Books I'm reading

This is the current list of books I'm reading/listening to:

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (audiobook) - I'm listening to this one with my husband.  As he travels a lot and drives about 45 minutes to work, he listens to the cd's and on his mp3 player.  I've loaded it onto my mp3 player and listen to it while I'm doing housework or shopping.  I just started it this morning and am already enjoying it.

A Dog's Way Home by Bobbie Pyron - This is a children's book and I'm reading it right now with my older daughter who is 10.  Our local library hosts a mother/daughter book club 9 months out of the year and we have been participating in that for about 2 years now.  It has been really fun and has given us something to share.  She is much further ahead than I am right now and asks me everyday if I read any of it today.  She is anxious to talk about the book and knows that she has to wait because I won't let her give anything away to me.  She is really enjoying the book and can't wait for the bookclub meeting.  I'm only about 1/4 in to the book, and I am liking it as well.

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - my sisters-in-law and I have started a quarterly book club and we have decided to read the Hunger Games books.  I actually read The Hunger Games quite a while ago, but never did move on to the others in the series.  I might be a victim of all the hype or I just wasn't in the right state of mind at the time, so although I found the first book quite good, I wasn't sucked in and was able to put it down at will and I was ok not picking up the next book as soon as I had finished the first one.  My husband read the first one with me so when he found out that we were doing the whole series, I got the audiobooks for him and he has already finished this one.  I have until the end of June to get this one finished--so I'm taking my time with it.

Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace - My husband bought me a Kindle Touch for christmas and Ben-Hur was one of the books that he put on it.  I have seen the movie before and like it, but what really got my curiosity is that Anne Shirley in the movie "Anne of Green Gables" gets in trouble for reading it during math and I've stored this book title away in my head ever since.  When I saw it on my Kindle, I decided to dive right in.  It was a few weeks before Easter, and I thought it would be great to have it finished by Easter.....no such luck.  I am enjoying it so far.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - I have read this one before and I loved it.  I was going to be reading this one with a teacher friend of mine, but things just haven't worked out with her schedule to be able to read it.  I may just put it back on the shelf, but because I have already started reading it again, it's hard for me not to finish it.  Does anyone else have this problem?

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling - This one will be slow going as I'm reading it to the twins before bed time.  As we have a busy schedule and sometimes get home just in time for everyone to brush their teeth and then fall into bed, it's not an every night read.  Check back in 2 years and I should be done with it.  I have told the twins that they are old enough now to read it on their own, but neither of them want me to stop reading it to them (which secretly I'm glad about). I have read the entire Harry Potter series and love them all.  It has been fun reading these to the kids and see their surprise at the twists and turns in the storylines.  I'm glad that I've been able to keep them from knowing too much about Harry Potter so it is a fresh, new story for them.

That's about it for now.  Many people wonder at my ability to read so many books at one time and to keep everything straight.  I'm not sure how I do it, I've always been able to.  My reading of multiple books, however, didn't start until my senior year in High School, where I took A.P. English and we were reading many books at a time.   I guess I can thank Mr. Bickmore for my ability! :)