This summer has been a bit atypical than those in the past as I have been able to get lots of reading done.  I don't know how that is happening as I am getting my work done as well.  Maybe, after all of these years, I am turning into a superwoman--able to get every task done at a blink of an eye!  I'll wait a minute while you gain your composure.

     Anyway,  we have been reading alot in this family lately so I thought I would share our titles.  Books are meant to be shared.

     We finished Snow Treasure last week and have moved on to Nim's Island by Wende Orr.  What a delightful book!  Mia could have easily read this book on her own but it is such a fun book that I am glad that we are reading it all together.  I also found out that Homeschool Share has a unit study on this book.  We saw the movie a few months ago but it does not compare at all.  We loved the movie but it is totally different than the book.  It is like having two separate stories.

     Rocky and I are reading Children's Treasure of Animal Stories by James Herriott.  This book is a selection on Ambleside Online for Year 1.  I really like this book and, thankfully, so does Rocky.  The pictures are beautiful and the stories are endearing.  I think that my favourite year so far of AO is Year 1 due to all of the book selections for that year.  Books like Pinocchio,  Paddle to the Sea, Peter Pan and Herriott's book add to the charm of that first year.

     Mia is reading The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright.  This is one book that I have not pre-read.  I am relying on AO  for picking good choices.  This is a series by Enright.  We were able to get the rest of the series at Chapters a few weeks ago.

     On to my reading,  I tried to read Resistance by Owen Sheers.  I have heard lots of this book but it just is not doing it for me.  I have decided to give up for now and maybe try again in the winter when I will have more patience for plugging along with a book.  I have moved on to Drop Shot by Harlan Coben.  I love Coben, but a word to the wise,  his books are not for the faint of heart.  Cobens books are dark--terrifyingly, scary, dark.  The language is rough as well.  Then why do I read him.  Hmmm.  Because I like the story line.  (That is as lame as the music has a good beat.)   I just really like Cobens writing style plus he knows how to tell a good story.

     i have also come into the possession of I Kissed Dating Good Bye  by Josh Harris.  We had an incident in our family a few weeks ago that opened my eyes to the reality that my children are growing up at a quickening pace.  Subjects in which I thought I had lots of time before I had to deal with are presenting themselves at my doorstep.  I realize that it would be very wise to read up on courtship and dating so that my husband and I can make an informed decision about how we want this issue to be addressed in our family.  Then we can start preparing our children for this decision.  I realized after our little incident that  preparation is never too soon.  It is better to start paving the way when they are young so that it becomes second nature to them as they get older.  A friend gave me her copy of Harris book (thanks Lola) and I have been reading it.  I am liking what I am reading so far.  His words are very wise.

     I have also just finished Wisdom and Eloquence by Robert LIttlejohn and Charles Evans.  This book is about Classical Education.  It is also written from the viewpoint of a private Christian school, so the information is not always helpful to me as a homeschooler but there were some good points made that I would like to address in a future post.  I am now reading Classical Education by Gene Veith and Andrew Kern.   I have just started this so the jury is still out on its helpfulness.

     There.  I think that is all the literature that is being read in our house these days.  We have a wide kaleidoscope of genres and  choices, but that is the way that it should be.

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