Paul Aron
As the title states the book is a compilation of events in American history that have remained unsolved. The premise of this book is to state the event and then provide the theories for cause and result. Some were well known and didn’t provide much insight while others were quite intriguing. There are several other titles in this series and I may check them out. This is a quick read of tidbits. Light and easy to digest history.
PG Wodehouse
This is the first Wooster and Jeeves story that was book-long instead of chapter-long stories. That was a very nice twist. The story as usual was delightful. Jeeves has left Bertie, but that is just the beginning. Chaos ensues, as per norm, and who is there to put it all right? Your guess is as good as mine.
Mark Allen Powell
I read this as part of a task team at church. It was pretty good as stewardship centered books go. I’m guessing. I can’t say I’ve read many. This book puts giving our offering into a different context. We have a duty to support our church building’s on going needs. But anything we give beyond that is pure delight. We should remember that Jesus gave his life. We should also remember that God gives us everything. They have given their best and so should we.
Amy Wilson
I nearly got rid of this book after the first page, but I couldn’t have the pleasure of throwing it away, being a lent copy from the library, so I soldiered on. It did get slightly better, but not much, or at least not enough to make it good. For a self proclaimed perfectionist to write a book about how her failures and slacking can be written off as good mothering is, I feel, irresponsible. She talks the entire book of giving her children juice instead of water. I wonder if she’s heard of milk? She also berates herself for not taking the youngest of 3 to more Mommy and Me classes. Has she heard of one-on-one time. Read a damn book with your baby and talk to her. She’ll get just as much out of it. Several times throughout she mentions the fine line of breastfeeding. Apparently 12 months is mandatory or you are a bad mother, but anything over 1 year is coddling and inappropriate. She prides herself here in that she fed at least one of them for 11 months, and that she was a pro by number two. Big deal. I breast fed both of my children for 18 and 19 months and am proud of it. It’s a life choice. Make it and stick with it. You were made to do it, so don’t give me this bull that you just can’t. Humans would be extinct if as many mothers who said they couldn’t breast feed actually couldn’t. My biggest problem lies in that she wants to to understand that she supports breast feeding, yet repeats the phrase that going beyond a year is inappropriate. It just isn’t so. I am a stay-at-home mom who volunteers approximately 10-12 hours outside of the home on a weekly basis and I find the time to buy milk instead of juice and cook something other than frozen chicken nuggets 3 times a week. I’ll admit I have 2 to her 3 children, but I just thought that she needed her outlet as to why she’s lazy about her children. And, for some reason our culture has accepted it as NY Times Bestseller material. Travesty.
