false 42 757 726 true 5664586 read 8 true 2482485 currently-reading 23 true 2482484 to-read 57 false 3910966 homeschool-science 55 false 3910967 homeschool-american-history 51 false 2752929 christian-fiction 50 false 2752923 christian-living 49 false 2749163 classics 46 false 4172978 homeschool-fable-fantasy-myth 43 false 2749186 historical-fiction 42 false 2752934 biography-auto 41 false 4987256 tjed-books 39 false 4051825 homeschool-children-s-picture-books 36 false 5127991 young-adult 31 false 3910968 homeschool-general-history 31 false 5371682 5-pillar 29 false 2752918 fantasy 26 false 2749292 romance 26 false 4448785 usborne 25 false 2752921 pop-fiction 24 false 3911068 homeschool-read-a-louds 22 false 3910982 homeschool-reference-helps 22 false 2752928 christian-theology 20 false 3910971 homeschool-literature 20 false 3911215 homeschool-book-on-tape 19 false 2749320 psychology 17 false 2749183 favorite 15 false 2753474 family-life 14 false 3948191 homeschool-character 14 false 3910976 homeschool-math 13 false 2753451 personal-leadership 13 false 3911123 homeschool-poetry 13 false 2751920 health 13 false 2752909 sci-fi 11 false 2756522 shakespeare 11 false 3911067 homeschool-religion-theology 10 false 4219328 read-with-spouse 10 false 3549829 didn-t-finish 10 false 3910979 homeschool-how-to 7 false 2777029 byu-textbooks 6 false 3911064 homeschool-geography-cultures 5 false 2753644 financial 4 false 4123360 homeschool-music http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26292738 to: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Paperback/Newbery ) by Robert C. O'Brien
bookshelves: currently-reading, homeschool-read-a-louds
Rereading for the umpteenth time.... Definitely a family favorite. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77990390 Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy (Hardcover) by Mary Tomer
bookshelves: to-read
I just won this on goodreads.... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74342074 to: The Mom & Pop Store: How the Unsung Heroes of the American Economy Are Surviving and Thriving (Hardcover) by Robert Spector
bookshelves: financial
I won another book on Goodreads! I thought this would be interesting since we own one of those small businesses. I also thought it would be an interesting read for my husband Alex.

Updated: First off, I LOVED this book. I found it a fascinating look into small business, and more specifically of course Mom and Pop stores. I didn't think I would like this book as much as I did by the way. There was a lot of history in this book that outweighed the economics that I'm not as interested in.

He talks first about growing up as the son of a butcher and the family business. It talks about why they were successful. Then he hits the road and talks to people throughout the US including Japan and London. He finds out what makes them successful and discusses it.

This book will stay put on myself and be used as part of my children's economics studies in "high school." This book is well written, funny and very informative. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77359751 to: Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions (Heller, Ruth, Ruth Heller World of Language.) by Ruth Heller
bookshelves: homeschool-children-s-picture-books
This was a fun, silly little read helping children learn about interjections and conjunctions. I will look for more books by her. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73584558 to: The Usborne Internet-linked Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece (Internet-linked) by Lesley Miles
bookshelves: homeschool-general-history, usborne
We loved this book. I wish I had bought the Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt also. I'll just have to check the library.... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74406179 to: Greek Myths (Hardcover) by Geraldine McCaughrean
bookshelves: homeschool-fable-fantasy-myth
Filled with great Greek myths. All the classic myths are in it. They really enjoyed it and would have had me read the whole thing in a day if time and my throat held out. The illustrations aren't the best, but our family loves Greek myths! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24181834 to: Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1) by Eoin Colfer
bookshelves: fantasy, young-adult
I enjoy reading a good fantasy book often, but this wasn't one of them. Everything was to unbelievable. I didn't attach myself to any characters except the two bodyguards. This is another book bordering on right is wrong or wrong portrayed as right book. The "hero" of the book, the one you are suppose to want to win, is a 12 year cold hearted, evil genius. His family, and he continues the legacy, is built on high-tech crime. He steals a fairy and tricks them out of a "pot of gold." He lies, cheats, and harms people in the process. Another aspect of this book is that it oozes with liberal comments throughout. Comments relating to humans being stupid, humans destroying the earth, killing animals, pesticides, etc. (too much!) Also it is crass and disgusting at times. Do I really need to know how a dwarf goes to the bathroom and how much it smells (in detail)? I will let my children read this with me only as an assignment in recognizing fallacies. It really is a perfect book to do this as things are obnoxiously blatant. Right and wrong are confused, but not in an evil sense. Generally, a waste of time when the world is filled with great literature. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76799131 The Hadrian Memorandum (Hardcover) by Allan Folsom
bookshelves: to-read
I won another one... This one is a fiction book. I hope that it isn't too racy or I'll be skipping a lot.... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75005994 to: A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions (Hardcover) by Katharine Hayhoe
Yeah! I won another book on Goodreads....

I'm not sure what to think of this book. I had checked to win this book because I thought it was going to tell me that global warming was all made up. So when I started it reading it and it was pro-global warming I didn't know what to think.

I read it objectively and came away feeling a couple of things. 1). I don't know if I believe all their research. They were throwing numbers around every where. Who is to say if it is true or not. 2). I struggled with some of their interpretation of scripture and how it applies. 3). Okay, I thought, I'll try to make a better effort of doing green things. I don't ever know that I'll "go green," but I'll try to listen now when I hear people say things that can help out our world. I won't kill myself to do it and I won't bankrupt myself either, but if I can make a change here or there I will.

So I suppose in some ways this was a positive read for me and in others I just rolled my eyes through it. I'll be lending this book out to whoever wants to read it. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29247708 to: The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7) by C.S. Lewis
bookshelves: homeschool-literature
Great ending to a great series. I love the symbolism and plan to read and reread this with my kids. Every family should read these books allowed together. ]]>