Books I read with my little lover :-) :
1. Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink By: Diane de Groat
2. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! By: Lucille Colandro (Maddie's favorite)
3. Princess Party By: Joy Allen
Date: November 19
Time: 8:00pm-8:30pm (Maddie's bedtime) :-)
I read books to Maddie every night and so I figured, why not write about it? Reading books with my daughter is probably my favorite part of the night because she is always nice and clean from her bath and she looks so comfortable in her pjs, plus it gives us a chance to snuggle, talk about our day a little more and really bond. Maddie loves books and currently would rather have a book than a toy. I hope she will always enjoy reading that her passion for it never goes away. I'm glad we can bond over books and that I get the opportunity to snuggle my little girl every night while reading to her.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Book: Breaking Dawn
Author: Stephanie Meyer
time read: november 26 5:30pm-12:00am
I tried to avoid reading anything associated with twilight because there was such a big deal about it and I didn't really want to follow the trend but the weekend my boyfriend insisted that stop boycotting it and decided that we should watch ALL the movies back to back. We did and then I instantly became hooked. I decided that I since I watched the movies I needed to read the books. I didn't put down the book Breaking Dawn until I was finished with the whole book. I tend to have that problem with any book though. :-) I must say that I found the books and the movies to be very similar, which is really rare because I think most of time when a book is turned into a movie they change many things in the process but that was wasn't the case with the twilight series.
Author: Stephanie Meyer
time read: november 26 5:30pm-12:00am
I tried to avoid reading anything associated with twilight because there was such a big deal about it and I didn't really want to follow the trend but the weekend my boyfriend insisted that stop boycotting it and decided that we should watch ALL the movies back to back. We did and then I instantly became hooked. I decided that I since I watched the movies I needed to read the books. I didn't put down the book Breaking Dawn until I was finished with the whole book. I tend to have that problem with any book though. :-) I must say that I found the books and the movies to be very similar, which is really rare because I think most of time when a book is turned into a movie they change many things in the process but that was wasn't the case with the twilight series.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
New book
Book: The Memory Keeper's daughter
date read: November 4th
time read: I read at differnt times throughout the day/night.
I really enjoyed this book. Once I got into it, it was hard to put it down. I saw they turned this book into a movie on lifetime and I watched it but was not too impressed. The book is definitely better. I found it hard to get into reading this week because it has been such a stressfull week but I am glad that I did read because like I mentioned last week in my post, when I do read, it tends to help me feel less stress.
date read: November 4th
time read: I read at differnt times throughout the day/night.
I really enjoyed this book. Once I got into it, it was hard to put it down. I saw they turned this book into a movie on lifetime and I watched it but was not too impressed. The book is definitely better. I found it hard to get into reading this week because it has been such a stressfull week but I am glad that I did read because like I mentioned last week in my post, when I do read, it tends to help me feel less stress.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Charlie St. Cloud
Title: Charlie St. Cloud
Author: Ben Sherwood
Time read: October 29, 2011 7:00pm-10:00pm
I saw the movie Charlie St. Cloud and must admitt that I was not too impressed. I am normally always a bigger fan of the books more so than the movies, which is why I decided that I needed to read the book before I passed judgment on it because of the movie. I felt like the story started off slow but I must ended up really enjoying it. I kept invisioning the characters in a different way than what the movie showed them as. I most definitely enjoyed the book more and I am glad that I decided to read it. I think that reading for me is and probably always will be an escape. It gives me a moment to take a beak, relax and stop stresing about life for awhile. I tend to read at night because I like to put my daughter to bed and then really focus on reading without any interruptions. I have been more stressed than normal lately so reading has become a welcomed relief these last few weeks.
Author: Ben Sherwood
Time read: October 29, 2011 7:00pm-10:00pm
I saw the movie Charlie St. Cloud and must admitt that I was not too impressed. I am normally always a bigger fan of the books more so than the movies, which is why I decided that I needed to read the book before I passed judgment on it because of the movie. I felt like the story started off slow but I must ended up really enjoying it. I kept invisioning the characters in a different way than what the movie showed them as. I most definitely enjoyed the book more and I am glad that I decided to read it. I think that reading for me is and probably always will be an escape. It gives me a moment to take a beak, relax and stop stresing about life for awhile. I tend to read at night because I like to put my daughter to bed and then really focus on reading without any interruptions. I have been more stressed than normal lately so reading has become a welcomed relief these last few weeks.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
No more judging a book by its cover...
Book title: Heaven is for Real
Author: Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
Time read: October 21 9:00pm-10:30pm
My grandma reccommended that I read this book when I went to visit her this summer. I took it home with me in July and here it is nearly the end of October and I am just now reading this book. I kept putting it off because I wasn't sure if I would enjoy reading it. I judged the book by its cover and assumed I would not like it but it turns out...I do. I decided since I need to a read a book for class, why not read this one. I was surprised to find that I actually found myself caught up in the story of this young boy and his struggle to survive and then his to hear about his encounter with heaven made me want to read on to see what he would say he saw next. I'm glad that I decided to read the book and stop "judging" it.
