At the beginning of November Shyla and I began reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling in preparation for the upcoming film release. Unfortunately we didn’t finish it before the movie came out, and after seeing the movie, stopped reading the book. Our next goal after seeing the movie trailers was to read The Chronicles of Narnia; The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. I was delighted when she took to the book and began reading it at night, on the bus and at school. Shyla has a hard time finding a book that can keep her attention. I think the thicker books scare her off. The Narnia books are slimmer and perhaps she thinks they are more attainable. At any rate, we saw the movie Tuesday as an added birthday gift to her and we all LOVED it. In fact, I think I liked it better than Harry Potter. I’m not sure why, because I have enjoyed watching the HP kids grow up with the movies.
Nicole on the other hand has been asking me for books to read. She started asking on occasion this summer when she was bored. I gave her The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, which she really liked. Week before last she asked again and I pulled out Life of Pi by Yann Martel. As an added bonus it has won the Man Booker Award and she can use it to write a book report for Advanced English this semester. It was written at a level a bit higher than some of the other books she has been reading, so it stretched her mind and made her think. She had to actually look up some words in the dictionary (gasp)! Yesterday afternoon on our way to have her weekly allergy shots, she asked again for a book to read and I just happened to have Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden with me. She has taken to the book and the two of us will likely go and see the movie over Christmas break (Along with the book/wine club of course).
And so ends my post with links. How about you? What have you been reading?
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I read Memoirs of a Geisha about five years ago and couldn't put it down. I think I strained my eyes :) These days I am reading a collection of short stories by Somerset Maugham.
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