In honor of Valentine's Day, I'm giving away a copy of my book, There's No Room For Fear in a Burley Trailer. I admit I love Valentine's Day. Certainly I've had my share of shitty Valentine's Days, like the one when I went out with my hot best friend and every guy at the bar wanted to talk … Continue reading Win a Copy of There’s No Room For Fear in a Burley Trailer
Category: books
The Ten Best Books I read in 2015
This year I read 30 books. It was really hard to choose the ten best, since I almost always stop reading a book if it doesn't grab me immediately. I don't want to be redundant, so I will say this one time. Every book on this list met the Cannot-Put-This-Down-And-Am-Therefore-Up-Way-Past-My-Bedtime Criteria. Unfortunately, there were a … Continue reading The Ten Best Books I read in 2015
What I’m Reading Now
I love to read. I also tend to grossly overestimate what I can accomplish in a specified period of time. This leads to ridiculously long to do lists, including items that are probably not going to be accomplished this month, never mind today, as well as stupidly high stacks of books that I take home … Continue reading What I’m Reading Now
I Felt Like a Good Mom Until I Read This
After reading "Bringing Up Bebe" by Pamela Druckerman, I tried to do everything the French way. I was optimistic that I could parent more like a French person, which was the goal, because the French way is obviously the best way. "One best way? What kind of horseshit did this book sell you?" you might … Continue reading I Felt Like a Good Mom Until I Read This
Books and Stuff
I was sitting down to write this post when Dan called to ask me a question. And by "sitting down to write this post" I mean checking to see how many pageviews my last post had acquired while shoving some homemade granola in my mouth, burnt raisins and all. (Note, if you make your own … Continue reading Books and Stuff