Keeping Me Company
Our dog Scrappy likes to keep me company when I'm reading. He prefers to be close enough that I can pet him, but isn't really interested in my books. This is the only picture of him I could find quickly.
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Read-a-Thon Update
Amber hasn't done any reading since my last update - we had lunch and she had to sing and it's a fairly nice day out.
Since my last update:
I'm still working on Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman. Like I said, we had some running around to do, so I've about an hour and 20 minutes or so. (total= 3 hours and 30 minutes)
I've read 94 more pages. (total= 224)...
Our Anniversary
Today is our Tenth Anniversary. We actually celebrated yesterday because my husband loves me and knew I was planning on doing the Read-a-Thon today. Isn't he sweet? He puts up with me and encourages me all the time. It has been a wonderful ten years and he truly is my best friend. It's a shame, though, that we can't have some kind of party where people give us more sheets and towels.
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Read-a-Thon Update
Amber's (9) update'll be first.
She spent 2 hours and 25 minutes reading.
She finished a batch of books:
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire by Jesse Leon McCann
The Fran with Four Brains (Franny K. Stein) by Jim Benton
Scooby-Doo and the Weird Water Park by Jesse Leon McCann
Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
Zack's Alligator by Shirley Mozell
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schultz
The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten by Patricia Relf
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
The Cafeteria Lady for the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Pickle Things by Marc Brown
Her total so far is 11 books. They're all re-reads for her but she's enjoying it. I think she may be going for sheer numbers. She says her favorite so far is the Franny K. Stein.
My update is not nearly as interesting.
I've read for about 2 hours and 15 minutes, 130 pages in Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne...
Read-a-Thon
YAY! Amber (9) and I are up. I've gotten my shower. She made us breakfast and we're ready to start reading. And it's only 8:15, which is pretty good for me.
The first hour meme is up over at the website.
We'll be at our house for the most part.
I've got 13 books in my pile as possibles. Obviously I won't read them all. Amber says she has "a bunch" in hers.
I don't really have any goals, just to have fun andread a lot without feeling guilty. Amber says her goal is to "read a bunch." I'm hping she finished the book she's reading for her book report.
This is our first read-a-thon, so thanks for all the advice I've gotten over the last couple of weeks....
The Runaway Mummy by Michael Rex
The Runaway Mummy by Michael Rex
When a little mummy gets in trouble, he begins an imaginary game of chase with his mother. When her child becomes a serpent, gargoyle, or huge bat, the mother becomes the sea monster, dragon, or ancient cathedral necessary to be with her child. Only when the little mummy becomes a boy (actually a bunny) who takes karate and learns to play piano does his mother have to use her most savage, awful, terrible, bloodcurdling shriek to save him.
Amber (9) and I read this adorable picture book last night. It's a little young for her, but perfect for the season and she liked it, especially the great illustrations. A dragon, a sea monster, a giant bat, how could she resist? The creatures the two mummies imagine themselves as are a little on the scary side, but bright, colorful and fun. It's a perfect Halloween book for the younger set. Even a mummy's mommy loves him, no...