Giveaway -- You Can Buy Happiness and it's Cheap
Today is a lucky day, as you have the opportunity to win one of two copies of Tammy Strobel's You Can Buy Happiness And it's Cheap) How One Woman Radically Simplified Her Life and How You Can Too.
You may know Strobel from her blog, Rowdy Kittens, where she writes about downsizing, (or "smart sizing" as she terms it) minimalism, happiness, photography and her tiny house. She and I are friends in real life, although she recently moved away from Portland, so I guess we'll have to start up on a false friendship. 😉
You Can Buy Happiness is Tammy's personal story of how she went from a cluttered apartment and a mind numbing office job to living with very few possessions in her tiny house.
To enter to win this book, share in the comments section the last book that you read. Here, I'll start. "The Man in The High Castle" by Philip K. Dick.
Please enter one time only, U.S. residents only. I will choose a winner Friday, October 26 at 9:00 P.M. PST.
Katy Wolk-Stanley
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without."
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"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." (I'm the only person left in the world who hadn't read it!)
I haven't read it either, so that makes two of us 🙂
Three Brides, No Groom by Debbie Macomber
Sleep No More -- Iris Johansson's latest thriller!
"Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen" by Christopher McDougall
'Sweet Tooth' by Ian McEwan
"In the Kingdom of Men" by Kim Barnes
Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson. It was a really good book!
I'm thisclose to being done with "The Social Animal" by David Brooks.
I recently finished "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks. I love all his books!
Stayed up until 1am reading "Captain Vorpatril's Alliance," and conscienciously working my way through "Albion's Seed - Four British Folkways in America."
"Midnight Fugue" by Reginald Hill---a fiendishly good writer with a witty sense of humor.
Finished Joan Didion's "The White Album" last night.
"White Christmas Pie" by Wanda Brunstetter...good Amish story.'
Would love to win Tammy's book:)
"The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan. My daughter & I are working our way through "The Last Olympian" audiobook right now (gotta love digital audiobooks from the public library!)
I just have a few chapters to go on "The Dressmaker of Khair Khana" by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Excellent read!
Widow of larkspur inn
Parenting Beyond Belief, by Dale McGowan
The Red Tent. You're really just looking for reading ideaas aren't you...
I was obsessed with that book when I read it!
Happiness at Home by Gretchen Rubin
The Great Escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
Wendell Berry's The Art of the Commonplace- makes me want to dig in the dirt! 🙂 Thanks for this chance!
"The Other Boleyn Girl", by Phillipa Gregory.
Stalling for Time - a memoir of the FBI's chief hostage negotiator
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, in swedish 🙂
"The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin. She's great!
Ironically, like Carolyn, my last book was "The Happiness Project," too. I loved it!
77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz. Scary scifi thriller!
The last book I read was "Blood, Bones and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef" by Gabrielle Hamilton
You've Been Warned - by James Patterson & Howard Roughan.
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
13 Words by Lemony Snicket
Obsession by Jonathan Kellerman
I just finished reading "Don't Shoot the Dog" which is about applied behavioral psychology. I got it to help train my dog but it's been fantastic for dealing with people as well!
Death of a Scriptwriter- MC Beaton.
Just finished "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin and am currently reading "Last Child in the Woods" by Richard Louv. (Both of which are library books!)
The New Feminist Agenda by Madeleine Kunin , I'm really enjoying her ideas for bipartisan policy initiatives.
The Nature Principle - Richard Louv
(and before that, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Yet another who hasn't read them yet!)
Re-read one of my favorite books, Turtle Moon by Alica Hoffman--a thriller of sorts, told in beautiful, haunting prose.
Elzas kitchen by Marc fitten
Stop clutter from wrecking your family by Mike Nelson-awesome!!
Currently reading The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker, spooky stuff!
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Drop Dead Healthy - A.J. Jacobs
State of Wonder by Anne Patchett
"The Story of Stuff" by Annie Leonard (borrowed from my doctor's office's lending library!)
"Where We Belong" by Emily Giffin.
"The Midwife" by Jennifer Worth. Fabulous! The British series now appearing on PBS based on the book is good as well.
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. Life changing in the best of ways.
Monster: Living Off the Big Screen
by John Gregory Dunne
Time Warrior by Steve Chandler
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
So sad but very good.
