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What Book Should I Read Next?

How many times have you asked yourself that same question? Well, get ready for the answer. This year I’ll be adding a monthly list of the books I’ve been reading to the blog. Read All Day (RAD) will be a complete list (the good, the bad, and the ugly) of the books I read the previous month. So, here goes:

 

Read All Day: January

1. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

                                Nine Perfect Strangers

“The lowest point of your life can lead to the highest.”

Genre: Fiction

 

2. Radium Girls by Kate Moore

                                                                                                                          The Radium Girls

“Radium, he determined, was dangerous. It was just that nobody told the girls…”

Genre: Non Fiction, History, Science, Biography

 

3. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

    The Couple Next Door

“Everyone is faking it, all of them pretending to be something they’re not. The whole world is built on lies and deceit.”

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Suspense

 

4. Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes

     Olive's Ocean

 “Home was the same as when Martha had left it, but because “she” had changed, her world seemed slightly different, as though she were seeing everything in sharper focus.”

Genre: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Middle Grade

 

5. Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

                                                                                    Locomotion

 “No matter how big you get, it’s still okay to cry because everybody’s got a right to their own tears.”

Genre: Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, African American

 

 

6. A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena

                                                                                                                               A Stranger In The House

“Suspicion is an insidious thing: doubts have started creeping in, things that he’d previously been able to ignore.”

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Suspense

 

7. Circe by Madeline Miller

                                                                    Circe

    “It is a common saying that women are delicate creatures, flowers, eggs, anything that may be crushed in a moment’s carelessness. If I had ever believed it, I no longer did.”

Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Mythology, Historical Fiction

 

8. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

                                                                                                        Hillbilly Elegy

“whenever people ask me what I’d most like to change about the white working class, I say, “The feeling that our choices don’t matter.”

Genre: Non Fiction, Memoir, Biography, Politics

 

9. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

                                              The Fault In Our Stars

“But it is the nature of stars to cross, and never was Shakespeare more wrong than when he has Cassius note, ‘The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves.”

Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Coming of Age

 

10. If I Stay by Gayle Forman

                                                                                                                                   If I Stay

“Dying is easy. Living is hard.”

Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction

 

11. Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams

 

Rabbit the Autobiography of Ms. Pat

“The way you turn  a sad story around, you should be a comedian! You’re the funniest person I know.”

Genre: Memoir, Non Fiction

 

12. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

                                                                                   An American Marriage

“There are too many loose ends in the world in need of knots.”

Genre: Fiction, Contemporary

Now, Go. See. Do.

~meemish

Baby Feet

10 Mom Approved Infant Care Books

Don’t get overwhelmed with the number of infant care books out there. There are so many different books, because there are so many different ways to parent your newborn.  The right one is the one you choose.

1. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

2. Baby Wise by Gary Ezzo & Robert Bucknam

Baby Wise

3. The Happiest Baby On The Block by Harvey Karp

The Happiest Baby on the Block

4. What To Expect The First Year by Heidi Murkoff & Sharon Mazel

What to Expect the First Year

5. Babycenter.com

6. The Baby Book by Dr. Sears

The Baby Book

7. Save Our Sleep: Helping Your Baby Sleep Through the Night From Birth to Two Years by Tizzie Hall

Save Our Sleep

8. The Rights of Infants by Margaret A. Ribble

Don’t let the publishing date discourage you.  It come highly recommended and has five star reviews on Amazon.

The Rights of Infants

9. Children: The Challenge by Rudolf Dreikurs with Vicki Soltz

Don’t let the publishing date discourage you.  It come highly recommended and has five star reviews on Amazon.

Children: The Challenge

10. Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline & Jim Fay

Parenting with Love & Logic

 

Now, Go. See. Do.

~meemish

 

 

Read To Your Baby

16+ Must Have Board Books for your Baby’s Library

So, you’re expecting. Congratulations! Now let’s talk about what you need for your baby’s literary success. It’s never to soon to start reading to your baby.

1. Sandra Boynton Books-Get them all! Here are my favorites though.

– Belly Button Book

Belly Button Book

-The GOING TO BED BOOK

The Going To Bed Book

– Moo, Baa, La La La!

Moo, Baa, La La La!

– Pajama Time!

Pajama Time!

– A to Z

A To Z

– Opposites

Opposites

– Horns to Toes and in Between

Horns To Toes And In Between

– Doggies

Doggies

– BUT Not the Hippopotamus

But Not The Hippopotamus

– Blue Hat, Green Hat

Blue Hat, Green Hat

2. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight Moon

3. Put Me In The Zoo by Robert Lopshire

Put Me In The Zoo

4. Are you My Mother? by P.D. Eastman

Are You My Mother?

5. Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman

Do, Dog. Go!

6. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

7. Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Little Blue Truck

8. Mommy Hugs by Anne Gutman and George Hallensleben

Mommy Hugs

9. The Napping House by Audrey Wood

The Napping House

10. Silly Sally by Audrey Wood

Silly Sally

11. Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

Good Night, Gorilla

12. That’s Not My Kitten Usborne Books

There is a large series of these books and they are all great.

That's Not My Kitten

13. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

14. BabyLit

BabyLIt

15. Mini Masters

Mini Masters

16. There’s A Wocket In My Pocket! by Dr. Suess

There's A Wocket In My Pocket!

 

Now, Go. See. Do.

~meemish

 

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