To be honest, I would never have picked up this book on my own accord. The reader will quickly notice that the author, Marcus Buckingham, is a man – yet this is a book for women. On top of that, this looks very much looks like a self-help book – a genre I stopped reading [...]
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Find Your Strongest Life
Posted in books, introspection on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Parents: Most of What You Are Doing Is Wrong
Posted in books, parenting on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Great article on Salon: Parents: Most of What You Are Doing Is Wrong , a review of Nutureshock: New Thinking About Children.
Having read some of Alfie Kohn’s work, I’m familiar with some of this – especially the information about praise being bad. This sounds like a good book, but I’m not sure if I’ll get [...]
Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith
Posted in books, christianity, orthodox, tagged orthodox on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the story of an en masse conversion to Orthodox Christianity. The author and his Campus Crusade for Christ colleagues found that they had become disillusioned by the parachurch movement they were involved in. They wanted to rediscover the original church – the New Testament Church. Together they began a journey to find this [...]
Parenting Library
Posted in all things baby, books, childbirth, crunchy, motherhood, parenting, women's health on August 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been thinking of putting together a book list for awhile. I’m finally getting around to it after reading through the great list on phdinparenting. Some of the books listed there are favorites, others I’ve been meaning to read, and then there are a few brand-new ones that I’ll have to add to my list.
As [...]
The Duggars: 20 and Counting
Posted in books, parenting on June 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I swear, I don’t usually read books like this. But I admit to a certain level of intrigue when it comes to the Duggars. I grew up in conservative Christian circles, but the Duggars just take it to a whole new level. Maybe it’s the traditional gender roles, maybe it’s the lack of any form [...]
Food Matters
Posted in alternatives, books, food, health on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When my sister said she was going to adopt a vegan diet, I thought that she was a little bit crazy. She asked me to read two books, one of which was Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating by Mark Bittman. Bittman was struggling with his weight as well as various health maladies at [...]
Unconditional Parenting
Posted in books, parenting on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been intrigued by attachment parenting for the last five years or so. By the time I was pregnant I was fully devoted to AP and all that it entails. I was committed to breastfeeding, to responding to my baby’s cries, and to wearing my baby. I wasn’t sure about discipline, though. I had read [...]
Mitten Strings for God
Posted in books, introspection, motherhood on June 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You might be surprised, but a mother of a 9-month old who only works 2 days a week can still qualify as a “mother in a hurry”. Hurried is sometimes just a state of mind. I become stuck in a cycle of counting down the hours until nap time, rushing out to run errand in [...]
Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety
Posted in alternatives, anxiety, books, culture, introspection, motherhood on July 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This time the bargain bin really panned out. I picked this up on a whim, after the juxtaposition of motherhood and anxiety caught my eye.
I spend more than my fair share of time on the internet, and one of the things that I like to read about is motherhood. I read blogs and message boards like [...]
Hopefully heaven isn’t as lame as this book
Posted in books, christianity, religion on June 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A few months ago I picked up 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life at the bargain section of Barnes & Noble. I don’t normally read books in this goofy genre, but I had heard about this book somewhere. At the time I thought that I had heard it mentioned on NPR, [...]
