What we're reading Wednesday

The interim between giving thanks and full-blown Christmas frenzy. 

 

We’re still working on decorating (more on that later); trying out every reciepe I can find to reduce the turkey stores in the fridge; and lamenting not heading into the madness on Black Friday (so, no, I am not done with my shopping yet.  And this was my year to be ahead of the game.  Oh, well.).

So, we’re not into our Christmas movie stash just yet.  Nor have we started a Christmas book.  Perhaps by next Wednesday…

Here’s what we’re reading this week.

Kids:

[The eldest loves this series and has hooked the younger on it, too.  Though he’s just a touch slower, being 2 years her junior and all.  It’s a little dark in parts, but so were the original fairytales, and the myths from which these characters originate.  We’ve dialogued about the “scary” parts; and about fiction v. non-fiction.]

 

Me:

[I was so excited to get this!  And as much as I want to plow through it in one sitting—“get your own dinner, kids!”—I am relishing taking little bits of it at a time.  Slowly pondering them and letting my spirit digest them.  Really, it’s not as liberal-feminist as one might think.  I encourage those who have a knee-jerk, anti-woman-movement reaction to this book to pick it up, and let her humor and diligence win you over.  Or at least give it a shot before roundly rejecting the tenents she is attempting to point out.]

 Happy holiday prepping, all!  Don’t let the crush of it all take away from being able to sit quietly, even just for a few stolen moments a week, and read.  It’s the lifetime investment that none of us can do without.