Worth being tired

Thank you to my MIL for recommending Gone With The Wind. I love it, I just can't believe what I have missed all these years.  I am so thankful that I have a ways to go before I finish it. On Friday night, I stayed up until 4am reading. I had no idea that it got that late/early. It made for an exhausting Saturday, but it was worth staying up to read in peace.

Also, thank you for the audible membership. I just logged in and I am going to download this and start listening to it as soon as I finish reading.

 

I want to start a book club. I am so jealous of my mom's book club group. They actually sometimes talk about the book and even had a real author phone in and talk to them on their last group. If only I had the time and inclination.

The Art of Fielding

I am always sad when a really good back comes to an end.

I finished 'The Art of Fielding' a few days ago. It was very good and I recommend it. It has a interesting set of characters and the baseball parts were fun to share with Jason. He's such a good husband, he at least pretended to act interested in it.



Now I am in the usual conundrum that follows every time I devour a really good book. That is nothing now grabs my interest. I so want to find that great read again. I downloaded a few samples on my IBooks and nothing has impressed me.  So if you are reading anything great right now, please tell!

Strange addiction

I have a problem, an addiction really. I just love Scholastic Book Orders. I simply can not help myself whenever my kids bring home their order forms. I have to buy books, and lots of books every time. There is just something about the whole process, from the newspaper type booklets, to pouring over each page with the kids, placing the order, and then their excitement when the books arrive at school especially for them.

Have you seen our home? We have piles and stacks of Scholastic Books in almost everyone room. I just can't help it, I have to buy! I would take a picture of all the books, but it would take too many pictures.

Jason is so nice about it, every now and then he simply says 'We need to get rid of some of these books'. Normally that means, I go through the books, which means I wind up reading them all to the kids. And then several hours later, we maybe have a small stack to donate.

Maybe it is not so much of a problem. I love reading to the kids. And I love the fact that so far I have taught 2 out of the 3 to read myself. So I don't think I am going to stop buying books, unless my paycheck stops.

I read an article the other day that fueled my addiction. There was a research study that found the more books children have in their house equals more years of continuing education.

If this is true, my kids will be in school forever.