Everyone LOVES it. It's the first in a series of Thursday Next books. If you grew up on Harry Potter and majored in Literature but Monty Python and all the absurdist British comedies warped your sens of humor then this is for you.

It is one of those books you keep two or three copies of in case you run into someone literate and interesting who hasn't read it yet.

It is first in a series of seven and another one is on the way. It is hysterically funny, brilliantly intelligent, and weird as it sounds. The author trolls the readers (in one of the books, a chapter is written in a new font that causes the reader to forget anything written in that font as soon as they turn the page -- go ahead and prove he didn't). Just wild.

Thursday Next is one of the smartest, most complicated, flawed, fully developed female protagonists in recent literature.

It's hilarious and wonderful and weird.

Plainsong by Deborah Grabien. I've never encountered anyone else who has heard of it but it's one of my favorites. It's a post-apocalyptic novel about religion, has talking animals, and is totally charming. It's kind of hard to explain but it's really good, especially if you're into theology or history.

Here's the amazon link with a short summary, it can be bought for $0.01 + shipping. I really recommend it! It's a quick read but worth it.

I'm actually looking for a copy of Hiketeia lol.

The new 52 Wonder Woman series is FANTASTIC! The new 52 is a great jumping on point for new readers as well. Vol 1: Blood

Luke and Jon by Robert Williams is great and heartfelt. I deeply enjoyed it.

Haha! She'd be thrilled! I'm pretty sure she sees the scribbles as a vast improvement. :)

You can get a free sample on amazon (or just use the look inside option and read several pages. This one is in there, so you'd see what happens after this page.)

I would put a chapter here for you, but I have no idea how to do that.

I just finished Christopher Moore's Secondhand Souls last night! I enjoyed it, it's a sequel to his Dirty Job, a humorous story about a man picked to be a new Grim Reaper. Tonight I hope to start City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett. When Kevin Hearne came to Austin to do book signings, he and RJB did an informal author panel and he seemed like a cool author, so I'm glad I'm finally getting around to his work!

I write urban fantasy/humor and a little horror. I'm working on the fourth Nowak Brothers book, but similar to OP, it's been slowed down by being a new parent. I have a few books out, but I'll also recommend by Dane Monday books, the first of which is Manic Monday. Think of the DM stuff as one of the more ridiculous episodes of Doctor Who (or the Middleman, another great inspiration), and you'll have the tone.

So far on my list are:

• Forgiveness
  
  
• Peace from Broken Pieces
  
  
• Dragon's Lair
  
  
• Assertiveness for Earth Angels
  
  
• City of Heavenly Fire
  
  
• What I Know for Sure
  
  
• Whatever strikes my fancy from Scott Cunningham
  
  
• a book written by a fellow redditor that isn't published yet
  
  
• Edit: The Body Book and Eat Right 4 Your Type
  
  and whatever else comes my way, whether it be a suggestion, catches my eye at the bookstore or something I've found on the internet :) I'll be looking through the lists here for inspiration.
  
  

FYI - I just dropped the price to just 0.99 until January 1st. Bloodline is in the running on a big site for one of the top 50 Indie books of 2014. :)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ILPL7K8

OP might also enjoy Dancing With Cats. I highly recommend it!

Of course infants need books. My brother has to have something to read to him.

I got him Dr. Seuss's All Aboard the Circus McGurkis yesterday, with the wrapping paper and a note to ask for more if he likes the story or just thinks the board book tastes good when he gums it.