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Book review time! I’m starting to fall behind on what I’ve read, so time to play catch up. (Image from amazon.com) About a year ago we were visiting a kind and generous friend and looking at his book collection, where we happened to see the famous Stieg Larsson series. We’d heard a . . . → Read More: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo A while back I promised that in my quest to find worthwhile, interesting children’s books that both little one and parent can enjoy I would post some of my favorites. Here is another one to add to the list: Art, by Patrick McDonnell. Do you ever read the Sunday Comics? Well, I do. . . . → Read More: Children’s book review: Art Back when my little girl was still a twinkle in my eye and a squirming fetus in my belly, my kind friends and family members showered me with gifts. They were most generous and gifted me (us?) with all manner of soaps and lotions and washcloths and soft blankets. Most of all, they gifted . . . → Read More: A classic, beautiful book for kids and adults So, remember how my husband and I have had this odd fascination with books based in the Middle East? When we were in NYC back in September we happened upon a sidewalk sale where they were selling books for $1.00- score! I spotted this one and since it fit nicely into the Middle East . . . → Read More: Book Review: I Lost My Love in Baghdad Lately the husband and I have been completely fascinated with the Middle East, particularly Afghanistan and Pakistan. I can’t explain it, really. I think it started when we read The Kite Runner, and then A Thousand Splendid Suns, both by the Afghan author Khaled Hosseini (amazing books, if you haven’t read them yet). For . . . → Read More: Read this book! Three Cups of Tea book review As I’ve mentioned before, my husband has recently gotten into reading. I LOVE being able to talk books with him now! Several months ago he had to read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini for one of his classes and he absolutely loved it, so I read it too. The husband was . . . → Read More: Book review- A Thousand Splendid Suns Lately, I don’t recognize my husband. I used to know him as the guy in the house with his eyes glued to Sports Center. Or a Yankees game. Or Jazz game. Or pretty much any game at all. These days though, I find him curled up in the corner of the couch, TV off. . . . → Read More: Who are you and what have you done with my husband? I have to admit that this last week I felt like supermom. Not to toot my own horn or anything (TOOT TOOT!), but this is a breakthrough for me. Look what I managed to do: I know it doesn’t look like much in the picture, but I now have THREE meals made from . . . → Read More: Speaking of superheros… The writer of the book I’m currently reading, Jonni McCoy, is not a financial planner or anything like that. According to the introduction she is a regular middle-class mom living in an expensive part of the country who simply wanted to be home with her kids. Since a higher income wasn’t possible, she had . . . → Read More: Mind games I would venture to say that I’ve always been fairly good with my money. I like to pat myself on the back when I see someone who is definitely not good with their money and feel thankful for the money smarts I have. I generally am able to put off wants in order to . . . → Read More: Excel spreadsheets, here I come… |
  
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