During the crazy storms we’ve had, I picked up a few books to read. I haven’t really read since before my first son was born 13 years ago. Before that I used to be obsessive about reading. Having 4 kids sort of stuck reading on the backburner for me. I missed it, but there was never any time. I weaned myself away from the Internet and devoted my free time to reading. So now you can say I’ve gone a bit overboard. February has been a slow month for me business-wise, so I dove right in.
I even borrowed my son’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians. He has always hated reading and I’ve struggled for years to find something he could latch onto. He was the kid who’d rather be grounded than read a book. It made me sad because as a kid I’d stay up past my bedtime, under the covers with a flashlight, just so I could read A Wrinkle In Time or The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. But Percy was the character that he latched onto. Now he’s reading the second book in the series. I’m itching for him to finish so I can read it. =)
Not pictured here is The Glass Castle. What an amazing book. It really makes you appreciate the things you have in life that so many of us take for granted. The most basic of things like food, heat, clothes, shoes… if you have a chance, I encourage you to read it.
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After reading the books, I went to see Dear John and Percy Jackson and the Olympians at the movie theater. It always amuses me how much they change the storyline in movies. The books are always better. Even my son agreed. =)
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cin - I understand the struggle to get ‘young son’ to read. I didn’t know about The Lightning Thief books at the time I was searching for something that might spark his interest. The cover of The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima got my attention and using my coupon at Borders brought it home for him. Took awhile but one day he brought out the book, to the living room no less, and was reading it for pleasure, not the required 20 minutes for class. See if your library has it or have a look at an excerpt at her website to see if it might interest him. There are some follow up stories now that weren’t available at the time I found the book.
Author website:
http://www.cindachima.com/Warrior_Heir/Warrior_Heir.htm
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Ingrid - Wonderful! Thank you for the suggestion. We’ll definitely hunt that book down.
Marina - ooooooooh! pretty books!
how are those hawaii books?
miss ya! xoxo
Ingrid - The Honolulu one is really good. I haven’t started Moloka’i yet, but I will as soon as I finish Last Song. Miss you Marina-san!