Oh yeah, I read those! Captains Courageous ddin’t strike my fancy, except for the picture about the bratty boy! I liked the old-timey movie better.

Mutiny on the Bounty…hmm. Well, it’s neat. It makes ya wanna go to Tahiti! But I’ll warn you, it’s graphic in some parts. The movie fell off the band-wagon on this ‘un, because they hardly showed flogging scenes and the book went all out with ’em, which is the reason why I got them. I love the concept of suffering for Christ, so even if the guys aren’t Christians I get as close to S.F.C. as I can! This includes reading books with numerous whippings.

Patience Goodspeed was terrible! The only character worth liking got killed off! I was SO mad about that…I feel affection for tall, thin guys with thick hair and long pointy noses!

Rebekah, you must be a mercy person. I’m afraid I’m not much of one! I would dote upon the battles. Funny how that works.

(How do you get a laughing smiley?)

Yeah, Dad always gets revved up about seafaring tales. By the way, anybody come across any in their school? Seafaring tales, I mean. I’ve read Marial of Redwall, and Mutiny on the Bounty, and Treasure Island, so what else is out thar?

We’ve read tons and tons of books in the past, including all but the last Prydain Chronicles, but I’m waiting till my siblings are older to read the Redwall books (one of them is a bit squeamish when it comes to bloody battles and the like!).

That’s funny, Owan; I keep a list of all the books I’ve read (besides to-read ones hanging around all over the place!) and whenever I finish hearing a book read to me, I put it down as read, because my mind is still processing the info, even if my eyes are elsewhere.

Alassiel, we read all sorts of books for school! “How’s Inky” by Campbell, “Carry on, Mr. Bowditch” is a biggy in many home-education programs, “The Tooth-paste Millionaire” was actually in my younger siblings’ program…Plus extra-curiccular junk like library stuff, to-read lists, endless titles of “Oh, you should read THIS!!!” papers and etc.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that every book we read for homeschool is warm and fuzzy, and I’m not saying I don’t like certain things about homeschool (not as many benefits, not as many ministry opportunities, things like that), and indeed, some books I’ve had to read were real crummy! But if I had to choose, I’d homeschool all the way!