Author: Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
Time read: October 21 9:00pm-10:30pm
My grandma reccommended that I read this book when I went to visit her this summer. I took it home with me in July and here it is nearly the end of October and I am just now reading this book. I kept putting it off because I wasn't sure if I would enjoy reading it. I judged the book by its cover and assumed I would not like it but it turns out...I do. I decided since I need to a read a book for class, why not read this one. I was surprised to find that I actually found myself caught up in the story of this young boy and his struggle to survive and then his to hear about his encounter with heaven made me want to read on to see what he would say he saw next. I'm glad that I decided to read the book and stop "judging" it.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
New book...
Book: A Stolen Life
Author: Jaycee Dugard
Time read: 7:30pm-9:00pm
I avioded listening ot the detailed description of th eJaycee Dugard story when it first started being aired on the news because seeing as how I am the mother of a young daughter, it was much too sad to hear about. I did however end up seeing this store in a local book store the other day and I felt compelled to buy it and read about her life. This book was definitely intense and I couldn't help but get swept away in her story as sh expained everything that she went through. In the very beginning of the book in the authors notes she was very honest and said that the book might be very confusing and jump around from different topics without notice and she was not kidding, the topics were random and she did jump around alot. I assumed that even though she only has a 5th grade education that someone would help her piece together her thoughts and make them flow a bit better throughout the book but that was not the case. She did however mention that if you want to read a less confusing book then get back to her 10 years from now when she gets a chance to sort it all out
Author: Jaycee Dugard
Time read: 7:30pm-9:00pm
I avioded listening ot the detailed description of th eJaycee Dugard story when it first started being aired on the news because seeing as how I am the mother of a young daughter, it was much too sad to hear about. I did however end up seeing this store in a local book store the other day and I felt compelled to buy it and read about her life. This book was definitely intense and I couldn't help but get swept away in her story as sh expained everything that she went through. In the very beginning of the book in the authors notes she was very honest and said that the book might be very confusing and jump around from different topics without notice and she was not kidding, the topics were random and she did jump around alot. I assumed that even though she only has a 5th grade education that someone would help her piece together her thoughts and make them flow a bit better throughout the book but that was not the case. She did however mention that if you want to read a less confusing book then get back to her 10 years from now when she gets a chance to sort it all out
Friday, October 7, 2011
Book of the week...
Book Title: The Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Date Read: October 7, 2011
Time read: 90 minutes 9:00-10:30 pm
This is personally one of my favorite books. It was apart of my fifth grade reading list and at the time I felt like I was being forced to read it, which made me want to NOT read it. Apart of my resented the fact that my teacher "made" me read it and therefore I purposely tried not to enjoy it but the truth was I loved reading and I loved this book. At the age of 10 I wasn't able to really understand the meaning of some of the things that were happening in the book but now that I have read it again as an adult I look at the book in a whole new way.
I decided to read this book again because I overheard a substitute discussing how she didn't want to follow the teacher's lesson for the day because they were reading and discussing The Giver. She continued on to say how she felt it was so controversial and extremely inappropriate for fifth graders. I became curious as to way she felt that way and decided I needed to reread the book. After I reread it I could understand the lady's point of view but I personally don't see an issue with children reading it. I think an adults view of the book is completely different than a fifth graders view of the book. Obviously while reading this book tonight I was reminded of why I enjoy this book much and many memories came into my mind, which reminds me of why I why I enjoy reading so much.
Author: Lois Lowry
Date Read: October 7, 2011
Time read: 90 minutes 9:00-10:30 pm
This is personally one of my favorite books. It was apart of my fifth grade reading list and at the time I felt like I was being forced to read it, which made me want to NOT read it. Apart of my resented the fact that my teacher "made" me read it and therefore I purposely tried not to enjoy it but the truth was I loved reading and I loved this book. At the age of 10 I wasn't able to really understand the meaning of some of the things that were happening in the book but now that I have read it again as an adult I look at the book in a whole new way.
I decided to read this book again because I overheard a substitute discussing how she didn't want to follow the teacher's lesson for the day because they were reading and discussing The Giver. She continued on to say how she felt it was so controversial and extremely inappropriate for fifth graders. I became curious as to way she felt that way and decided I needed to reread the book. After I reread it I could understand the lady's point of view but I personally don't see an issue with children reading it. I think an adults view of the book is completely different than a fifth graders view of the book. Obviously while reading this book tonight I was reminded of why I enjoy this book much and many memories came into my mind, which reminds me of why I why I enjoy reading so much.
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