Reading

I am feeling a bit frustrated and need some ideas on how to deal with this. Let me start by saying that I have always read to my kids from the time they were little. I really think it is what helped them to read at an early age. They both are very good readers, they read at about a grade level ahead of what they are in. I love to read, I look forward to the part in my day when I can sit down and pick up my book. I haven't always liked to read. In fact if it wasn't absolutely required for a class, I wasn't reading. I am very sorry now, I am now getting to books I should have read in high school. It wasn't until I had Lexi and started to stay home that I started to enjoy reading. I have always hoped my kids would love to read. Well, Lexi absolutely hates it. Though her reading fluency is excellent her comprehension is not. She reads to get through the book and really retains none of what she read. And its really affecting her reading grade. They test daily on what they are reading, something called AR testing. They go to the computer lab, and this program is set up with questions to every book out there in there age group. Its pretty cool I think. Anyway, I have decided that Lexi and I need to sit down and pick a few books out in advance that she is interested in, that she can get at the library. I then will go and get the same book to read with her, and quiz her at home, well maybe not so much quiz her but talk about. Kind of like a book club for her and I. What do you fellow readers think? I think that Allison, you and your girls do this kind of thing already. I need to make it fun for her, I feel so badly that I have been so hard on her about this. I am just so frustrated with it. So I need all sorts of ideas on how to help her enjoy what she is reading and to get her to pay attention to what she is reading. She has no problem reading and scoring well on these tests when its for science and social studies, its just when it comes to her free reading time. I've talked with her teacher and she also thinks Lexi just doesn't like to read. She thought if I got her books on cd that she'd have to follow along with may help too. That to me seems soooo boring, I know I would quickly lose interest in that, and I pretty certain she would too. I also need some ideas of books that might be fun for her to read.