MY BOOK WORM

To say Henry is a book worm would be an understatement.  The kid is constantly reading.  He does make time for other things as well...soccer, piano, video games, television, Scouts...but still manages to read a staggering amount of books.  He reads so fast that Jeff and I have wondered if he skips words or if he even retains and comprehends what he's reading.  No, he doesn't skip words and yes, he definitely retains and comprehends what he's reading.  He is also tested on the books at school for the same thing and always aces his tests.  Henry is just a lean, mean, reading machine!!!

To give you an idea of what we are dealing with, here is a list of books, with their page totals, that Henry read during the month of March.

The Septimus Heap Series by Angie Sage

• Magyk  608 pages
• Flyte  532 pages
• Physik  576 pages
• Queste  624 pages
• Syren  656 pages
• Darke  656 pages

The Sisters Grimm Series by Michael Buckley

• The Fairytale Detectives  312 pages
• The Unusual Suspect  320 pages
• The Problem Child  320 pages
• Once Upon a Crime  296 pages
• Magic and Other Misdemeanors  304 pages
• Tales From the Hood  304 pages
• The Everafter War  336 pages
• Inside Story  288 pages
• The Council of Mirrors  352 pages  

The Everest Series by Gordon Korman

• The Climb  160 pages
• The Summit  160 pages
• The Contest  144 pages

The Leventhumps Series by Obert Skye

• The Gateway to Foo  400 pages
• The Whispered Secret  464 pages
• Eyes of the Want  464 pages

GRAND TOTAL OF 8012 PAGES...with 4 more days left in the month!!!

At the age of 11 years old, I'm positive Henry has managed to read more books for pleasure than I have in my entire life...probably in just this past month!  I am so proud of him and he inspires me to read more.  It's not that I don't like to read, it's just that as soon as I finally find the time to sit down to do it, I'm so exhausted that I fall asleep before the end of the page.

What is great is that Annie has become an avid reader as well.  Almost every night I have to force her to put the books away and turn off the lights because it's an hour or more past her bedtime and she doesn't want to stop reading.  If only I had a dollar for every time I've heard..."Just one more page?"

Jack is also starting to read really well and I hope he will follow in his siblings footsteps with an insatiable appetite for books.

As you may have figured out, at this rate it is hard to keep up the supply of books for Henry that are at his reading level but also contain age appropriate material.  I would love to be able to read any book he is interested in before giving them to him but he would be waiting for a month for me to finish a book that he will finish in 6 hours.  We used to ask the Murray librarian for book suggestions but she has almost run out of books that he hasn't read.  Now when she sees Henry coming she just says, "Oh you're the one who has read everything!"

I have to now rely on recommendations from others.  I try to research the content of any book suggestions on Commonsensemedia.org to determine if it is age appropriate for him.  So...if you have any book suggestions please send them my way.  If it is a series of books, even better!

And in case you were wondering, yes he has already read the following series...Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Chronicles of Narnia, Fablehaven, Artemis Fowl, Pendragon, Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Warriors, Seekers, Inkheart Trilogy, Underland Chronicles, and Michael Vey.....just to name a few.  :)

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