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My husband recently bought me books 2 and 3 of a trilogy – The Staff and the Sword. I read A Cast of Stones (a one-day Kindle freebie that I snatched up) a few months ago and a couple of weeks ago my husband gave (on my Kindle ☺) me The Hero’s Lot and A Draw of Kings. I re-read the first book since it had been a little while, and I wanted to feel a continuity.

The story takes place in the fictitious medieval country of Erinon. The old king is about to die without producing a successor. The kingdom is in upheaval over who will succeed the king and ancient enemies are preparing to attack on two different borders. The kingdom’s hope seems to rest on the drunk of a small backwater village. Watching Errol turn from the alcohol that carried him through bad memories to become a man and a leader is a fascinating story. Several times there were unexpected twists in the plot. I love when an author can pull that off.

 So on to everyone else.

16-year-old daughter – The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff. This is a book about Roman England. It doesn’t seem like there are many books in this genre. This book is very well written. There is a movie based on it. The book is overwhelmingly better, trust me. In fact, now that my daughter has reminded me of this book, I may need to read it again soon.

14-year-old son – LEGO Minifigure Year by Year: A Visual History by Gregory Farshtey. Words fail me at how much this book is being devoured. If you have a child who loves Legos, you’ll understand.

12-year-old son – The Candymakers by Wendy Mass. This book is being consistently read and re-read by several of my children. They all assure me that I would enjoy it too so I guess I’ll add it to my list of books to read this year.

10-year-old daughter – Nick of Time by Ted Bell. Time travel, World War II and an evil pirate. Lots of adventure in this book.

9-year-old daughter – Our Canadian Girl Emily by Julie Lawson. Emily is a ten-year-old girl growing up in Victoria, British Columbia in the late 1800’s. A fun way to learn history.

6-year-old son – TIME For Kids That’s Incredible!: The World’s Most Unbelievable Facts and Records! Enough facts to delight in little boy’s soul.

3-year-old son – The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss. A perennial favourite.

 My husband asked to be included this time to recommend a couple of magazines he enjoys. One “The Backwoodsman” he has read for several years. The other is one he recently discovered – “American Survival Guide”. My husband is mildly into prepping. Not in an end-of-the-world-apocalypse way. More like surviving things life throws at us like the ice storm that threw our electricity out for a couple of days last year. We still had three hot meals every day and a way to keep our bedroom warm for sleeping in because my husband was prepared.

So what can you add to our list because we’re always on the lookout for new books to read?