24,747 Pages

Last year, during the Christmas holiday (2-3 weeks), I challenged the kids to read 2,000 pages of literature. When they reached that goal in 3 days I upped the goal to 7,000.



They enjoyed this achievement so much that I suggested we do it again for the summer break. I gave them the goal of 30,000 pages, yet that seemed a bit to daunting for them; so the goal became 20,000 pages of literature read from June 1 to September 1. They read a grand total of 24,747 pages!



Ryan found a great new series--"The Temeraire Series" by Naomi Novik There are five books total in this series and he read each of them at least 3 times. I really liked them too. He read them aloud to us. The books are historical/fiction. They are based in Napolionic time period, but changed somewhat--considering dragons aren't real-- this is a no brainer.

Liam loved to read books too. He especially loves a certian book about animals that we've had since Ryan was a toddler. He also likes 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom' and 'I Went Walking"

Delaney fell in love with The Boxcar Children and continued her love of that zany kindergartener "Junie B. Jones" .

Connor loved to read JRR Toliken's books and found a great afinity for Percy Jackson and the Olympians books too.

Cailin found a new author she enjoyed reading --Julie Bowie. She still loves 'The Warrior Cats' series and Judy Moody books are becoming favorites too.

Yeah, I'd have to say that we're geeks, we're a family that loves to read--and read, and read, and read.......