This past year I decided to read the Florida Sunshine State books. I had realized that many of these books contained content that I should be aware of. Nothing totally bad, just things I wasn't sure I wanted Brittany to be reading about. So, this past summer I decided to read them all before Brittany so I could discuss anything that came up with her. Also, she doesn't like scary books, but since it is such a big deal to read them in her school, she reads them. So, I could let her know which books to read during the day, etc. The books were really good!
Well, they have two groups-3-5th grade and 6-8th. Brittany decided to start reading the 6-8th after she finished the others, so now I am trying to catch up to her! She's still ahead of me I think. Now the whole thing is more of a challenge to me to read all the Sunshine State books.
I decided to to broaden my book reading last summer. I tend to stick to the same books and authors. So I read a lot of books over the summer and even won 3 drawings at the library! Most everybook was good! How can one read everything and just choose?? I did find a new series that I really like. The Joe Grey Mystery series.
Okay, so this post just rambled. I think it was a great challenge for me to read the same books as my older daughter and still read my adult books. So, if anyone is reading this, I think you should challenge yourself to do some out of the box reading. It's been a wonderful experience. And you can do it with movies as well! Something else I've learned.
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