These are the books I've read so far in January. I don't feel that productive, as most of them are very short and actually kids books. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy them. In fact, lately, I really prefer reading Youth Historical Fiction. I'm learning a lot and can't believe how lacking my own history education was as a kid. It's fun to look at timelines and see when this stuff was happening in relation to other stuff (explorations, wars, etc.) It's also fun to look at historical maps and see where the books take place. So, I'll keep plugging along and see what other books jump out at me.
The List---
1. Shakespeare – The World is a Stage by Bill Bryson
2. Amos Fortune – Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
3. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (abridged audio version)
4. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
5. Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
6. Sold by Patricia McCormick
7. The Truth Behind Death at Columbine by Brooks Brown
8. The Winter People by Joseph Bruchac
9. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier
On a creepy note, the Columbine book was pretty disturbing, and even more so to me when 3 days after I finished it, the elementary school and alternative high school near us were put on lockdown. How scary! And last year Alex's middle school had a bomb scare. It's so sad to me that our world has to be like this. And, I'm so glad we're not at the public school anymore!
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Happy New Year CD :)
ReplyDeleteI am so with you on the kids' historical fiction! I am a total geek about history w/the kids...I get so excited...always finding stuff on the map and making timelines etc. I guess it must be good for them, although they prob think I'm a nut.
As for 52 books in 52 weeks, well that sounds quite ambitious to me! But I read more than I think. I read "Raising Lifelong Learners" in the fall and I wanted to blog about it to discuss it w/you, but it was a too-big blog post that never got done (sigh). Now I'm just finishing World Without End by Ken Follett--a light read from our TX vacation. I have a couple things by George Weigel on my nightstand that Bill & the kids got me for Christmas--and that is not light enough, :) so I haven't made much progress the past 2 nights.
Is this your first reading of Atlas Shrugged? Whatd'ya think?
Yes so scary about the school violence...crazy world!
xoxo