Do you read chapter books to your children?

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I started Reading The Hobbit to my dcs (age 9 and 7) but it's going to take me forever to get through it!

Motivate me to carry on please!
How long do you read to your kids for?
Mine love it when I read to them but secretly I've had enough after 2 minutes!

I think I was probably a good little reader (and it was the 70s), but I distinctly remember The Hobbit being the class book mid-way through Junior school. Quite a few of us had already read it, but it was still great.

DD (age 7) is read to 5/7 nights I'd say (and listens to talking books if she wakes early). She always has great comments about her use of emphasis and expression in her school diary.

I think she really loves that 20-30 minutes of time dedicated to reading and relaxing each night (versus checking emails/texts etc and generally multitasking she encounters downstairs)

Well, I write chapter books (the "Act Normal!" series - plug alert) and I hope and assume my books will be both read by and read to children.

With my own children I also sometimes share reading - reading every other chapter (or paragraph) to them, then letting them read the next part to me.