Slight Change of Address

Now that we're four months and 100 posts into this blog and are sure that we are enjoying doing this and that we want to stick around, we are changing the URL! So update your bookmarks and blog readers to webereading.com. The blogspot address is redirecting so you can still find us through that if you forget.

Thanks for all of your comments and support over the past four months. We're having fun sharing our books and book talk with you! And yes, that is our home in the Seattle suburbs.

See you at our new address,
K and Z

A Little More About Us

Now that we've been here for a little bit and there might be one or two people paying attention, I thought I should share a little more about us. This is us at the zoo in Seattle. We both have a strong love for animals. I have a Bachelor's degree in zoology and I guess I may have stacked the odds a bit for Z by having so many animal related books and other things around the house. Z is silly because he loves every animal except for our two cats. He mostly tries to pretend they don't exist.

My dad was in the Army when I was little and I spent most of the time until I was six in Hawaii and then we moved to southern California for the rest of my childhood. And a random fact ... I'm sixth generation Californian. Totally, dude. Actually I have to make a conscious effort to remove "dude" from my speech most of the time. What else? I'm known to be pretty amusing -- I crack T up all of the time. Also, I have five younger siblings and I was raised LDS (Mormon). I'm no longer in California and I'm no longer Mormon (no hard feelings). I've lived in Washington for over ten years now with T and the thing we are looking forward to the most is to start traveling around the world with Z.

Z is still little and he's lived in the same house all his life -- lucky kid! He goes to preschool and he's an awesome singer. This summer he has asked for the following: a trip to the beach to build sandcastles, a trip to the circus and a violin.

Until next time,
K and Z

The Year in Review

I am a member of the Shelfari community. At the beginning of this year, there was a challenge to read 50 books during 2008. I started book 26 last night. I thought to start this blog I would do some reviews of the books I most enjoyed this year and then going forward it will be more of a current list.

One thing you should know about me is that I am a re-reader. Not only do I tend to read so quickly that I shortly forget books but I read so many books that it's impossible to remember them all. Usually, I just have a vague sort of memory of how I felt while I read the book, whether I loved or hated it and if I was satisfied with the ending. If I absolutely hate a book, I put it in the box to be recycled at our local Half-Price Books. If I enjoy it, it goes on a shelf or one of our many stacks that are waiting for more shelving in the house and then when I'm too broke for a new book, I choose an oldie. Sometimes those books don't make it back to the shelves because I'm a different person than when I first read the book and I just can't enjoy it anymore. And that's a good thing.

I like to grow and change through books which is exactly what I am trying to pass on to my son, Z. He has books that he is in love with for weeks on end and others that get a short glance every once in a while but I like for him to have full shelves to choose from. Let me tell you a little about Z while we are on the subject. He's a unique little 4 year old. He talks a bunch but very little of it is actual conversation with us. When we first realized he was reading, it was totally by chance. This was shortly after he turned 3. We were shocked but we believed in him and encouraged him to read as much as he wanted. My postings about his books will be more about what he is currently reading (both at home and in preschool) and what I perceive to be why he likes it.

See you again soon with our first books!
K and Z

Welcome!

After many years of attempting a blog of my random thoughts, I found that I just didn't have that level of sharing in me. What I do have in me is the desire to share my thoughts and opinions about my favorite things -- books. But rather than making this a two-dimensional "here is what a 30-something stay-at-home mom is reading" I thought I would go one step further. So I introduce you to "We Be Reading" -- where you get to see what a 30-something stay-at-home mom AND her 4 year old son are reading (yes, he reads). One day, I may even let you in on what the 30-something tech nerd husband is reading. You see, we are a family who loves our books.

Which books do we love, you ask? Most of them. It's easier to say what we don't love. No one in the house reads horror or true crime, except for classic horror like Dracula and Frankenstein. Those rule! I don't read romance novels except for Victorian "romances" like the works of the lovely and unfortunate Jane Austen. The boy, Z, is into animals so you will see a definite recurring animal theme through his books. Mostly, we like to be entertained and we all love learning.

So sit back in a comfy chair, prop yourself up in your bed or sit on a chaise lounge by the pool and let's talk books.

Thanks for visiting!
K and Z