My son is prescient. Longtime FmH readers will know he was way ahead of the curve in his fondness for Harry Potter, which entire series we read aloud (admittedly not from the time of publication of the first book, but from slightly before the second book came out). In recent months, we’ve been devouring this series together; it’s starting to be touted as The Next Big Thing A.P. (after Potter). The books are enthralling, but the bulge in the author’s cheek from his tongue and his obfuscation about his identity are abit precious for my taste. Reading increasingly common portraits of the “Who is Lemony Snicket?” ilk tempts one to say “Oh, come off it already” if not something far more rude. Oh, and the series is published by HarperCollins (see below). Guardian UK