It’s sad, really. I’ve lived in this city for more than five months now, and I *just* got a library card yesterday. I wasn’t sure I would be able to get one at all since I haven’t yet switched my license over and therefore don’t have an in-state picture ID. Luckily, a cell phone bill with my name on it and a local address along with my old PA driver’s license was enough.
I spend a lot of my online time over at the Mothering forums. I especially like reading the SAHP section, the Gentle Discipline section, and the Vaccinations section. From my daily perusal, I’ve compiled a fairly long a list of books I want to read-hence the need for a library card.
As soon as we returned home from our outing yesterday, I hopped on line to reserve a few (greatly coveted) books. The first is Sarah Napthali’s
I’m excited about these books. I’m excited to read and to learn. I’m hopeful that these books will help me become a better parent and homemaker. I’m not sure how quickly the books will become available to me, but I’m really looking forward to sharing their insights with you, the people of the internets.
Hey moms (and dads!)! Do you have a favorite parenting book you’d like to recommend?
I think I got my library card within a week of moving! Of course, I needed it to use to the internet, so I had added incentive … but I probably would have gotten it that quickly anyway. I usually get out about 8-10 books a week. That either makes me pathetic or awesome, I’m not sure which!
I read mostly fiction, though, so I can’t recommend any good parenting books. Especially since most of them (unintentionally) make me laugh. I’ve realized I’m more of a trial-and-error kind of mom, not a by-the-book mom. The few times I try going by a book, it just doesn’t work. My child is just too stubbornly different!
I’d go with awesome, but that’s just me. (=
I’ll take fiction recommendations as well. Have you read Garth Nix’s
Abhorsen Trilogy
? It’s really, really fantastic.
I’ve never tried any Garth Nix, but I’ll add him to the list of “authors I need to read because I’ve read all the books my favorites have written.” I’m a huge fantasy buff (Lloyd Alexander, Terry Brooks, Michael A Stackpole, E. Nesbit … doesn’t really matter what age range, as long as it’s well-written!), but lately I’ve been loving Miss Read’s Fairacre and Thrush Green Chronicles. They’re perfect to curl up with on a cold winter day!