Abraham Lincoln

March 24th, 2013 ~ Well these last two weeks has been extremely hard to get my hours in for reading.  I have had a load of homework and the kids were on springbreak.  It was hard on them because Mom had to do homework during the day.  We live in the country so going and playing with kids down the street isn't easy to do.  I did take them to the Museum of World Treasures on Tuesday, (3/19) they loved it as much as I did.  We were there for 3hours.  I enjoyed reading about the ancient artifacts and historians.  I don't know if this would count as leisure reading, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

My dad got my 11 year old daughter the book "Lincoln's Last Days" by Bill O'Reily.  My daughter is a bookworm, she has a reading level of 8.4, so he thought this book might interest her, because it interests him. ;)  Well, she started it and couldn't understand it. She told me, she got bored with it, I don't think she has been fully educated about Abraham Lincoln.  I started reading it and it reminded me of a paper I did in high school about Abraham Lincoln.  I had completely forgot about it.  The first parts of the book "note to reader" and "the prologue" were just a teaser at how good the book is about to be.  This book tells of Lincoln's last six weeks of his life.  One of the first things  I did not know was that General Robert E. Lee and Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant served together in the Mexican War, but they were enemies in the Civil War. 

I had also forgotten about years ago I had done a research paper in high school about Abraham Lincoln, but as I read some of the pertinent facts about him the memories came rushing back.  I can't wait to finish this book.  I know one day my daughter will appreciate this book!!

March 17, 2013 Well this week was a tough week for me.  I had a TON of homework to do in all of my classes.  The unit being my biggest.  I did not do a good job of reading for pleasure at all this week.  I just wish I could get lost in a book, but I have stayed up late every night then up early the next morning it just doesn't make for easy reading.  I doze off as I read.  With that said, I only read for 30 min this week and that was done today. 
Next week should hopefully be better, but the kids are off for spring break and I still have 3 large assignments for next week ahead of me and a final exam! YIKES!!! 

March 4-10
60 minutes read Heaven is For Real.  I am enjoying this book, however I find myself starting to doze off every now and then.  I know this book is based on a child's spiritual visit to heaven, however I have a hard time truly believing what is going on.  I have seen this family on the "Today" show, within the last year or so.  The family all still claim this little boy got to meet Jesus.  I still have doubt about this book.  I am a Christian and try to be positive, but I just have a hard time believing this is true.  Maybe if I went into the book with more of an open mind...