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About meI am a 35-year old, married gal with six children who receive the benefits of my reading obsession through homeschooling and seeing me immersed, bug-eyed, in my latest book while gently shushing them to go away (and read their own stuff, of course).

We love books of all kinds at our house and there is always a family read-aloud in progress.

I am partial to suspense, thriller, & detective fiction, popular fiction of a quirky sort, collections of short stories and poetry, classics and eclectic pickings of Christian and secular non-fiction, and art (history/appreciation). I do a bit of prereading for our kids since they are all still 12 and under, so I get a taste of children's literature on a regular basis. I don't read to or for our bearded dragon, leopard gecko, turtle or parakeets, but thought I'd mention the critters here for posterity. I'm also a Christmas freak. I LOVE Christmas and Advent books.

We own every Stephen King book and they are nicely shelved in the order they were published. That sounds funny after my mention of Christmas books...

My goal is to own every "classic" that I have enjoyed or would like to read so that our home library is full of both old and new treasures for our children and (one day) grandchildren to love and keep coming home to! And so that my husband won't drive me insane during our retirement.

And I love that crisp, new-book smell...ahhhhh.

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The Black Echo (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly

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When the Devil Holds the Candle (Inspector Sejer Mysteries) by Karin Fossum

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He Who Fears the Wolf (Inspector Sejer Mysteries) by Karin Fossum

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Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum

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The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

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The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff

Stopped by to say HI! I really admire the fact that you homeschool your children and still find time to read your own books. I noticed that we both loved Laurie King's books.
I love Christmas too! Check out my profile and see my picture - I have a Christmas display of over 100 lighted buildings and 400 people - while doing the setup each year I get about 5 audio books finished. I can't give up reading!

posted by cyderry at 10:34 am (EST) on Dec 2, 2008

Next Group Read

I should be grateful if you would visit the attached thread and kindly indicate if you would be interested in joining us in the next Group read.

http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.ph...

-TT

posted by TheTortoise at 6:21 am (EST) on Sep 25, 2008

Hi just wanted to say hello! I'm also a homeschooler. Currently we live in Japan, my husband is active duty. I have three children, 8-3 years old. They keep me busy with very little time to read. I was also trying to finish my college degree, but am putting that on hold again for maybe another year. I need them to be a little more independent first.
Take care!!
ps-love Christmas books too!! Do you have ADVENTure of Christmas by Lisa Whelchel? Its fab. She discusses the Christian aspects of modern day Christmas decorations.

posted by homeschoolmom at 7:06 pm (EST) on Dec 14, 2006

Just stopping by to say Hi, from one homeschooler to another. I am still teaching two teenage boys at home, my daughter graduated last year. Have you tried reading Dorothy L. Sayers? Her Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries are a lot of fun. Laurie King made some oblique references to him in a couple of her Mary Russell books. Also, if you like Stephen King, you might like Daphne Du Maurier. She wrote suspence novels. Not horror or supernatural, just a good suspence. Rebecca and Birds were hers. Good to see you here.

posted by MrsLee at 3:52 am (EST) on Dec 13, 2006

Hi!
Welcome to LibraryThing!!

Paola :-))))

posted by aluvalibri at 2:08 pm (EST) on Oct 1, 2006

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