We have been reading some wonderful books this month. The Bartimaeus Trilogy has been our car-ride-read-aloud this month. We are half way through the last book. Bartimaeus is a witty character and it is refreshing to read a magic/fantasy series that is not weighed down by the same old elf, fairy, troll parameters. Plus, the language and and plot is clean and not too scary for the kids. I highly recommend it for boys and girls 7 and up.
We listened to the last two Narnia books in the car during one of our trips, but have since been re-reading the whole series as our before bed reading. It's been fun to clue big sister A in to a few Christian parallels (especially in The Last Battle) and see how she has started seeing the story differently. I love the questions that it raises in her mind about good and evil.
Storey's guides are my favorite resource for each new farm animal to join our family. They are written by experts with decades of experience and full of details and diagrams. I read Raising Chickens before we began that endeavor. Of all that I have read so far, Raising Rabbits, was the most fun to read. His writing style is so down-to-earth.
During our visit to Utah and Idaho over the holidays one of hubby's childhood friends recommended All the Light We Cannot See as his favorite book. More than half of the story is set in St. Malo (Brittany), so of course I felt an immediate connection, having been there several times. It takes place in the years just before and during WWII and the main plot is about a German orphan and a blind French girl. An incredible story, it is history and science, and drama and mystery, all wrapped up tightly in a nest of of loving relationships. Definitely for grown-ups only though - their is a fair amount of violence, some swearing, and some heavy philosophical thinking.
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