What We're Reading - January Edition

I've recently learned that several friends get reading suggestions for themselves based on looking at our blog. I've been updating that list on the side but doing it that way doesn't save a history of past reads, so I decided to make this a regular blog post now and then.

(Note: We can hardly keep up with the kids' reading. They read more and faster than we can barely muster, so we've started something new. Every month, Mark and I take turns reading a same book as Thing 1 - we choose together, read the book ourselves, and then discuss it together towards the end of the month. And with Thing 2, we generally read a lot with him.)

Stacy: I recently read No Talking with Kate (she loves that book) as well as various book club books and am currently enjoying reading Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (at Tara's recommendation), A Wrinkle in Time, and Boy by Roald Dahl (our book club read for the month). I am also listening to the audio for The Awakening by Kate Chopin. And I have Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol sitting on my nightstand. As a family, we're working on The Lightning Thief (Thing 1 has already read the entire series and we're reading it now as well -- the movie comes out next month!).

Mark: He has recently read Number the Stars, The Giver, and The Lost Symbol. He is currently reading Percy Jackson (The Lighting Thief), Girl with a Pearl Earring, and Boy by Roald Dahl. And he has a huge stack of more books on his nightstand.

Thing 1: She is reading Cindy's Runaway Colt (that's number 13 in a series of over 70), Dog Friday, Ballet Shoes, and Mystery at Lilac Inn (that's number 4 in the Nancy Drew series). She is about to read Cindy's Glory (number 13 in the horse series) and some books about Helen Keller and Louis Braille. She has recently read (for about the 37th time) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Little Women, Kids' Almanac, and The Book of Lists. Among other things.

Thing 2: He has recently read The Lego Star Wars Visual Dictionary, Bakugan 1, 2, and 3, First Dog, and The Odyssey: Book 1 - The One-Eyed Giant. He is currently reading a lot of Calvin and Hobbes and Garfield books, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, as well as various Magic Tree House books and Roscoe Riley Rules books and some Junie B. Jones books. Among other things.

Thing 1 and Thing 2 also listen to audio books together at bedtime. They've recently read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Clementine's Letter, The Emperor's Egg, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Horace, Morris, but mostly Delores, Double Fudge, The Polar Express, Diary of a Worm, and more.

I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but at least it's an idea . . .