I’m really excited to share my complete reading list from 2022 for two reasons. First, I read 27 books this year, and I’m pretty darn proud of that. My past few years have been quite frankly abysmal in terms of the amount I was able to read, so reading over two books per month is quite an accomplishment for this working mom of two. Secondly, it’s been a very, very long time since I was …
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My Favorite Books for 3-Year-Olds
The person with the fastest growing book collection in my house is definitely my 3-year-old. These are some of our favorite picture books, by which I mean they are as enjoyable for me to read as they are for him to hear. You can see some of my favorite books for 2-year-olds here, all of which we are still also reading. The FortThis is one of our newest additions and immediately became a favorite. A …
How I Read More Books in 2021
I shared at the end of last year how 2020 was not a good reading year for me. At the start of 2021, I was determined to get back into the habit of reading, and came up with a plan to do so. What’s important to know about me is that although I didn’t read much in 2020, that doesn’t mean I didn’t buy any books. I have an Amazon wishlist that I check pretty …
My Favorite Books of 2019
It’s been a good year for reading. Several of my favorite authors had new releases, and I happened on a pretty high quota of new voices I enjoyed. Here are my favorites, in the order that I read them. Early Riser by Jasper Fforde Oh Jasper, how I have missed you. I have been a lover of Mr. Fforde’s books for years. It doesn’t hurt that he seems to have chosen to write about …
My Favorite Books of 2018
Hi, it’s May of 2019 and I’m just now sharing my favorite books from 2018…whoops! Look, I’ve been busy. I had a baby. That’s my excuse for everything now. But here are the books I loved last year. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Pachinko begins in a small fishing village in Korea in the early 1900s, where Sunja in seduced by a Japanese business man and finds herself pregnant. A traveling minister saves her family from …
My Favorite Book on Pregnancy and Motherhood: “Like a Mother”
I didn’t consider myself a person who would like reading parenting and pregnancy books. But the concept of Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy caught my attention. Author Angela Garbes is a journalist who found herself questioning much of the conventional—and often contradictory—wisdom doled out about pregnancy and postpartum care, so she decided to investigate the latest studies and speak to both researchers and mothers around the world on the …
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What I’m Clicking: May
A few of my favorite articles from over the past few months: Looking for your next read? Did you catch all these in 2017? 100 Notable Books of 2017 NPR’s 2017 Book Concierge (300+ titles with easily searchable tabs) Visiting Antarctica at 21 Weeks Pregnant – This woman is my role model. 101 Dishes That Changed America – A sweeping history of iconic American foods. From Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs to Chicago deep dish pizza, …
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