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Subversives by Seth Rosenfeld. 🙂
"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Awesome book! I also liked The Robber Bride by the same author
I think the last book I read (that I remembered enough to tell you about) was by Nina Planck - Real Food - what to eat and why. It was great.
Am in the middle of Sandor Katz's The Art of Fermentation. Bring on the pickles and hooch!
A Wrinkle in Time for book club.
Mapp and Lucia by E.F. Benson. It's number four in a series of six books centering on two rival upper-class women in a small seaside town in Britain in the 20's and 30's. Very entertaining.
The Poisoner's Handbook: Forensic Science in Jazz Age New York. And no, I'm not planning on hurting anyone. Fascinating read if you're into CSI.
365 Thank Yous
I just finished "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson and am in the midst of Thomas Cahill's "The Gift of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels" for book club and have just started Jon Krakauer's "Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman." So many books; so little time!
I just finished the book: Deathless, by Catherynne M. Valente. A very good fiction book we read for book club.
I'm currently reading Neither Here Nor There, Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson. It is hysterical. I highly recommend it.
I read several books at a time (well, not at the exact time) so I've just finished: The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, The Little Book of Gold: Fundraising for Small (and Very Small) Nonprofits (Kindle version) by Erik Hanberg, and How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America by Otis Webb Brawley & Paul Goldberg. All 3 are good books!
"If You Ask Me" by Betty White.
The American Way of Eating
"Worst Case" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
From Good to Great by Jim Collins
"Confessions of a Slaker Mom" by Muffy Mead-Ferro
Two book types have me captured right now. One being Mom humor and the other being about decluttering ones life/space. This book was both and gave me another nudge to take a box of "stuff" and give it away.
"IQ84" by Haruki Murakami
"Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins.
the sweet life in paris.
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Bringing Up Boys by Dr. James Dobson
Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson
Chasing the Mona Lisa by Tricia Goyer & Mike Yorkey. It's an awesome read, full of a lot of action and suspense. I highly recommend it!
Last book finished was "It Starts with Food" - Dallas and Melissa Hartwig
Project-Based Homeschooling: Mentoring Self-Directed Learners by Lori Pickert
Acqua Alta by Donna Leon
7 by Jen Hatmaker
Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth, even better than the PBS series!
The Jekyll Island Club
Read with my eyes: Outliers. I usually do audiobooks.
Ooh, I'd love this! I'm currently reading "Financial Peace" by Dave Ramsey.
"The Long Walk" by Stephen King
In a way it reminds me of the Hunger Games- a group of young tributes fighting for survival.
PS I Love You
Wife 22 for myself, House at Pooh Corner with my son.
Little Heathens - Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Hanna's Grace by Karen Harper
San Miguel
Mad River by John Sandford in good old book form, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on disc in the car to save me during traffic. :o)
Haunted Travels of Indiana by Mark Marimen
Last book read: "Creating The Not So Big House: Insights and Ideas for the New American Home", by Sarah Susanka (checked out from the library--of course!!). Love the Not So Big House ideas. Working my way through her bibliography.
Book recently read that I would recommend: "Let's Pretend This Never Happened," by Jenny Lawson--super funny!
Next up... "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane", by Katherine Howe. Hope it's a good 'un.
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking & Leonard Mlodinow
Drawing on the right hand side of the brain, by Betty Edwards.
Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie
The Round House by Lousie Erdrich
& The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
--loved both!
In the middle of Retrato en Sepia (Portrait in Sepia) by Isabel Allende - reading it in Spanish which makes it much more fun and challenge!
The Discovery of Witches By: Deborah Harkness
Origins in Death by J.D. Robb
The Night Season by Chelsea Cain
My last read was The Endless Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace by Tamar Adler. I highly recommend it.
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Finished: God and Football by Chad Gibbs
Currently: The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Next: Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
Coach Yourself Thin 🙂
I'd love to read this book! It sounds so interesting!
What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
(by Robert Wolke)
The last book I read was "How to be Lovely: The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life" by Melissa Hellstern
"love anthony" by Lisa Genova
I love Philip K. Dick! I just read The Devil In The White City by Erik Larsen
Just finished "A Hotel On The Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford.
