Books! Books! Books!

I don't know if you ever showed this movie to your kiddos, but we rented this movie for a family night and my munchkins loved it. Geek that I am, I was so happy to find out that it was a book first. A great summer read to share with the munchkins right? I figured it would be a good read aloud since we knew the premise of the story so if the munchkins did not pay close attention they would still know what was basically going on. Besides you would get all the bonus quality stuff that did not make it to the big (well in our case the tv) screen. So I was super happy.

Becca, Belle and I went off to the library fighting off the sticky heat of the afternoon only to find that they did not have it. Also found out that someone had already checked out their new copy of FingerLickin Fifteen by Janet Evanovich.

Darn it!
I can wait, I can wait.
If I say that enough maybe it will be true!
I needed a new read so I took the books that the little girls had picked up to the front desk lickety split for a quick check out and headed down to the bookstore.


In and out of the anti-perspiration ad as quickly as possible, the girls and I relaxed in the quiet cool of the bookstore. Oh such a little bit of heaven on earth! That was until I saw the price on the Evanovich book I had wanted and remembered why I wait at the library for the book to come in or till the paperback hits the shelves. Ouch!
Our adventure then took us of coarse into the messy world of children's books. Always messy and always entertaining there. We found Because of Winn Dixie for Becca.


She had borrowed that from the library and loved it. When she loves a classic I usually buckle and buy it for her. She bought the movie so I bought the book.
I know I need to grow a spine.

In the bookshelf right next to us was the Inkheart books. The paperbacks were $10, a little bit more affordable and they had the book instock that followed Inkheart,

Inkspell.

It landed in my bag with hope that my son would not think the cover was to girlie and then choose not to read it. I grabed a few more books from the 75% table, Winn Dixie and Inkspell and took these to the register. Gasp! Even at 75% off books are expensive, but so worth it!

I hurry home with my purchase of Inkspell, sure that Michael Jr will want to read it right away. I honk the horn as I drive up. I hand the book to him as he comes out to help me bring in my purchases. He looks at the cover and says "you got me a girl book. It is way to big to read Mom. Thanks anyway."

Now I am deflated.

Dang boys are hard to shop for. Happiness will fill my day. I am determined! I forgo the book I got myself and pick up the Inkspell book and I am totally into this book for 7-12 year olds. Really! I really like it. Does this mean I am immature? I mean I read all the Twilight books and loved them, now in trying to connect with my son, I grab the Inkheart series and I really love these too. Maybe I am just connecting with my inner kid? Well whatever it is I have a big new read that should get me through next week at least!