read

We love to read in my house. Here's a short list of some of what we've enjoyed over the past couple of years.

My Stuff:

All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
American Bride in Kabul by Phyllis Chesler
The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel by Adam Johnson
Billy Lyn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
Bootstrapper by Mardi Jo Link
Danielle Walker's Against All Grain meals made simple by Danielle Walker
Healing the Hyper Active Brain, by Michael R. Lyon M.D.
Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert
Flow (P.S.), by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mindset: The New Psychology of Sucess, by Carol Dweck
The Whole-Brain Child, by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne
Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children, by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Element, Sir Ken Robinson
Out of our Minds, Sir Ken Robinson

My Boy's List of Favorites (ages 12 and 9):

Jinx, Jinx's Magic and Jinx's Fire by Sage Blackwood
Escape from Furnace series, by Alexander Gordon Smith (12 year old)
Leepike Ridge, by N.D. Willson
The Ranger's Apprentice, by John Flanagan (LOVE this series)
Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling (duh)
The Drowned Vault, by N.D. Willson
Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
Inheritance Cycle Omnibus: Eragon, Eldest and Brisingr, Christopher Paolini
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
Brian's Hunt, Gary Paulsen
Brian's Return, Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter, Gary Paulsen
Dogsong, Gary Paulsen
A Monster Calls, Patrick Ness
A Dragon's Tooth, N.D. Wilson
Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary
Gregor Series books 1 through 6, Suzanne Collins
The Mysterious Benedict Society Trilogy, Trenton Lee Stewart
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Johnny Tremain by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Warriors: The New Prophecy by Erin Hunter 
Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne (they both loved these when they were younger)