madteaparty Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 We are in the middle of Arabian Nights and Do No Harm (a neurosurgery memoir)--it has been great. What are you enjoying with your middle schooler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 (edited) Little Men (Great start classics edition); we alternate reading chapters. We just finished Moby Dick (also great starts). Mine is only 5th grade, though. ETA: 8th grade DD and I reading 12 Years A Slave. Edited January 19, 2016 by reefgazer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Around Christmas, we read Dickens' A Christmas Carol. We're gradually reading the following during Morning Time: The Wild Muir: Twenty-two of John Muir's Greatest Adventures 101 Changemakers: Rebels and Radicals Who Changed US History The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature What Darwin Saw: Based on Charles Darwin's Recollections of his Voyage Around the World in the Ship Beagle Abraham Lincoln's World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Black Ships Before Troy The Silver Chair 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 I'm unable to "like" Ethel's post (wonder why), but I like it and thank you :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Right now - The Mysterious Benedict Society. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 We don't do any readalouds. My older one prefers to read on his own, so when I start reading something for two of them, he always manages to get ahead and just take over. My younger isn't an auditory person. I wish my boys were into readalouds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3girls Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Nothing. We were reading Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh as a family, but she opted out. We're starting A Wrinkle in Time Monday so hopefully, she'll stick around for that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBeth Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Just finished The Black Stallion and started Johnny Tremain. DD is only in 5th and we're studying US history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeepa Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 We've committed to a reading steak in 2016 - our goal is read aloud everyday. There are a few books that I intended to read to her years ago, but they always got kicked to the side. We've decided to dive into them and we're both so glad we did. We read The Family Under the Bridge last week and both loved it. Now, we're reading All of A Kind Family and really enjoying the sweetness of the story. We plan to stay in the same era and read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn next. Some other books on our TBR list this year are: Watership Down The Book Thief The Magician's Elephant The Hiding Place Half Magic - another book we've intended to read for years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharonUF Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 We are doing 2: Rolf and the Viking Bow and Family Sabbatical by Carol Rykiel Brink 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Dh is reading the Westmark books.I'm reading Flying Solo for read aloud so time and am about to start The Complete Book of Marvels for school time. ETA: Sometimes the autocorrects on my ipad are so mysterious. It should say I'm reading Flying Solo for read alouds time. I suppose it moved the s from the imaginary "alouds" and decided I must have meant "so." Sigh. Edited January 17, 2016 by Farrar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) I'm reading Flying Solo for read aloud so time and am about to start The Complete Book of Marvels for school time.Complete book of marvels--I have this! I plan to read this! Allow me a moment of complete wonder that I may be doing something contemporaneously with the great Farrar versus just doing it because she mentioned it on her blog.But, are you just reading it? For fun? I've had the book a while and I've postponed because I keep thinking the need to augment and update would drive me crazy. I don't want to do that with a read aloud. For purposes of the thread, Id like to state that DH has agreed to read A Short History of Nearly Everything--we shall see. Edited January 17, 2016 by madteaparty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Complete book of marvels--I have this! I plan to read this! Allow me a moment of complete wonder that I may be doing something contemporaneously with the great Farrar versus just doing it because she mentioned it on her blog. But, are you just reading it? For fun? I've had the book a while and I've postponed because I keep thinking he need to augment and update would drive me crazy. I don't want to do that with a read aloud. For purposes of the thread, Id like to state that DH has agreed to read A Short History of Nearly Everything--we shall see. I got it because Alte Veste had sung its praises. And now we're doing a unit on geography so I thought it would be perfect. We also just finished Around the World in 80 Days (and we're watching the Michael Palin series, which, fascinatingly, is ALSO like a peek into the past, having been made when I wasn't much older than my kids are now, in the pre-cell phone, pre-just bring your credit card to travel internationally world). I've read bits of it, but, yeah, it's the first time I will have read it. I'm very much looking forward to it. I'm okay with the outdatedness of it. I think it'll be sort of fun - it's another little trip into the past. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc26 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 We have several going at one time--usually one school-related book and a fun one DS13: The Shakespeare Stealer Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter DS11: The Land I Lost Big Game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy to monkeys Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 The Great Turkey Walk - an easy read but fun and all are enjoying it The Book of the Dun Cow - picked it up at Andrew Pudewa's suggestion. IMO a very weird book 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 We have several going at one time--usually one school-related book and a fun one DS13: The Shakespeare Stealer Itch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter DS11: The Land I Lost Big Game Ooh, is the Explosive one a chemistry related book? DS would be thrilled. He keeps begging for a hands on chemistry class and just more chemistry in general but I haven't been able to find one and no landry intensives in this part of the country. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Dd 12's personal read aloud; Finishing up Heidi and starting Bridge to Terabithia. Family read aloud with siblings: Ramona series School read aloud: An illustrated condensed version of Moby Dick since we're studying oceans right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I read aloud to the whole Zoo from one book; so far this (school) year: Anne of Green Gables The Best Christmas Pageant Ever The Silver Chair (still on this one) also working through the Mensa For Kids Poetry lists... