Reading has been a passion of mine for many a long year. My mother read to me before I learned how to myself, spent many, many dollars on books for me, and passed on her love of reading to me once I learned the skill myself. I wasn't in kindergarten yet before I read my very first book completely by myself, Toad On The Road. To this day I keep a copy because I'm a raging sentimentalist and I still smile when I see it. I've read it to both of my children.
This year, before G came to me for the summer, her stepmom messaged me about a book program that Barnes & Noble is sponsoring, where a child can read 8 books and receive a free book upon the surrender of their book log. Naturally, I signed G up and talked to her about it. And, when I posted on my still-despised-but-still-used-too-often FB, a local friend recommended the library reading program as well. Of course! Why didn't I think of that? And so, once G arrived and we began walking, we walked to the library, which is just barely closer than the bookstore and infinitely cheaper as well. And so she signed up for that one, which asked 10 books instead of 8. Easy peasy! And then, much to my delight, it was suggested by a librarian that I sign J up as well, not to read himself, but to be read to. Of course! And so I signed him up too. Today, 6/14/2015, G finished her 10 books. We used 8 of them for the Barnes & Noble challenge (wink), so she's done with the challenges...but don't think I'm going to let her quit reading. She still has just over 2 weeks left here! I finished both J and G's library book logs...and discovered I could sign up as well. Not for a prize, like the kids can, but I love the idea of keeping track of the books I read. So I will. And once I finish the reading program, I'll print up my log and continue on my own. I can't keep track of the hundreds, perhaps thousands of books I've read in my 28 years of life, but I'm tickled at the idea of starting now. It might even inspire me to do more, now that I have access to a library and will be able to keep count of my "successes." And so, here I begin. :D
What's your favorite book? Author? Genre? Why do you enjoy them so??
I've often enjoyed learning and studying about the Tudor Dynasty in England, and lucky for me there's plenty of research out there, not to mention historical fiction, and wonderful authors. My favorite is Phillippa Gregory, who has a wonderful story-telling talent. There are fictional factors to her books, but most of them are primarily historically based, and when you read her notes in her books, you can see that she did research and deeply considered how much of the stories she writes that she can fabricate. I encourage you, if you like spins put to stories where you already know the endings but find you can't put the book down regardless, to look up Phillippa's collection of English historical fiction, where she covers several generations above and below Henry VIII (who might be my favorite element of that time period).
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