Being probably one of the youngest here and going through that phase myself I think that I should pass comment.
When I was first getting into reading I also began with the Sci-Fi / Fantasy area. Having heard many good things about the Lord of the Rings and Terry Pratchett novels, I attempted to read them. However, I found them too difficult, despite having a 'reading age' well above my actual age.
I instead found books such as the Animorphs series, and Harry Potter and so on to be much more on my level. Books such as these do a lot more to excite the reader on every page and it is because of this that I found them to be better.. I then moved onto 'more advanced' books such as the Lord of the Rings later on.
So to sum up, consider the 'difficulty' of the book itself. Lord of the Rings & Terry Pratchett books are not an easy read for a youngster, although the Hobbit and the Bromeliad book series are suitable entry level books into the worlds of Tolkein and Pratchett.
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Being probably one of the youngest here and going through that phase myself I think that I should pass comment. When I was first getting into reading I also began with the Sci-Fi / Fantasy area. Having heard many good things about the Lord of the Rings and Terry Pratchett novels, I attempted to read them. However, I found them too difficult, despite having a 'reading age' well above my actual age. I instead found books such as the Animorphs series, and Harry Potter and so on to be much more on my level. Books such as these do a lot more to excite the reader on every page and it is because of this that I found them to be better.. I then moved onto 'more advanced' books such as the Lord of the Rings later on. So to sum up, consider the 'difficulty' of the book itself. Lord of the Rings & Terry Pratchett books are not an easy read for a youngster, although the Hobbit and the Bromeliad book series are suitable entry level books into the worlds of Tolkein and Pratchett.