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) The Great Turkey Walk - an easy read but fun and all are enjoying it The Book of the Dun Cow - picked it up at Andrew Pudewa's suggestion. IMO a very weird book Dun Cow was the first Hive recommended selection that bombed for us. We left off half-way through. Edited to fix spelling error. :( Edited January 17, 2016 by ikslo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc26 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Ooh, is the Explosive one a chemistry related book? DS would be thrilled. He keeps begging for a hands on chemistry class and just more chemistry in general but I haven't been able to find one and no landry intensives in this part of the country. Thanks! Yup! It is about a kid who is out to collect every element on the periodic table. Action, mystery, science. I read about it here (not sure who originally posted about it), but there is also a sequel called Itch Rocks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Anne of Green Gables. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 With my 8th grader, I'm reading aloud The Voyage of the Beagle, SWB's Story of Science, and Shakespeare's Sonnets. We just finished a buddy read of The Tempest and we're going to do the same for Richard III next. We have kind of given up on bedtime reads together , sadly, because the girls are almost constantly at theater rehearsals in the evening. I do miss reading stories with my big girl, but it just isn't the best use of her time right now. So for lit, and even for pleasure reading, we both read the same book, but not together. And we recommend books to each other - I just handed her The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey to read alongside Richard III, and she had me read Paper Towns by John Green. I do not love YA fiction, but I figure if I expect her to read my recommendations, I should read some of hers. With my 4th grader, I'm reading aloud Robin Hood, the Green version, and she's reading aloud Lord and Lady Bunny by Polly Horvath. It's a funny book, and my dd is a hoot, a very good comic reader, so it's fun to listen to the story, and to listen to her read it. Shannon loved Itch and Itch rocks, and is impatiently waiting for the 3rd book in the series. I read Itch, and it was pretty good! It wouldn't be a bad read-aloud. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 We just finished the most recent Wings of Fire book (Escaping Peril). :hurray: We're in the middle of the Am. Girl Julie books. ( :crying: ) We're going to start the first Winston Breen book based on some recommendations here. Can't get the puzzles from the webpage, though. Because, you know, everyone will want their own to solve! :confused1: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) With both girls, we're reading Huck Finn and will be starting Idylls of the King and Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution this week. With my older daughter, we're about to start the Greek Tragedies and will use Vandiver's lectures to accompany them. With my younger daughter, she's reading Treasure Island (out loud right now but maybe alone soon...we will still do some chapter prep work together before she reads either way) but we're about to start The Sea Around Us together and we're also reading Ivanhoe together. Edited January 17, 2016 by Kfamily 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I have one boy, age 11, who loves for me to read to him at bedtime. We recently finished The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles. I am now reading The Trumpet of the Swan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddlemomma Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Hitler and Mao both by Albert Marrin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Kidnapped by Stevenson and Dodger by Prachett to a 5th grader. Can't stop, won't stop all things Prachett. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Right now - The Mysterious Benedict Society. Dh just started reading this to our 3 oldest kids. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I'm unable to "like" Ethel's post (wonder why), but I like it and thank you :) Ethel is a moderator which is why you're unable to like her post. Regards, Kareni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Emily of New Moon and The Hobbit. We finished The Dark is Rising yesterday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Everybody listens, but notionally Eagle of the Ninth is for my 10yos, The Whipping Boy and Pippi Longstocking for younger dd. In the car we are all listening to Hat Full of Sky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I am reading the Prydain chronicles series with DD. I think her brothers would like it too, but I started the series with DD when we were on a mother /daughter trip, so this is "our series" right now and I guess I will start it from the beginning later with them. After that I think we'll read Echo and The War That Saved My Life (Newberry honor books this year). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmstranger Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Yup! It is about a kid who is out to collect every element on the periodic table. Action, mystery, science. I read about it here (not sure who originally posted about it), but there is also a sequel called Itch Rocks. My kids LOVED Itch!! My oldest read the sequel, too. Awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizaG Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 (edited) Little Britches [ETA: DH is actually the one reading this] Greg Clark & Jimmie Frise stories (vintage Canadian humor) Edited January 18, 2016 by ElizaG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 A Wrinkle in Time The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Downfall of Imperial Russia LoTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (bedtime book) The Royal Road to Romance (travelogue by Richard Halliburton) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chloe Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Just finished reading The Princess and the Goblin, starting Rolf and the Viking Bow on audio to give me a break. Dh is reading aloud Little Britches. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrips Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Finishing Across Five Aprils. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristie in Florida Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Taking a break from Sense and Sensibility to read Tom Sawyer. On deck is probably Little Men. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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