Sea of Monsters By Rick Riordan

I am now a Percy Jackson junkie. Sea of Monsters. Crazy good sequel to Lightning Thief. Going to read a few then onto #3.

Can't tell you much except for... it involves the Bermuda Triangle (woo scary music), Lot's a cyclops stuff and Luke, that no good demi-god.

Books Children Love By Elizabeth Wilson

A Guide to the Best Children's Literature



This would be a great book for a homeschooling family. The author lists title author, publisher etc. as well as a summary of the book. It is helpful how she also lists grade level.

The chapters include:

Animals
Art and Architecture
Bible and Moral Teaching
Biography
Celebration Days and Seasons
Crafts, Hobbies and Domestic Arts
Dance, Drama
Growing Plants Indoor and Outdoor
History and Geography
Humor
Language
Literature levels I, II, and III
Poetry and Rhymes
Mathematics
Misc.
Music
Nature, Science and Technology
Outdoor Activites
PE and Organized games
Reference, Research and Study skills
Special Needs

ISBN:1-58134-198-9

Message In a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks

This book seemed really long to me. It took nearly a month for me to read. It was a lot like Nights in Rodanthe.

If you are a single woman, divorced, or in some way looking for that true love, Nicholas' books will knock you out of the water. If you are happily married, he brings a reverence to the love you have.

But with saying that, I am not a mushy romance novel addict. So enough is enough. The ending to this book is a real downer (for me). Honestly, I am reading Dear John (because the movie is coming out) and then calling it quits for a while with Mr. Sparks literature.

I rented the movie for this weekend while Lovie is at scout winter camp. just in case it's a cryfest.

A Walk to Remember is still my #1

The Lightning Thief By Rick Riordan

My daughter and I are reading the Percy Jackson series together.

I liked this book and would feel very comfortable reading it to any child.

While similar to Harry Potter, it did not leave me feeling uncomfortable with the subject matter as did Harry Potter (call me a prude, the kidlets tease me all the time).

Instead of witches and wizards, this book is about the gods of mythology. We all learn about them sometime in school. My daughter actually learned about them in second grade. I think I was in high school.

Percy is a Half Blood. Find out Who's his Daddy, what Mt. Olympus/Zeus is like and how about Tartarus/ Hades. Of course there is a quest involved.

I read through this book pronto-speedy because, yes, it was fun and the plot entertaining but also because I have not only one stack, but several stacks of books I am going to read this year (and five of them are Percy Jackson).

Now if she would just finish book two. I want to read as many as possible before the movie comes out next month

ISBN: 978-078685629-9

A Walk To Remember/Nights in Rodanthe-Nicholas Sparks

That dang Nicholas Sparks.
There is a reason I rarely read fiction.
This is one of my favorite movies. I saw it on the shelf at the library while looking for some books for MasterChef the book inhaler.
I thought 'I should read the book!'
One night I read several pages. Couldn't fall asleep for I knew how the book was going to end.
Turned on the light, stayed up til 2am and finished it.
All I can say is that was the perfect time for me to read it since I was crying hysterically before they even fell in love. Contacts were out and no one to ask "Why are you crying Mommy?"

A love story when you are in high school just gets me every time. Why is that? Is it because when you are young you think differently and everything is so..so deep and passionate and heck I don't know what words to use.

The reason this is one of my favorites ( the novel does not disappoint btw) is because my Dad died of cancer, and I just want to be a better person after reading something like this. Even though it is so sad and gut wrenching. You see how many blessings you have and how important it is to live life. Live life kindly and graciously. It's like a little pep talk.

This is one of my favorite movies. It and Disney's Iron Will. Is a prerequisite for my favorite mean- I have to cry deliriously each and every time I watch it, because I do, even though I've seen them a zillion times.

So up on returning, A Walk to Remember, I checked out this


Yes. I am a glutton for punishment and yes, I finished it in one night.
I am going to rent it at Blockbuster while Lovie is hunting. So I can cry by myself. It is so embarrassing. dang it!

While I liked A Walk to Remember more. It was still a good book that left tears in my eyes.
Nights is about a mom whose husband leaves her for another woman and is asked to take care of a friends bed and breakfast for a weekend when there is only one guest....
Yeah. uh huh. We don't see what's going to happen here.
No disrespect. I can totally relate to Nicholas characters, I think most women do, that's why we love him.