Bookish Check In

[sabby2]

It's been awhile since we did one of these.

Read anything good lately or while on leave?

Gtky: what is your favorite book to read to lo?

[nicb13]

I'm reading "Girl on the Train" right now and it's awesome. Great mystery.

Um, I don't read to the baby and DS doesn't like me to read books to him either. He looks through books, but has never let me read one to him. Sigh.

[sabby2]

nicb13 your avatar made me laugh out loud

[nicb13]

Jan 21, 2015 13:35:14 GMT -5 sabby2 said:

nicb13 your avatar made me laugh out loud

It's one of my favorite pics!

[carriedaway19]

I just started Dark Places. It's by Gillian Flynn (i think that's her name), the woman who wrote Gone Girl. I like it so far.

[mrssarahrenee]

I just read the new Jodi Picoult book which was pretty good!

LO loves Bear Snores On right now. she kicks and hits the book. She also likes Sheep on a Jeep.

I wish I had read more while on leave. Now I am in the throws of grading and reading for teaching and there is no free reading in sight.
Although 1984 is my next book to reread and I do love that book.

[windwithfingers]

The only books I read on maternity leave were "how to get your kid to sleep" books that didn't help at all.

Right now, I'm reading Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. It's the second in a series of young adult novels that are sci-fi retellings of classic fairytales. The first one, Cinder, is obviously a retelling of Cinderella. Scarlet is Red Riding Hood and the third one, Cress, is a retelling of Rapunzel. All the stories intertwine also. I really liked Cinder so I was excited to read Scarlet but the teen romance aspect is annoying me. Scarlet's love interest reminds me of Edward Cullen in a freaky, emo, "don't talk to me, I'm dangerous" kind of way. I'm powering through so I can review it on the blog.

I've been reading all the Winnie the Pooh stories to DS at night since he was 8 weeks old. It's one of my favorite things to do.

[monstomommy]

I just read Bingo's Run for my book club. It was pretty good.

I don't read to DD, but I love reading the Llama Llama books to DS. His favorite books are the Pete the Cat books. We always argue about which one we should read first.

[ajh1230]

During pregnancy I read a bunch but haven't had much time since.

Orphan Train was my favorite in the last year. The book itself is not true but based on events that actually happened.

I also read the divergent series and think I liked them more than The hunger games.

[sabby2]

Jan 21, 2015 13:43:08 GMT -5 windwithfingers said:

The only books I read on maternity leave were "how to get your kid to sleep" books that didn't help at all.

Right now, I'm reading Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. It's the second in a series of young adult novels that are sci-fi retellings of classic fairytales. The first one, Cinder, is obviously a retelling of Cinderella. Scarlet is Red Riding Hood and the third one, Cress, is a retelling of Rapunzel. All the stories intertwine also. I really liked Cinder so I was excited to read Scarlet but the teen romance aspect is annoying me. Scarlet's love interest reminds me of Edward Cullen in a freaky, emo, "don't talk to me, I'm dangerous" kind of way. I'm powering through so I can review it on the blog.

I've been reading all the Winnie the Pooh stories to DS at night since he was 8 weeks old. It's one of my favorite things to do.

I really enjoy that series. I'm excited for the next book to come out.

[geetargirl05]

Jan 21, 2015 13:58:19 GMT -5 ajh1230 said:

During pregnancy I read a bunch but haven't had much time since.

Orphan Train was my favorite in the last year. The book itself is not true but based on events that actually happened.

I also read the divergent series and think I liked them more than The hunger games.

More than Hg?? Really? I read those in like a weekend so maybe I should check out divergent

[geetargirl05]

Jan 21, 2015 13:30:06 GMT -5 sabby2 said:

It's been awhile since we did one of these.

Read anything good lately or while on leave?

Gtky: what is your favorite book to read to lo?

I've been reading Pretty Little Liars because it was free in the iBooks store. It's super easy but different than the show.

I like reading dr suess to DS or Winnie the Pooh. He's not super in to it yet. Womp womp

[ajh1230]

Jan 22, 2015 2:21:21 GMT -5 geetargirl05 said:

Jan 21, 2015 13:58:19 GMT -5 ajh1230 said:

During pregnancy I read a bunch but haven't had much time since.

Orphan Train was my favorite in the last year. The book itself is not true but based on events that actually happened.

I also read the divergent series and think I liked them more than The hunger games.

More than Hg?? Really? I read those in like a weekend so maybe I should check out divergent

The Divergent series were fast weekend books too.

[kaylajade]

I just read 'Gone Girl' I thought the ending totally sucked.
I am about to start The Hunger Games, I am in the 'books are better than the film' club. So I read it after watching to compare.

[knittymeggy]

Jan 21, 2015 13:31:08 GMT -5 nicb13 said:

I'm reading "Girl on the Train" right now and it's awesome. Great mystery.

Um, I don't read to the baby and DS doesn't like me to read books to him either. He looks through books, but has never let me read one to him. Sigh.

