This month I am reading

I missed Bron's book meme last month, but am catching up now.

The boy and I are still working our way through Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, but adding in some of Enid Blyton's Tales of Brave Adventure every now and then too.  The copy we are reading is mine from when I was in Year One, and it is a retelling of the stories of Robin Hood and King Arthur - the boy is especially taken with Robin Hood and keeps requesting his own bow and arrow.

The big girl and I have finished Anne of Green Gables, and have moved on to Anne of Avonlea.

I sobbed my way through the last few chapters of Anne of Green Gables, much to the big girl's bemusement.

She has also just finished reading Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. I think she is glad to be finished and have all her questions answered, but will miss the series.  There as a small crisis on the last day of school when she went back to her classroom after lunch to find that all the desks had been moved and her book was trapped in her desk, which was against a wall.  Luckily we managed to borrow a copy so she didn't have to wait two weeks to finish the book.

We are big fans of Julia Donaldson here - The Gruffalo, and The Gruffalo's Child are on high rotation.  The small girl and I picked up Stick Man at the book store last week.  It is the story of a stick who lives with his wife and twigs in a tree.  One day a dog picks Stick Man up and he gets taken further and further from home.  Things get a bit dicey when Stick Man falls asleep in the snow and ends up in a fire place, but it all ends well.

Finally, I think I may have mentioned Maggie O'Farrell before.  This month I am reading The Distance Between Us.  I love the way Maggie O'Farrell writes - she subtly reveals the story and leaves you guessing.  After this, I have one of her older books to read and then will have to wait patiently for a new one.

Hope you find some time this long weekend to curl up with a good book.....