One of the things I’m most grateful for as an adult is my love of reading as a child. I’m only now realizing how much I learned from the main characters of my youth: stoicism and plain living from Laura Ingalls Wilder; family values and time management from the Gilbreth children; responsibility and cooperation from the […]
Books
Friday Book Review: Gone Girl
I don’t usually gravitate toward thrillers, but a couple of weeks ago I was looking for a book that would provide me with a bit of escapism, and a friend recommended Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.
If You’re A Woman, You Should Read Gail Collins
Welcome to Part 2 of the October Friday Book Review! (Click here for my last post on The Birth Order Book.) This week I’m doing a long-overdue homage to one of my favorite authors, Gail Collins. Most people know Collins as a writer/editor for the New York Times; however, I think her greater contribution to […]
Friday Book Review: The Birth Order Book
Several of my favorite bloggers are doing a daily blog series this month. Modern Mrs.Darcy is doing a series on cult classics (more on that later); Carrie Willard is writing about habits. I briefly considered blogging every day this month, but I have too many writing projects on the table right now: an article on infant sleep […]
REVIEW of Summer Reading List 2013
At the beginning of summer, I posted a list of titles I hoped to read this season: Summer Reading List 2013. I didn’t read all the books on the list, but I did get to several. Here are my brief synopses and a review of each:
I Heart The Babysitters Club
When I was around fourth grade, I discovered the Babysitters Club book series by Ann M. Martin. I loved them. For Christmas that year, my parents gave me all of the books published to that date (there are about twice as many now). I couldn’t get enough of Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, Mallory […]