I just bought that but I haven't started it.

[knittymeggy]

I've read to cozy mysteries so far this year.

The girl scout reads me & parker goosebumps books.

[riverandmountain]

My current favorite is Glass Castles. I know someone who knows the writer and she said the book is fairly accurate.

Great read.

[mrscjmb]

Just finished two books that I cannot recommend highly enough.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
(Title of 2nd book is escaping me, will edit in a bit.)

We also like Bear Snores On at our house, and DS likes The tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter.

[monstomommy]

Jan 22, 2015 9:32:23 GMT -5 mrscjmb said:

Just finished two books that I cannot recommend highly enough.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
(Title of 2nd book is escaping me, will edit in a bit.)

We also like Bear Snores On at our house, and DS likes The tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an amazing book! I think all our science lady's would really enjoy it. I second your recommendation.

[happyin14]

I am mostly reading scripts for work. BUT.- I am working my way through Wild by Cheryl Strayed. It's great. And I loved Olive Kitteridge.

Reading all the Boynton books to LO. He doesn't really seem to care yet but I pretend he's fascinated.

[amandajean12]

I just tried to read "The Paying Guests" because all I heard were raves about it... but it wasn't my thing. I gave up halfway through.

I just finished "The Dinner" in like one night. It's super strange, but a fast read and I actually enjoyed it.

My favorites lately have been "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons" and "Where Did You Go Bernadette"

[ajh1230]

Jan 22, 2015 9:49:09 GMT -5 monstomommy said:

Jan 22, 2015 9:32:23 GMT -5 mrscjmb said:

Just finished two books that I cannot recommend highly enough.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
(Title of 2nd book is escaping me, will edit in a bit.)

We also like Bear Snores On at our house, and DS likes The tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an amazing book! I think all our science lady's would really enjoy it. I second your recommendation.

Third this recommendation such a good book!

[mrsc928]

Recently read the Maze Runner series and the Miss Peregrine series. Just finished Divergent and about to start the next one. Shane loves this Olaf the Snowman book I read to him.

[windwithfingers]

Jan 22, 2015 11:41:02 GMT -5 mrsc928 said:

Recently read the Maze Runner series and the Miss Peregrine series. Just finished Divergent and about to start the next one. Shane loves this Olaf the Snowman book I read to him.

I LOVED the Miss Peregrine series!

[mrsl]

I just finished The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. I'm not sure that I like it, but it was very well written.

Now I'm reading New York by Edward Rutherford (historical fiction) and The Telling Room by Michael Paterniti.

I like reading Fuzzy Bee and Friends to the boy. It's a soft book with different textures for him to feel.

[jenndub]

I just started The Book Thief, but I'm only a few chapters in so I can't give a review. I don't read to Lennon yet, but she's there when I read to the other kids. We read a chapter from Harry Potter every night, we're currently on book 5. The older two are OBSESSED with Harry Potter, which I love. Sawyer doesn't care that much, but she loves any book with pictures of real animals. Zooborns is her absolute favorite.

[amandajean12]

Jan 22, 2015 14:41:49 GMT -5 jenndub said:

I just started The Book Thief, but I'm only a few chapters in so I can't give a review. I don't read to Lennon yet, but she's there when I read to the other kids. We read a chapter from Harry Potter every night, we're currently on book 5. The older two are OBSESSED with Harry Potter, which I love. Sawyer doesn't care that much, but she loves any book with pictures of real animals. Zooborns is her absolute favorite.

We plan to start reading her all of the Harry Potters when she gets older. How old are your older two? I'm wondering exactly how old she'd need to be to appreciate them.

[jenndub]

Jan 22, 2015 14:46:41 GMT -5 amandajean12 said:

Jan 22, 2015 14:41:49 GMT -5 jenndub said:

I just started The Book Thief, but I'm only a few chapters in so I can't give a review. I don't read to Lennon yet, but she's there when I read to the other kids. We read a chapter from Harry Potter every night, we're currently on book 5. The older two are OBSESSED with Harry Potter, which I love. Sawyer doesn't care that much, but she loves any book with pictures of real animals. Zooborns is her absolute favorite.

We plan to start reading her all of the Harry Potters when she gets older. How old are your older two? I'm wondering exactly how old she'd need to be to appreciate them.

When we started reading them, DD1 was 7 and DS was 5. Now they're 9 and 7. It takes a long time to get through those books when you only do one chapter a night. We've also had to take breaks if things got too scary. But that hasn't happened very often.

[cornerofthesky]

I'm reading "Life on the Mississippi" right now.
I don't read anything specific to B yet, but he's there while we read to N - mostly the Spiderman collection he got for Christmas or the pigeon books

[starla487]

I started reading Gone Girl and I'm finding it hard to get into it. So I stopped. I picked up Bossypants and might read that my last week of maternity leave while DD is in daycare.

I don't think DD has a favorite book, but I got the most smiles out of her when I read "Monster at the end of this Book."