Currently Reading:
Parenting Book of the Month
Each month I will pick a book that is relevant to parenting and do a short “book review” post when I’m done. If it’s something you’re interested in reading, please feel free to grab a copy and read it yourself! Then we can talk about it or something.
Parenting Book February 2017: Mindset by Carol Dweck
Also reading: “Big Little Lies” by Liane Moriarty
Read in 2017:
Fiction:
- “City of Thieves” by David Benioff
- “Small Great Things” by Jodi Picoult
- “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman
- “To the Bright Edge of the World” by Eowyn Ivey
Non-Fiction
- “Why We Run” by Bernd Hinrich
- “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” by J.D. Vance
- “Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure” by Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr.
- “The Happiest Baby on the Block” by Harvey Karp
Read in 2016:
Fiction
- The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
- After You by JoJo Moyes
- The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
- Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Book of Unknown Americans by Christina Henriquez
- Americanah by Chimamanda Mgozi Adichie
Non-Fiction
- Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
- Committed: A Love Story by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
- Love Does by Bob Goff
- Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton
- Strangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Parenting
- Play by Stuart Brown (Read my book review here.)
- How Babies Talk: The Magic & Mystery of Language in the First Three Years of Life by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D. and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D.
Read in 2015:
Fiction:
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Luckies Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- The Last Letter From Your Lover by JoJo Moyes
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
- Love Anthony by Lisa Genova
- Paper Towns by John Green
- Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
- The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
- Those We Love Most by Lee Woodruff
- The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
- I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- Medicine Woman by Lynn V. Andrews
Non-Fiction
- Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I had to Learn as a New Mom by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- I Am Hutterite: The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman’s Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage by Mary-Ann Kirkby
- The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley
- Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life by Glennon Doyle Melton
- Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
- I Heart My Little A-Holes by Karen Alpert
- Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban by Jere Van Dyk
- Yes Please by Amy Poehler
- Old Souls: Compelling Evidence From Children Who Remember Past Lives by Thomas Shroder
Books I Want My Children to Read
- Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Broken Open by Elizabeth Lessor
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton