I've lost count

Well, I have finally finished The Book of Fred. It was about a young girl being separated from her family and being placed in a foster care family. Mary's family belong to a cult and her little brothers die because her parents refuse medical help for a routine illness. Mary is then taken away from her parents as they await trial and placed with a foster family of three. Mary learns to fit in with her new family and the family learns quite a bit from Mary as well. The details about the fictional cult were interesting. I liked the way the daughter of the foster family, Heather, learns to acccept Mary and how they become friends. The story is told through the different characters point of views so it fills you in on a deeper level when it switches around. It was an interesting read, better if I had actually read it consistently throughout a few days instead of ten pages at a time spread out over 4 months. But that is what happens when you have to go to work everyday and cannot stay home and read all day long.

I am adjusting to my teaching job. It is actually going pretty well. I think I am doing a pretty good job. There are many things I need to do to get more organized, but that will come, I think. I am looking forward to spending 2 full weeks at home with my girlies and husband enjoying the Christmas holiday break. So much left to do between lesson plans, shopping, wrapping, making gifts for teachers and friends, and reading Harry Potter to my girlies. We started the first book back in August and have been progressing straight through when we can at bedtime. We are almost finished with The Prisoner of Azkaban and the girlies are getting anxious to find out how it all turns out. I just love reading to them and sharing a favorite book of mine with them.

I'm not sure what I'll pick to read next for myself, but to hoping I can get at least one book read over the holidays. I just love to read!