There are two types of people in the world. People who love to read and those that I believe must have a large, gaping hole in their souls. Bold statement I know but I make it from a place of love. I love to read and books have played, at least in some part, a […]
I often find myself thinking about how things used to be. How they used to be before the advent of the Internet, social networks, and instant access to just about anything. This way of thinking lies behind the existence of this blog and many of the things that interest me. And one thought that I […]
A love of reading is one of those things that we as parents desperately want to impart to our kids. Whether we have achieved that is still a work in progress. However, pictures like these, of our seven year-old G man at the library seem to have us at least pointed in the right direction. […]
I adore stories. I especially love the good versus evil ones where it seems all is lost until the forces of good triumph in the end. Stories like The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Lord of the Rings are great examples of some of my favorites. These also happen to be the types of stories that speak to children. […]
[su_dropcap style=”simple” size=”1″]L[/su_dropcap]in-Manuel Miranda is pretty famous in my house. Our oldest loves all things related to Hamilton the Musical, the hugely successful cultural phenomenon. She loves the soundtrack, the other soundtrack, the calendar that she got for Christmas and has even begun reading through the book that the play is based off of. I […]
Our oldest daughter who is nearly 13 years old now was our first book club participant. A couple of years ago, we wanted to add the shared experience of reading a book with peers to her list of activities. To achieve this, my wife joined with other homeschooling moms and they launched the Readers United […]
So, I am a reader. Anyone who knows me is not surprised by this. For as long as I can remember, I have read. However, my not so secret shame is that I have never read much of anything that could be considered a “classic.” In fact, the majority of my reading would fall into […]
[su_dropcap style=”simple” size=”1″]F[/su_dropcap]or as long as I can remember, I have loved to read. I remember as a kid, sneaking my paperback copy of the Fellowship of the Ring into church so I could read it during sermons. I remember reading through lunch time at school and staying up deep into the night because I […]