Okay so after all that mumbo-jumbo, with me stealing snippets of time to get the book read to make sure it was appropriate for my 9yo...

My daughter already has the darn thing finished!!!

Yes really!  I read a chapter out loud to her yesterday afternoon to get her going  and she read some a yesterday evening. She didn't feel good today so took some time to relax on her bed and read as well.

This afternoon, I go to her room to get her moving so I can take her to photography club and I see the book lying over the bed frame at the edge of her bed. I commented on it, saying something  about that isn't the proper way to care for a book. She replies with a, "Sorry but I couldn't find a bookmark and didn’t want to lose my spot."

So I glance over again and see (and say) that the book isn't even as far along as she was in it! And I pick up the book and it's marked for very early in the book. She says, "That's because I'm reading it again, Mom."

HUH???  I question her (secretly thinking that maybe she turned out and didn’t like the book and just read the ending or something.)  She proceeds to narrate the entire story back to me, detailing certain things that happen to some of the main characters. She also answers a few questions I throw out (thinking maybe she just, I don’t know.. figured the book out or something by reading the back cover???)  NOPE. She read the whole book. Didn't take her very long at all.