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The Law of Similars by Chris Bohjalian (finished a few days ago)
Arctic Homestead by Norma Cobb (finished yesterday)
Trans Sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian (just started this yesterday)

What are you reading?!

Finishing Harry Potter #4
The Midwife
Midwives (oprah book)
Memoirs of a Geisha

And starting on
Well trained Mind
Dumbing Us down
Protecing the Gift
Circle Round
How Children Learn
The Woman with the Alasbaster Jar
Festivals with Children
Circle of Stones
The Children's Year
Crosing to Avalon

Now, do you want to see my "REad in my lifetime" List instead?

Originally posted by MosaicMama
What are you reading?!

A People's History of the United States : 1492-Present (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060528370/qid=1055989964/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-2051382-3075258?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) Just started a few nights ago and I expect that at 750 pages of small tyed history that I'll be working on it in between other books.

I want to reread HP 3 & 4 prior to reading 5 so I'd better get a move on.

I just placed holds for Millman's "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior" since I haven't read it in almost 20 years and his "The Life You Were Ment To Live".

I just picked up about 15 assorted homeschooling books yesterday that have been reserved from neighboring libraries (LOL) Other than that nothing unless my friend has any good books to pass along since i saw her last :-)

I just read the new Margaret Atwood (Oryx & Crake) and the new Tom Robbins (Villa Incognito) and really liked both, which made me happy because I love both writers and had been disappointed in their most recent books. One of these days I am planning to start Zadie Smith's White Teeth and Wayne Johnston's Colony of Unrequited Dreams.

Originally posted by Mrsmissy
Midwives
This is the book that turned me on to Chris Bohjalian. I really enjoy his style.

I'm also reading non-fiction about homeschooling, several on spirituality and one about making tile mosaics - but I usually read a chapter here and there on non-fiction vs. fiction where I pick one up and think about nothing else until it's finished ;)

I started Harry Potter 1, but never went any futher. I wanted to wait until the kids were hold enough that we could all read them for the first time together.

Originally posted by BonaDea
A People's History of the United States : 1492-Present (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060528370/qid=1055989964/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-2051382-3075258?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
Ooh, ooh, ooh - that one looks good!!!! Thanks for the link, it's on my wishlist now. I'm anxious to see what you think of it.

Seeing what y'all are reading makes me feel like a complete idiot! I can't remember the last novel I read. I read some short stories the other day that were totally "underwhelming", iykwim. I need to find a novel so utterly scary that I'll have to put it in the freezer.
Right now I'm reading: Garden Makeovers, The New Seedstarters Handbook, The Border Book, High Yield Gardening, The Well-tended Perennial Garden and a bunch of books with neat little experiments to do with kids.

Originally posted by MosaicMama
I wanted to wait until the kids were hold enough that we could all read them for the first time together.

:D I hope that works! It backfires for me. Depending on what is happening in the BCC I end up chasing ds around wanting to know if he wants me to read to him. With bribes like. "Do you want to go in the jacuzzie? I'll read to you." LOL Or "Do you want to go play in the dirt outside? I'll read to you while you do."

:rolleyes:

Originally posted by MosaicMama
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Ooh, ooh, ooh - that one looks good!!!! Thanks for the link, it's on my wishlist now. I'm anxious to see what you think of it.

My grandmother just finished it, it is her copy. I think that she got more out of it than I will because of the different ways history was taught between our generations. Even my history education may have been unique to my generation because of my teachers insistance on us using more than one source for any given event and going home to talk about what I learned in history that day with my grandfather, a retired histroy instructor, who had first hand knowledge of many of the things I was learning. He was passionate about history and about traveling so vacationing with him was better than any history class anyone could ask for. I miss him.

by Steve Martin. It was interesting, but I felt like he finished it up quickly and a little too neatly and didn't develop the ending.

Also, read The Nanny Diaries and the second Bridget Jones (not as good as first imo, but still lots of laughs).

Lol- I guess this month I wanted a few cheap fictitious reads (like "fast food" books).

I am also reading several child training books, but am downstairs and will check the names and get back to the thread.

I'm reading "The Corrections" and "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus". I'm finally starting to get into "The Corrections". It took me about 150 pages before I felt like it was going to be really good.