Story of the World: Ancient Times by Susan Wise Baur

I have used this history book for my first grade boy for homeschool.  She is an excellent writer and I found myself getting into the stories as much as my son.  I think he has grown into the book as the year has gone on.  In the beginning it was like pulling teeth to get him to listen and respond to my questions about the reading.  As he has matured he has become more and more interested in it.  I think it also helps that by the end we are talking about wars involving the Greeks and
Romans which he loves to get into.  A friend of mine mentioned that the next book is even better and that it's right in line with second grade.  I can't wait to start next year.  I think he's going to have fun with it

Funny quote I came across

"Outside of a dog, a book is your best friend, and inside a dog it's too dark to read."

Groucho Marx

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

I find it slightly amusing with a touch of annoying when I hear an outsider talk about another's marriage.  It is amusing because I've been there but annoying because nobody really knows what goes on in someone else's marriage.  Even the people involved can't exactly describe what is going on even when they try. 

This is what Iove about Gone Girl.   Flynn does an amazing job getting into this warped marriage and describing what the occupants of this marriage can not.  Both Characters, Nick and Amy, see themselves and each other in a warped way.  One of them is more warped than the other.  I could go on and on about this book but I'm afraid I'd give too  much away.  Needless to say, this was a page turner and worth  every minute spent on it.

Here's a saucy quote for you

Book lovers never go to bed alone.  ~Author Unknown

Beginning

Yes, I am starting a blog once again.  I noticed that I normally follow a five year cycle.  I'll write on a blog for the first couple of years,  posts slowly peter out, then it lays fallow for a few more.  Then I get the writing bug again and decide I absolutely have to write but for whatever reason start completely over.  Well this time I'm setting up much narrower parameters.  I am only writing about books here on this place.  I may even post bits of writing I have done when I've felt particularly creative.  I guess we'll see.

This weekend I had a wonderful time with some friends of mine where we talked about books.  It was so nice to remember all my old books that I've read in the past.  As my friends brought up more thoughts about a particular book it felt as though we were talking about a mutual friend that we admire.  Then I found the quote that's on the description.  So now you know where it all came from.