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I am a liberal-minded homeschool mom who is constantly trying to find that elusive state of balance in my life while enjoying my two energetic, yet vastly different boys.

Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis. Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up with our craziness and our confusion, therefore it doesn’t do any good to try to get rid of our so-called negative aspects, because in that process we also get rid of our basic wonderfulness.

~ Pema Chodron

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 "Learning can only happen when a child is interested. If he's not interested, it's like throwing marshmallows at his head and calling it eating."

~ Barbara Lamping

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    Jason's Book Ratings

    I thought that it would be fun to track Jason’s ratings of the different books that we read. He has had a lot of fun discussing and remembering the books that we have read over the years and he has really enjoyed coming up their rankings. I hope to continue updating this list as we continue to read!

    Be sure to click on the links to read Jason’s reviews.

    Book Hall of Fame

    Bone by Jeff Smith

    Edge Chronicles
    Eragon/Eldest by Christopher Paolini
    Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
    Ratastrophe Catastrophe
    Silverwing/Sunwing/Firewing by Kenneth Oppel

    X - Best

    Children of the Lamp
    Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
    Chronicles of Prydain by Llyod Alexander
    Conrad’s Fate by Diana Wynne Jones
    Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
    Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
    Inkheart/Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
    Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
    The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
    Wrinkle in Time

    A- Great

    Bunnicula series by James Howe
    Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
    Dragonology Handbook
    G is for One Gzonk by Tony DiTerlizzi
    Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
    Redwall series by Brian Jacques
    Secret Garden
    The Stinky Cheesman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka

    B - Very Good

    Captain Underpants
    Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
    Science Verse by Jon Scieszka
    Spiderwick Chronicles

    C - Good

    Chet Gecko Mysteries by Bruce Hale
    Ginger Pye

    D - OK

    Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka

    E - Bad

    None - According to Jason, he has never read a bad book