and more books and more books…

Can you ever have too many books? From my perspective, possibly.  From my husband’s, absolutely not.

I want to read all these great books but where’s the time?!  I know, I know.  I have the time I just don’t make the time.

I do Bible study every morning for 30-45 minutes (the 4 chapters designated from For the Love of God), I read out loud to the kids in the morning and on good days in the afternoon, we do Bible study at night and Michael reads out loud before bed.  So, I’m “reading” just not that cozy-up-with-a-good-book reading.

I know there will be a day when my life will be more flexible…like when all the kids are out of the house.

Until then, I will gaze upon the bookshelves and dream about the stories and adventures that lie within.

Oh, and the real reason for this post is to end my guilt about never updating the Books We’re Reading category.  I can’t keep up with Michael and Haley.  Haley’s a beast.  Michael’s just dedicated.

Instead of updating here are labeled bookshelves filled with books that have been, are being or will be read.

As you can see we buy a lot of books.  After much research, Michael has found the best place to buy most books is Christianbook.com.  Other places we buy from: wtsbooks.com, amazon.com, monergismbooks.com, and I’m sure others that I’m forgetting.

I began compiling this list in July 2009.  Reading is a very large part of our homeschool day.  I read to the children for 45 minutes in the morning and the afternoon, my husband then reads 45 minutes before bedtime.

If you have questions about any of the books please ask!

Me

* Charlotte’s Web (to children)
* The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (to children)
* Black Like Me
* Stuart Little (to children)
* Hank the Cowdog book 1 (to children)
* Hank The Cowdog book 2 (to children)
* Common Sense by Beck
* Managers of Their Chores
* The Backyard Homestead
*Secret Garden (to children)
*A Series of Unfortunate Events (to children)

• The Bad Beginning
• The Reptile Room
• The Wide Window

Michael

* Biblical Hermeneutics
* Liberty and Tyranny
* Sinner by Dekker
* Teaching the Trivium
* The Duggar’s 20 & Counting
* Preparing Sons for a One Income Family
* Treasure Island (to family)
* Desiring God
* The Backyard Homestead
* The Word of God English
* What is Reformed Theology
* The Hobbit (to family)
* Because the Time is Near
* The Boy at the Alamo (to family)
* Holiness of God
* Truth Wars
* 5 Dilemmas of Calvinism

Haley

* Charlotte’s Web
* Island of the Blue Dolphins
* Little House In The Big Woods
* Abel’s Island
* Farmer Boy
* Little House on the Prairie
* The Courage of Sarah Noble
* The Trumpet and the Swan
* Sarah Whitcher’s Story
* On The Banks of Plum Creek
* By the Shores of Silver Lake
* The Long Winter
* Little Town on the Prairie
* These Happy Golden Years
* The First Four Years

DVDs watched as a family:

* Eden String Quartet
* Mysterious Island
* Amazing Grace: The History and Theology of Calvinism