Monday Monday Monday

The most courageous act is still
to think for yourself. Aloud.

                     Coco Chanel

Loving to Read

No one tried to censor my reading, though
occasionally when I happened on a book that
I could not understand and asked too many
difficult questions before people, the book
would disappear.  I remember this happened
 to Dickens' Bleak House, and  I spent days hunting for it
and wondering where I could have left it!
                                 This is My Story -
                                             Eleanor Roosevelt

A Homemade Life

Goodness.  Taking a break from school means I get to read for pleasure. 
Imagine, I get to read all those books sitting on my nightstand and not
textbooks. 

The first book on my list:  A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg.

Each chapter is like a blog post with a recipe.  I am over half way through and totally vested.  Contemporary writing with a nostalgic twist.  I buy books that engage me and then read them as time permits.  This one has been calling my name for a bit.  Easy light reading with clearly defined chapters.  Good read for the train and busy mommies. 

I can not wait to try some of the recipes and it has been fun to read to Lee as we drive to the next adventure.

Saw these pair at TJMaxx.  

Reading Recipes

Reading cookbooks and recipes is almost as enjoyable as cooking the recipes. Right now I am reading Maya Angelou's hallelujah! instead of homework. Each recipe section begins with a story from Maya's life. The stories are so good I felt compelled to read aloud to Mark.

I first learned about the significance of reading aloud when Mark and Nicholas were little. In my early years of parenting, I was fortunate enough to attend a lecture with the author of the Read-Aloud Handbook. That hour of two of instruction held sage advice that I still use today. The handbook is a great resource for techniques to encourage and develop the love of reading in children. As a family, we learned to share our passion for reading books, magazines and even short passages by reading aloud to each other. It's important for children to see men reading.

As a couple we read together. Before Jacob came along, I would read aloud to Lee on road trips. The first book we read together was A Portrait of a Marriage.

Cozy up with a hot chocolate and read aloud together.

Restless

I want this book Watching the English.

Shop on Amazon UK with great confidence. Even when I had a shipment glitch it was taken care of right off.

Right now I am watching How Clean is Your House on BBC America. I am in heaven with Kim and Aggie.

Oh joy.