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Nice seeing we’re not the only ones who fall behind with BYL. Those heavy days just come out of nowhere and really surprise you. Love your videos! Excited for your new channel. 😊

Thanks again for a great video! Your content is very interesting to me! I love the feedback on the books and how your kids rate them. Very unique format for homeschooling content and it's refreshing

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I love these videos. Another book loving homeschool mama here. I'd love to follow you on goodreads too, but I couldn't find your link.

I had the same thoughts about Fate Inked in Blood. I really wanted to love it but I was just kind of hmm. Ok then. 😕

I rate my books too high as well. Like…this is a 3 star book but the author gave it a good shot so here’s an extra 4th star. 😂

Are you still using it?

Looks like a good TBR list. For October I am going to read a Stephen King book.

Well now I want to read all of those too😂

All of these sound so good and I now have them all on my TBR which is kind of stressful 😂

Love your videos🎉

I think this was an editing issue coupled with a writing style where Sanderson could have been pushed to tighten up his language. It makes it feel like it drags a bit and I was left always thinking "if I just make it one more page, something will get traction and the book will take off." This is a writing style issue where the story idea is neat but the writer is in slow burn mode and some readers want to get on with it already! I dont read slow burns well. I end up skimming and missing stuff and the DNFing. Maybe put book 2 on audio at double speed 😂

I struggle with dense fantasy books too. I want to get sucked into a world that I keep wanting to return to, but they just rarely pull me in. I live the series love vicariously through booktubers 😂

“ the kids in public school are my kids peers, and we need success in public school.” This! It’s not an us vs them, we need all kids to have the opportunity to succeed. ❤

You need to move your whole mouth when you talk, including your upper lip.

Your coffee comments always make me laugh. Every time I start one of your videos I wonder if you are going to make a coffee comment and I look forward to and wait for it. lol

I was so close to picking writers workshop. It seems like a fun program. My son is using book 8 of Writing and Rhetoric and we would definitely recommend it, if you’re looking for something new. You guys are doing so good with all your reading! We’ll probably read that many books this whole school year 😂! Beowulf Grammar looks so fun 🐶. I might buy it next year if my daughter doesn’t go back to school for 5th grade. Please share your thoughts on it.

I liked Dark Matter so much, I gave it to my husband to read. Our styles don't always intersect but this one is universally good. Same with his Wayward Pines trilogy. I binged all three books on a drive to Michigan. I slowed down on the way home so I could finish the last one in the truck! I'm touch and go with Naomi Novak. I think I have trouble with the whole fairytale approach. Have fun reading that TBR!

Could you add a link to your TPT curriculum tracker you mentioned? TIA! ☺️

Blake Crouch is one of my favorite authors. I could read all of his books again, and I am not one to re-read books.

We tried and finished Word Roots Beginning. We enjoyed the first half, but the other half was a struggle. I feel that it's made for learners who excels in ELA. We have also tried Wordlywise 3000 Level 4 and made it halfway before dropping it. It wasn't as bad as Word Roots because you're given the definition. But there were a couple of exercises that were challenging because the information wasn't provided in the lesson, and that would set us back a good 15+ minutes. We also tried Vocabulary from Classical Roots. We only did one lesson. It's simple, easy, and doesn't take a lot of time, but thinking about it now, it felt more like busy work. Currently, we are using Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Achieve Level A. I love it. My daughter doesn't mind it since we're taking it slow. The reason why it's working for us is because we're using their online resource, in conjunction with the workbook. Their online site has virtual flashcards, games, study aids, graphic organizer, and student resources. The only con is, the workbook has an exercise where you have to pick the right antonym or synonym, but the workbook doesn't have that information. You have to go on their online site or look it up yourself.

Have you tried Brave Writer?

Chugging your coffee lol! We tried Word Roots for a couple days in 4th grade and both of us had trouble with it. There is the feeling of it being a workbook to show work done but no real follow up on using the words or remembering them as time goes by. We are both really bad at learning that way. Morgan asked to quit the book -- it's a good book, but probably just not right for us. Also, I'm totally buying Tree Girl now to see what's going on there. If it's too sad, I'll skim it. Does your 8th grade son type? Would he find "writing" easier if he typed his thoughts? Maybe have him type something up in Canva or another design tool since you said he was creative. Maybe pair the two... love your videos!

Editor in Chief is a tough workbook to learn new grammar concepts from. We only use it to review or keep up on grammar concepts we’ve already learned. He sounds a bit like my 7th grader. She has ADHD and really needs more direct instruction, scaffolding, and modeling from me in some subjects.

I have Editor and Chief and it wasn’t exactly what I was hoping for either. I don’t like how it doesn’t continue with finding the different types of errors as the book goes on, like you focus on one and that’s it. I’m looking into Evan Moor’s Daily Paragraph Editing, but in the end, I like Fix It best.

Great video!! Thank you. Did your son move from Math 5 of TGATB to Denison pre-algebra?

Thank you for this detailed flip through! I’ve been trying to find the right Pre-Algebra for my son as we finish up RightStart and this one looks perfect for him. We aren’t there yet but next semester I think this will definitely be the one I get after seeing this.

You didn’t like the knot??!! 😂😂😂😂

So you can KNOT describe the steamy scenes in Bride lol

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I think you'll end up getting a lot of educational value for that money. Sales and thriftbooks/used books are so helpful for the budget!

I read Flora Lea earlier this year and thought it was great! The sexy Viking one caught my eye. My youngest is learning about Vikings so I put that one on my list to stay in the spirit of things. 😂

My friend and I will be starting this together next week! Can’t wait

I am SO excited to watch this when I get a chance!!

I purchased this unit after I saw her video, now I am collecting the books. I look forward to learning from this unit and any others she comes out with. Good luck!

How cool! ♥️

I'll be trying to do this too!

I loved watching this! I hope you get a lot out of it! 📚✏️

Sounds like so much fun. I am thinking of Build Your Library for my son next year. While on the website I stumbled across the education unit. Thanks for this preview. It is greatly appreciated.

11:58 when you mentioned Misty of Chicateague. Next year is the hundred year celebration of the horse crossing. It happens in July every year.

I will say I don’t like Brandon Sanderson, and yet I’m reading the 4th book in his Skyward series rn and about to rereread The Stormlight Archive books in preparation for the new release 🫠. I hope you enjoy what you’re reading! I love Murderbot.

Love your content! I search for your videos because we use Build Your Library and my middle son is Grd 8 this year...so I like to hear how it works for others. I have always done my 10 and 13yr olds together in younger grade BYL because I feel that BYL is so rich even in the early years. However you are inspiring me to split them and try letting my 8th grader be more independent with perhaps grd 7 or 8 BYL curriculum

This was really helpful! I ended up getting it! Let’s hope this works for us. It looks really good!

thank you for this flip through, it was perfect for me