And the routine begins again...

It's that time again. The holidays are over. The endless winter breaks and laziness must come to an end. We're easing back into school with our workbooks and piano lessons, but will soon chart a new course in adding Science emphasis on Tuesdays, History emphasis on Thursdays, and Zoe will be starting her Life Skill courses in the afternoons. On top of these wonderful additions, I want to foster a love of and a discipline for reading. That being said, Zoe, Gideon and I now have a reading list of 60 books each. After each set of 10 books, we will get a reward. At the completion of our reading list, we get a much larger reward.

Here are our first ten books off of our reading lists:

 Tiffany’s Reading List

1.)    The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings series) by J.R.R. Tolkien

2.)    The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia series) by C.S. Lewis

3.)    7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess by Jen Hatmaker

4.)    The Two Towers (Lord of the Rings series) J.R.R. Tolkien

5.)    The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia series) by C.S. Lewis

6.)    The Return of the King (Lord of the Rings series) J.R.R. Tolkien

7.)    The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

8.)    This Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can’t by Augusten Burroughs

9.)    In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan

10.) The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler

Earned Reward: Starbucks Coffee

Zoe’s Reading List

1.)    Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary

2.)    A Little Princess excerpt by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Stories for Girls)

3.)    Meet Josefina by Valerie Tripp

4.)    Josefina Learns a Lesson by Valerie Tripp

5.)    Josefina’s Surprise by Valerie Tripp

6.)    Happy Birthday, Josefina! By Valerie Tripp

7.)    Josefina Saves the Day by Valerie Tripp

8.)    Changes for Josefina by Valerie Tripp

9.)    The Caravan Siege by Alice Massie (Stories for Girls)

10.) Fancy Nancy at the Museum by Jane O’Connor

Reward Earned: Sonic Ice Cream

Gideon’s Reading List

1.)    The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2.)    The Hand by Guy de Maupassant

3.)    Blood Upon the Altar from Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore

4.)    The Pursuit of Bill Sikes from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

5.)    The Saviors of the Train from The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

6.)    A Merry Evening with a Distant Relative from The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope

7.)    Escape from the Ape Men from The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

8.)    The Search for Water from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

9.)    A Visit to King Solomon’s Mines from King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard

10.) Love of Life by Jack London

    Reward Earned: Sonic Ice Cream