Spring is pretty much here, and the other day I sat outside for a couple of hours and read. It was delightful. The girls are neck-deep in school, but a couple of them are still finding time to read.

A has to read a Holocaust book for her gifted class, and so she picked:She did ask when it was going to pick up and get interesting, but I hope she does give it a bit more time…

And K has taken to reading multiple books at one time. Right now, that’s:

She picked up Sisters Grimm after a conversation when C was remembering how much she liked the series. So far, K’s really liking it.

What are you reading right now?

It’s been a bit of a crazy day here; church this morning and then I dashed off to work for our 6th annual Book Club Sunday (the bookish answer to the Super Bowl!) then home to interact with the family… and it’s only now that I’m sitting down to think about what the kids read this past month.

C attempted 1984 for her APLit class, but decided it wasn’t for her, and is enjoying this much more:

She’s actually been super busy with a show, so we found an audiobook version of it that she’s quite enjoying.

Alison has moved on to another William Allen White book:

Not her usual fare (that’s the point), but she’s enjoying it.

And K is juggling between three books (it used to be four but she bailed on one because it got too kissy):

It seems we’re all Rick Riordan all the time now.

What are you reading?

It was lovely having everyone here for Christmas, and (of course) we all got books.

M got these:

C got these:

E got these:

A got these:

And K got these:

She already had a copy of Sisters, so she traded out for this one, which hasn’t come in yet:

The semester is winding down, and the girls are working more on school work than reading. But they’re out of school starting the 15th, so maybe they’ll read then? We can only hope.

Over the break, C is required to read a book (any book) she hasn’t before. I sat and chatted with her and recommended these:

I’m curious to see what she’ll pick.

A is still working her way through Lockwood and Co and is almost done with this one:

And, of course, she loves it. Who doesn’t love Lockwood?

So, we went to see Thor: Ragnarok over Thanksgiving, and before that was the trailer for Ready Player One and K was super intrigued by it. And when I told her it was a book, she wanted to read it. So, she picked up this:

I’m definitely curious to see what she thinks. (So far: Wade is really sweary.)

What are you reading right now?

I know it’s the second Sunday, but I was flying home from KidlitCon last Sunday, and arrived home to a house full of sick people. Which was fun. But we’re all better now, and still reading.

C is reading Invisible Man for school, but picked this up (again) for fun:

A is supposed to be reading this for school

but as much as she loves Fablehaven, she DOESN’T like this series. She hasn’t had a single good thing to say about it. In fact, she’d much rather be reading Lockwood & Co instead. (I don’t blame her.)

And K, after watching a video from Overly Sarcastic Productions, she checked this out from the library:

and started it. It’s ambitious, but she’s enjoying it so far!

What are you reading?

Last night was the Rick Riordan event here in Wichita. I worked

But everyone else came to enjoy “Uncle” Rick’s presentation:

It was a lot of fun!

But it also means that half of them are reading this right now:

K has gone down the Rick Riordan wormhole, too, working her way through Heroes of Olympus. She’s currently reading this one:

She has issues with the story (most particularly, Nico’s age), but she’s liking them.

What are your kids reading?

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School’s back in full swing and while we’re busy, it’s not nearly the level of crazy as last year (yet). So everyone has time to read.

C has picked up this for the first section in her APLit class

She’s liking it so far. What she really likes is that the cover doesn’t have a picture of a constipated woman on it.

A is required to read a William Allen White book and she picked this one

I told her it’s weird, but she’s still game.

And K discovered these graphic novels

She really likes the characters and the stories, which deal with friendship and bullying and finding your place in middle school, really resonate with her right now.

What are your kids reading?

We’re halfway through summer now, and the girls are busy being lazy and going swimming and working. But they’re still finding time to read. (Which is almost more than I can say for myself…)

C has moved on from reading about how to read literature to reading this:

She hates taking notes on it (she hates taking notes on books, period.), and she has Opinions which she’s not “allowed” to include (she is anyway). I think she’s enjoying it. She’s definitely thinking about it as she reads.

A has moved on to this

She’s really enjoying it. It’s made her cry a LOT and has enjoyed the plot reveals, and is finding it a really intriguing story so far.

And K nabbed this when I brought an advance copy home

She loved it! And is dying for me to read it, just so she has someone to talk to about it.

That’s what we’re reading right now. What are you reading?

We were driving home from vacation last week (yay for vacations!), which is why this is a week late.  In fact, most of the girls will be gone this week at camps, so “summer” (as in: trips to the pool, watching too much TV, and being bored) doesn’t really start in earnest until next week. Even so, the girls are reading.

C has decided to get a jump on summer homework and is reading this:
She wasn’t looking forward to it (thought it would be dry and boring), but is finding that it’s actually quite fascinating. It’s nice when summer reading isn’t a drag.

E picked up this, which I had tossed her way a while back:

And basically confirmed what I already knew: Patrick Ness is an amazing writer and can’t write a bad book. (I really ought to make the time to read this!)

A is working her way through this:
Which she says is not as good as Raven Cycles (duh), but is fascinating and she’s interested enough to keep going, even though the horses are hard to keep straight.

And K decided she missed reading with her dad, and so asked him to read this aloud:
They say it’s a lot of fun.

So, that’s what they’re reading (for now). Here’s hoping they’ll keep it up all summer!

April got away from me. No excuses. It was just one of those months that fell into the black hole. However, people have been reading….

C decided, a bit ago, that she needed to reread Percy Jackson. She worked her way through the first series (she said she was a bit afraid at how violent Percy was as as 13 year old! And that Titan’s Curse was a LOT more angsty than she remembered) and is nearly done with the second.

This one has been the biggest surprise. Maybe it’s because M and A have dogged on it for YEARS (it being the weakest in the series), and maybe it’s because C just skipped it the first time around (because of M and A’s bad opinion), but she’s rather enjoyed the book. She says it’s not the best book she’s ever read, but that it’s not as awful as her sisters have made it out to be.

A, of course, is already done with the newest Rick Riordan (yes, we do love him around here).

Since I’m a no spoiler sort of person, all I’m letting her tell me is that it’s good.

And K has had a report to do on King Arthur for the school wax museum, so she’s been reading a LOT of books on the legends. She’s become quite a font of knowledge about King Arthur. This one was the most useful, I think:

She’s really enjoyed learning more about him.

What are your kids reading?