Books books and more books

We love to read at our house. Well, actually the girls love it, the boys just like it.
I belong to a book club that meets once a month and we've read a wide variety of books this past year. One of my favorites has been The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It is set in England during World War Two and written in letter form. I normally don't like that in a book, but the story was so interesting that I didn't mind. My favorite type of book is usually historical fiction or biographies. I also enjoy lighthearted "girl" books like this past month's book club selection, Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella. A quick, fun read that makes you feel good at the end. My favorite author is Jodie Picoult.
Steve reads nonfiction, alot of business/sales books. He also liked The Last Lecture a lot, which he received for Father's Day.
Bethany has recently started the Twilight Series, which she is enjoying on the recommendation of her friends.
Sam likes to read true life adventure books, nonfiction, comic books, and his favorite series, Mistmantle Chronicles and Harry Potter series.
Felicia reads ALOT and wants to go to the library every week, coming out with more than she can carry. She likes Ramona books, Cam Jansen, Nancy Drew.. She seems to choose a lot of Mysteries.
Ellie is still in storybooks, of course, and loves to read on her own or be read to.
Since the kids have gotten older and reading to each one was getting difficult at the end of the evening before bed, I started choosing a book that I could read to all 3 of the older ones together. About once or twice a week, we all sit in the living room and I read aloud to them from the book. We have read The Penderwicks, Among the Hidden, The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, and currently a book about a girl in wartime Iraq. The kids are very intrigued by this one, about how different their lives would be if they lived in this country.
We have a book store close by that gives us credit for our used books, so we take books in every few months and choose new ones.
The only books we don't seem to want to read are our schoolbooks!!!