Addicted to Reading

Rob and I have spent a lot of our time together reading this summer. Since I have hour-long lunch breaks in Idaho Falls, I spend most of that time reading, and then I get so into my books that I want to read more when I get home. Rob is fine with that, because he also loves to read. The picture above was taken when we went to Monkey Rock with a group of people, and just couldn't put our books down. My summer roommates always comment on how cute it is that we read together, but I think deep down they think we're boring old people.

Anyway, we decided to blog about the books we are currently reading. I started out the summer reading the "Hearts of the Children" series by Dean Hughes, which is a sequel series to the "Children of the Promise" series, which I read last summer. I think I liked the first series better, but they are both good, and I feel like I have learned a little bit about the historical time periods in which they take place.

When I finished that series, I didn't know what to do with myself, so Rob got me "Twilight." It was just the kind of book I wanted to read, and I am a fan. However, after buying both the first and second books in paperback, Rob found out that the third book isn't going to come out in paperback for another year! I didn't want to buy the third book in hardback, because that would ruin my collection. So I'm waiting to read the third until I can borrow it! And I'll probably have to wait to borrow the fourth as well... Meanwhile, I borrowed a Nicholas Sparks book from Katie called "True Believer." It's getting me through my lunch breaks.


Rob has been reading a series called "The Wheel of Time" for a while. He is on book 6 out of 13 right now. The author, Robert Jordan, passed away before he could finish the 13th and final book. Luckily, he had chosen someone to finish the series for him, so Rob won't have to be left without an ending to his series. Rob likes reading fantasy books, and I have decided that the next series I read will be "Fablehaven," because I've heard it is good, and to make Rob happy. Who knows, maybe I'll become a fantasy fanatic and stop teasing him so much.

Rob gave me a copy of "The Screwtape Letters" for Easter, and we decided to read it together. It's not a quick and easy read, and it's helpful for us to be able to slowly read one chapter at a time and talk about it. So far, it's been really interesting and insightful.

That's our reading blog! If you have any book suggestions, let us know!