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So after reading too many sad dystopian stories I read a couple of romance/thriller novels this week by one of my favourite authors – Dee Henderson. Her books are real page-turners, for sure. I enjoy the romances but even more I enjoy the suspense. I like reading mysteries because I enjoy puzzles. It’s fun to see how all the pieces fit together. Now I’m on to an unauthorized biography about Martha Stewart called Just Desserts by Jerry Oppenheimer. So far it’s very interesting and presents a very different story of her past than she does in her books and magazines. The author has drawn on 400 interviews with family and friends and has no beef with Martha Stewart so I tend to believe what he’s writing.
15-year-old daughter – Anne of Windy Poplars by Lucy Maude Montgomery. She has finally caught the “Anne” bug. It’s not like when she caught the “Jane Austen” one or any of her other obsessions, but nonetheless she is enjoying the “Anne of Green Gables” series. Maybe someday we’ll all get out to PEI to see this piece of Canadiana.
14-year-old son – Divergent by Veronica Roth (again ~smile~)
12-year-old son – Trapped at the Bottom of the Sea by Frank Peretti
10-year-old daughter – Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 by Patricia McKissack
8-year-old daughter – Prairie Dog Town by Janette Oke. Most people know Janette Oke as an author of Christian romance novels, but she also wrote several children’s books using animals as the main characters. They are directed at 8-10 year olds.
6-year-old son – To Pluto and Back by Gunilla Ingves. I think I found this one in a thrift store. Our children have enjoyed it for years. Three children and a dog take an imaginary trip through the planetary system in their backyard treehouse/spaceship. It’s a fun way to learn about the planets.
3-year-old son – Come Meet Muffin by Joyce Carol Oates. Our family had a wonderful cat named Muffin. That’s probably what partially drew me to this book. Our Muffin was protective too like the one in the story.
Did you have a good reading week? What did you read?
Intentional Simplicity 
We have been on a Don Freedman kick this week – Stef and I have read a bunch of his.
I just finished the first in a series called “The Restoration Chronicles” by Lynn Austin – Zechariah – sooooo good and it doesn’t look like she has the next one out yet (so sad) but she has one about Hezekiah that I want to get. In the meantime, I’m reading the third in her series on the Civil War (first two were really good). The third is written from the slaves perspective and VERY interesting.
I like that it is history and REAL to life – not some “sci-fi” and she is a Christian so I know that it is clean.
Tim is still on Texas Tomboy but he keeps reporting to me what he is reading :).
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Like I said Lynn Austin is a good author. I like learning my history through “story” books. 🙂 G.A. Henty wrote scores of books for boys so they could painlessly learn history – and his books are good.
I’m glad Tim is enjoying Lois Lenski.
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I’m thinking of seeing if I can get a “book allowance” from Edward now that he’s working! lol I just have to get back some of these books I used to have and these posts always inspire me. Also for the kids!
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or come visit us and get your books out of our garage 🙂
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