Month: March 2009

RecoMonday: The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

I started City of Bones last Monday during naptime and immediately was pulled in and put a movie on after naptime so I could keep reading. Then I stayed up until 2:30 that night finishing it.

Tuesday I went to the library to pick up City of Ashes and didn’t let myself start it until the kids were in bed for the night. I read about half of it until 1am and finished the rest of it today during naptime and video time.

The books aren’t amazing, but they were very entertaining to read and fast-paced. I don’t think they’re as good as the Twilight series, but they are similar with werewolves and vampires. The main girl, Clary, starts to see people that others can’t see and finds out she is a Shadowhunter – someone who hunts and kills demons. Many reviewers match it to Buffy and the Vampire Slayer. It’s also similar to Harry Potter.

There is a love triangle (of course). There are twists and turns (a few too many for me). And there is lots of action and some really good dialogue. Sometimes Clare’s descriptions are confusing, but it still kept me hooked.

And luckily I started this series at the perfect time. The 3rd and final book comes out this week.

Starting Read-Aloud Books

Last week I read a post at this blog about reading to kids.

Emily wrote that she was currently reading aloud The Indian in the Cupboard to her 5 yr old and 3 yr old. My immediate thought was, “Are my kids old enough to listen to a book without pictures?”

Well, we tried it and Blake is definitely able to do it and enjoyed it a lot. Clark isn’t quite there yet, but was able to listen while laying in bed sometimes.

We started reading James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl last Thursday.

We finished reading it yesterday. It only took us 6 days. I thought I might read a chapter or two each night, but Blake wanted to read it during the day. All the time. I’m not sure he quite understood that we weren’t supposed to finish it in one sitting.

So I stocked up at the library and am looking forward to reading longer books that will be more interesting for Dan and me as well.

New Book Addiction

A fun new series I’ve been reading.

I started City of Bones on Monday during naptime and immediately was pulled in and put a movie on after naptime so I could keep reading. Then I stayed up until 2:30 that night finishing it.

Tuesday I went to the library to pick up City of Ashes and didn’t let myself start it until the kids were in bed for the night. I read about half of it until 1am and finished the rest of it today during naptime and video time.

The books aren’t amazing, but they were very entertaining to read and fast-paced. I don’t think they’re as good as the Twilight series, but they are similar with werewolves and vampires. The main girl, Clary, starts to see people that others can’t see and finds out she is a Shadowhunter – someone who hunts and kills demons. Many reviewers match it to Buffy and the Vampire Slayer. It’s also similar to Harry Potter.

There is a love triangle (of course). There are twists and turns (a few too many for me). And there is lots of action and some really good dialogue. Sometimes Clare’s descriptions are confusing, but it still kept me hooked.

And luckily I started this series at the perfect time. The 3rd and final book comes out next week.

Deliciously Clean New Site

For those who don’t know, Deliciously Clean Reads has moved. The blogger, Emily, had too many different blogs to maintain so she combined them all into one new one. It is called Homespun Light and I’m really enjoying her posts so far. She writes about her family, clean books, crafts, or whatever strikes her fancy.

She currently has a book giveaway as well for Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George. Check it out here.