Madonna and the English Roses

I've never been a Madonna fan. Ever since she sang "Like A Virgin" when I was in high school, I've disliked her style and believed it would encourage men to treat all women as sex objects (like most of them needed any encouragement). Then I became a mom, and you would think I'd like Madonna even less. Believe it or not, my girls and I have really enjoyed her English Roses books.

Finished Another Page Turner Last Night...

Stayed up late last night finishing The Pact by Jodi Picoult (John Grisham in a skirt). As always with Jodi Picoult, this one was a page turner, but I think it may have broken my shameful addiction.

A Trip to Mendham Books

My older daughter asked for nothing but books for her birthday back in January, so we had several gift cards for Mendham Books. We went there on Saturday after the Mendham Juniors Easter Egg Hunt and came back with an amazing number of good books for both girls.

My kindergartner is past the three-letter-word books (like The Bob Books, which I highly recommend for pre-schoolers) and is on the verge of reading chapter books like her older sister, but not quite....so we found several easy reader chapter books that I will post here soon.

The books my girls like to read (or have read to them) are an interesting combination of old favorites from my childhood (e.g., Charlotte's Web, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing), new stories from my old favorite writers (e.g., the Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger), and new stories from new writers (e.g., Junie B. Jones).

FYI on Mendham Books....they do not appear to have their own web site, but Mendham Books is located in the Kings shopping center. Mendham Books Phone is 973-543-4949.

First Post -- Roxiticus Book Blog

I'm trying to do a little bit of bloginization over on my primary site, Roxiticus Desperate Housewives. Since the Roxiticus Desperate Housewives and our kids love to read, I thought it was time to give Books We Love a space and a blog of its own. I'll do my best to divide it into book for kids and books for grown-ups, with reviews and comments by moms and kids.