Colin has been doing such a good job with reading! I thought to celebrate he should help me with a book list! So, here you go my fellow book-lovers!
For kids:
Colin loves to try and read himself (Dr. Seuss books are great for that), but he really loves being read to! I am so proud of him! It probably goes without saying that this bookworm is thrilled to have two kids that have shown such a love for books. I am so glad that he is now at a point where we can read him beginner chapter books.
We finished reading Peter Pan a few months ago. I think it helped that we started it after he saw the old Disney cartoon. Helps with the transition to no pictures.
We watched the movie Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief together. The movie was a little tense for him at times but he seemed to really like it. I bought the book recently, so he also wants that read to him. I wanted to read it first to see if it would be able to hold his attention. It actually is a cute book. A very "hip" way to get young kids interested in Greek mythology...which I totally support!
We just finished reading, The Mouse and the Motorcycle (the Ralph Mouse books by Beverly Clearly). Colin loved it! He wants to read more books by her. I am hoping he will like the Ramona books.
We just started Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (another book from my youth) and he seems to like it so far.
We finished reading Peter Pan a few months ago. I think it helped that we started it after he saw the old Disney cartoon. Helps with the transition to no pictures.
We watched the movie Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief together. The movie was a little tense for him at times but he seemed to really like it. I bought the book recently, so he also wants that read to him. I wanted to read it first to see if it would be able to hold his attention. It actually is a cute book. A very "hip" way to get young kids interested in Greek mythology...which I totally support!
We just finished reading, The Mouse and the Motorcycle (the Ralph Mouse books by Beverly Clearly). Colin loved it! He wants to read more books by her. I am hoping he will like the Ramona books.
We just started Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (another book from my youth) and he seems to like it so far.
Books for adults:
I usually always have a few books that I am reading...right now they are:
I usually always have a few books that I am reading...right now they are:
Ayn Rands', We the Living. It is about communism in Soviet Russia in the 20's...but the themes are still very relevant for today. I love it so far. She is a Romantic Realist writer which is an interesting style.
I am also reading, How the Irish Saved Civilization. This is part of a (somewhat) series (meaning it can be read in any order) by Thomas Cahill. I loved Sailing the Dark-Wine Sea: How the Greeks Still Matter. It looks like it will just as good.
Another book I am reading is Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman. I have read several of her books. A very good author.
I am also reading, How the Irish Saved Civilization. This is part of a (somewhat) series (meaning it can be read in any order) by Thomas Cahill. I loved Sailing the Dark-Wine Sea: How the Greeks Still Matter. It looks like it will just as good.
Another book I am reading is Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman. I have read several of her books. A very good author.
There are two books I had started pre-move but got packed away, (so I need to restart) Cleopatra: A Life and the Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt. Both were very good so far. The first is not your typical take on the amazing historical figure of Egypt and Eleanor was such a smart and incredible woman. Very inspiring.
Another book I am excited to start is one that Will bought me for our anniversary. It
is the writings from a local girl of the town my dad lives in (early 1900's), Opal. She supposedly was an incredible woman with her writing abilities and knowledge of nature. I also got several books for Christmas...I now have The War that killed Achilles, an art history book, and Hyperbole and a Half.
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