RK Wallis's latest activity

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2026/apr/19/tom-gauld-on-the-librarians-who-take-children-cartoon

An editors opinion, but I think accurate.

No, they are not much interested in it. These guys liked Attack on Titan and Demonslayer, so Harry Potter might be a bit tame.

This is what the pill/theme of my MG is, covered in sugar-coated fun. I loved that book! I'm so stealing this idea :) What a clever mum! even I read a few of those donkey years ago... From birth, I read to my kids every night until I had...

There's a whole series of Halo novels that boys will absolutely destroy. My brother is a non-reader and even he read the whole series. The Witcher books are a little... R rated for children, even teens. Lots of SA and violence. Wouldn't recommend.

Turning point in my life, really. At 13, My Mom got a note from the lit teacher that I was doing either Dandy or Fantasically in our reading of A Tale of Two Cities. My take was that, really, please shut up. who needs it. Her point was that she'd...

There will be kids who enjoy diving deeper into a story to explore what the author meant. However, they are likely to be readers already. For a significant proportion of the rest, reading itself is a skill that must first be learned. Not just...

My children absolutely loved Horrible Histories, Geronimo Stilton and the rest, but while my daughters made the transition to full literary enjoyment naturally, my son had issues, and still (aged 21) does not read for pleasure.

You’re so on the money with this. What they’re talking about is hardly new – we’re all familiar with the “Shakespeare Syndrome”, i.e. being forced into the academic study of an author almost (*) invariably ruining the potential for later-life...

Lots to unpack in this Guardian article. And yes, reading isn't fun when you're constantly yanked out to discuss the author's intention in their use of metaphor. And this: Who even writes for this demographic anymore? Outside of manga, anyway...

Fully agree, RK, the act of critiquing is its own reward (and a rich one indeed!) However, while I didn't ask for a points system (and resist gamification of all kinds), now that it's there I find myself looking for the validation. 😉

That's my experience, but I figure everytime I critique I'm learning something as I admire the writer's imagination. Thems the brakes. I've missed out over 6 years of comments. Beat yah, lol :) Three of us.

Hi @E G Logan , I'm now on my laptop, on the website, and I can get to 'New Profile Posts' via the dropdown arrow next to 'What's New' on the blue bar at the top of the page. Hope this helps xx

I'm using a laptop, not a phone. And the website, not an App, if any.

Thank you for finding that for me. But, if I've got it right, that means if I do a profile post, no one else can see it... Why would anyone look in my profile posts archive? If that's even possible. I might as well open the window and shout.