Lately, I've been indulging myself with reading. It feels like such a luxury to me, because since Sienna stopped napping, it seems I've also stopped reading. (Except for my reading of The Hunger Games series while we were on our vacay to California. But, that was car reading while the little ones napped.)
So, what have I been reading? Since August, I've slowly been savoring Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver. (Gifted to me by my lovely sis-in-law, Jenn. Many thanks!) Only a few more chapters to go.
I also like to read a few books at a time in different genres. The last few weeks, I've been reading a lot of books on natural living/homesteading/gardening. See the stack of books below! After all, I am a dreamer (if you haven't noticed) and I am dreaming up our plan for the future ... a mini farm/homestead.
Along with this "homestead dream" of ours, we are also talking about building our own home. And, the talk is all about log cabins. We found this gem at Goodwill last weekend for $2.00. It contains lots of useful information on finding land and log cabin building. Of course, this "homestead dream" will take many years of planning, working, and saving. But, it is exciting to have a dream!
Another book I picked up last weekend at Goodwill was this one. It was $0.79 and is on a lot of the Waldorf reading lists. I thought I would read it first and see if it would be a good one to read aloud to Sienna. I am currently reading aloud Little House in the Big Woods each night and Sienna loves it!
I picked up this one at Goodwill for $2.00 to read after I finish my Barbara Kingsolver book. When I was in the teaching credential program, my literacy professor was reading our class excerpts from it and I've really wanted to read the whole book ever since then. Now, I will have my chance!
Lastly, the fiction book I am reading is this one. I picked it up at the thrift store awhile back. I am constantly on the look out for Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman when we go thrifting (since it is one of my all-time favorite movies) and I found this one instead. I am about half-way through it and I really like her style of writing. So, after I finish I will probably be on the look out for others by her.