Reading Along

Do you read with your children? My husband and I have always read books to our kids, but the books have become more mature as the children have. I've mentioned several times that we've been reading the Laura Ingalls Wilder books together adn we're almost finished with that series. We're hoping to start in on Narnia soon.
But we're also sharing a love of reading another way. I've shared quite a few of my favorite books from growing up years with my daughter. She's read quite a few of the Oz books by Baum, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, and Anne of Green Gables, among others. I love seeing her fall in love with characters I've loved for so long.

This summer, though, we're mixing it up. She started reading a series her cousin recommended, but we had waited until summer to begin because of the length of the books. After she read the first one, she mentioned not being sure if she wanted to go to the next. Several of my friends had mentioned enjoying the series when they heard what she was reading, so I decided to see for myself. Right now, my daughter is a book ahead of me in reading the Keeper of the Lost Cities series by Shannon Messenger. Both of us are enjoying the fantasy stories about a girl raised by humans even though she was secretly an elf. And it's amusing to me to have my nine-year-old ask me "Where did you get to in the book? Ooh. Just wait until you get to the next scene." I love that we can share this together, that we can talk about it and share our favorite characters or chapters. I just can't keep up with her because she's reading all the time and I still have a bit of work to do despite it being summer. LOL!
Have you ever read a series with your children or significant other or good friend just so you could talk it through afterward? I can't decide if it's more fun to do with my daughter or my book club. ;) Either way, I hope she always wants to talk books with me. How about you?