reading

A Flaw in My Reading Goal

So the other day I came across a problem the other day. A problem with my reading goal. My past approach to books has been to read into them a bit and then decide if I was going to finish them or not. If I wasn’t loving the book, I’d set it aside and move on to the next novel. This is one of the main reasons that my ratings for books were as high as they were. I’d only rate a book I finished, and I’d only finish a book I liked. But this year my goal is to […]

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What are Your Favorite Book Series?

For this week’s radio show, we came up with our top 5 book series. I (of course) had to narrow it down some, because that was too much of a question to commit to, so instead I chose my 5 favorite series from when I was a kid. They’re the books I’ve reread the most often, after all. These days, I don’t have too much time to reread books. Back then I did it all the time. So check out the show, and let me know what series would make your top 5.

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Finishing Narnia

You’ll recall that I started reading aloud to my daughter over the summer in an effort to get her reading skills improving. It continues to go wonderfully. Her reading has gotten better by leaps and bounds. She’s not off the charts, skill-wise, but she’s right in line with where she should be reading, and I feel like my efforts have really helped get her there. Better yet, it’s become a tradition the two of us enjoy a lot. She reminds me when I forget, and it’s something she looks forward to every day. We finished The Last Battle on Saturday,

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How to Help Your Kids Improve Their Reading

There was a time, years ago, when TRC wasn’t a big reader. Granted, it was in Kindergarten, right after he’d learned to read in the first place, but still. I remember wanting him to read more, and so I started reading aloud with him in the evenings. This lasted all of two or three evenings, because after that, he decided he wanted to read the book faster so he could find out what happened, and he really hasn’t stopped reading since. Seriously. So for four years or so, that’s what I thought “encouraging your kids to read” consisted of. (Come

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The Power of a Great Book

I love to read. That much should be pretty self-evident. But the fact is, I don’t always read great books. Don’t get me wrong: most of the books I read are good. If they weren’t, I’d give up on reading them. But it’s not every day that I come across a great book. What’s the difference? A good book is fun to read. It’s diverting. But a great book demands to be read. When I’m in the middle of a great book, I lose sleep because I can’t put the book down. I think about it when I’m not reading it. I

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