What We Are Reading #1

I have been wanting to join in with this linky for ages.

It is hosted by Carie from Space For The Butterflies 

Every Tuesday she invites people to link up and tell each other what books they are reading.

Last night was quite special here.

It was the night the bedtime stories began again.

 After a break of four months!

Due to my eye operation bedtime stories had been put on hold.

Well any reading has been put on hold.

And for bookworms like me and my son,this has been hard.

I have wanted to read and he has wanted to listen.

We had not abandoned books entirely.

 Chips carried on reading Harry Potter.

Doing a sterling job of reading book five The Order Of The Phoenix

And then starting book six The Half Blood Prince.

And we spoke about books.

And I kept up with supplying Chips with good reading material.

Because as you might already know,bookworms devour books at a rapid speed

But nothing is quite the same as a bedtime story.

And the story I chose was 

Four Children and It by Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson is an author that I really like.

I have not read many of her stories to the boys mainly because 

usually her main characters are girls (don't hate me for saying this)

but at a certain age my boys preferred books where there were more boy

characters or at least a good mix of boy/girl roles.

We did read Cat Mummy.

It made me weep buckets!

What I remember about Jacqueline Wilson 

is that she writes about the nitty gritty stuff of life.

Which may be a bit uncomfortable to read sometimes

but also throws up brilliant topics for discussion and this is 

happening already as this book touches on the subject of blended families.

This is the main reason 

that I chose to read this book to Chips.

Its contemporary and miles away from magic and wands

 (I'm starting to grin now as I could be very wrong about the magic)

Don't get me wrong.

I adore magic and wands.

But we have been reading that in abundance.  

And I thought something different might be just the thing.

Right...the characters...

Rosalind 

Rosalind is the eldest child and she tells the story.

She does not really like being the eldest child.

She really misses her mum and dad being together

and she likes to read - a lot!

Robbie

Robbie is Rosalind's brother.

He seems quiet.

He is scared of his step sister 

and likes to carry a collection of toy animals around with him.

Smash

Smash is Rosalind and Robbie's stepsister.

She is trouble!

Loud and brash and totally aggravating

She seems to be desperate for her mums approval

and has a real soft spot for her baby stepsister.

Maudie

Everybodys step-sister.

The baby of the family

and much loved by everybody! 

 Alice

Smashs' mum

She seems a dubious character!

She does not seem to like children or walks or mess.

Will she change?

Dad

Rosalind and Robbies dad -married to Alice.

He tries hard to bring all the family together.

Will he succeed?

 The Story So Far

All the children are staying at Rosalind's dads house.

Its overcrowded and much to Rosalind's dismay there is no privacy at all.

Smash is already causing trouble...

biting Robbies precious animals and provoking Rosalind into pushing her over.

Their dad decides that they should go out together on a walk.

And so they all trek to a local wood.

And that is where we got to!

Isn't it amazing how much you can pick up from just one chapter!

I'm looking forward to seeing how the book develops.

Linking up to What We Are Reading