Currently reading "This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons In Greenland" by Gretel Ehrlich.
Oh, I do so want to read this book...I NEED to read it! Will keep my fingers crossed.
Many thanks for providing this opportunity to win a copy.
KPhelps
The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
The New Strong-Willed Child by James Dobson. :0(
I just finished Caitlin Moran's "How To Be A Woman" - it was great.
The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
I'm currently reading Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff.
After I Do, a free Kindle download. I'd give it 3-1/2 stars (I don't read much fiction and this book reminds me why).
No Hands: The Rise and Fall of the Schwinn Bicycle Company. Judith Crown and Glenn Coleman.
The Man who Quit Money by Mark Sudeen
Thank you, Katie, for that suggestion a few posts back. It was a good read and a lot of food for thought. More than I expected.
The last books I read was The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. It was a fantastic read!
The last book I read was The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. It was a fantastic read!
I just finished The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes.
I read The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Osen, a Danish author. It was great!
"Princeps' Fury" by Jim Butcher
I just finished a mystery by Victoria Thompson, sadly so bland that now I don't recall the title (seriously, I knew the killer halfway through the book and I am not.good. at solving mysteries) and am currently reading Michael Chabon's _Telegraph Avenue_ which is WONDERFUL and well worth the wait at the library. *g*
Bossypants by Tina Fey
I would love to read this book! I'm currently reading "The Art of Neighboring" by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon.
"Definitely Dead" by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse Series #6). I know, I know... I'm way behind the times. 🙂
Ha, ha, you are way ahead of me--I just finished the first one!
Currently reading The Orchardist
Last read The House of Velvet and Glass
Seven: an experimental mutiny against excess. Really good as long as you don't mind a heavy Christian perspective
The last book I read was "Garbology" by Edward Humes. Highly recommend!
I just finished The Vault of Shiva by andy McDermott currently reading American Assassin by Vince Flynn
Bossy Pants - Tina Fey
The last book I read was "A Storm of Swords" Book 3 in George R. R. Martin's Songs of Fire and Ice Series. I'm now reading Book 4.
Half the Sky - Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn
"It's Alexandra" by A.E. Praytor (free Kindle download).
Happiness at Home by Gretchen Rubin
"Committed," by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Just finished "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell. Next up: "Happier at Home" by Gretchin Rubin. I got on our library waiting list the day it was available, so I haven't had to wait too long to get it!
Enough by Will Davis, Jr.
Just finished: Cold Mountain
Up next: The Tiger's Wife
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walters
Just finished: Momnesia by Lori Verni-Fogarsi.
Still reading: Anna Karenina by Tolstoy
Just finished: Living, Thinking, Looking (by Siri Hustvedt)
Next up: Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Life in Joyce's Masterpiece
Lethal by Sandra Brown. I read so much technical stuff at work I like to read non-technical stuff at home.
Dark Horses by Tami Hoag
This life is in your hands by Melissa Coleman.
Mind Gym by Gary Mack
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson.
Wow, lots of entries! I just finished Marian Keyes' "The Mystery of Mercy Close", but it is balanced with "How to Talk so Kids Will Listen...And Listen So Kids Will Talk" by Faber and Mazlich, which I am reading more slowly.
Secrets of the Light by Dannion Brinkley. Just heard him speak at unity of Portland. Very interesting
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
Baghdad Without a Map by Tony Horwitz. Gonna peruse the other entries to bulk up my reading list. Thanks!
The Snowman- Sooo good, yet can't find the time to finish it with a new baby! 🙂
The last book I finished was THE WEDNESDAY WARS. (I'm a 5th grade teacher so like to read what they are to keep up...) Would love to read this book.
$100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau. Now, can I achieve simplicity and world domination at the same time???
Just read Mrs. Kimble-Jennifer Haigh, and Tongues of Angels-Julia Park.
Currently reading Tolstoy and the Purple Chair-Nina Sankovitch,
and Over My Head, A doctor's own story of head injury from the inside out- Claudia Osborn.
The last book I read was "Lark Rise to Candleford" by Flora Thompson--I am currently reading "Sapphique" by Catherine Fisher.
I'm currently reading Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin.
The last book I finished was How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
Completely different, but both wonderful!
This Burns My Heart by Samuel Park.
Deadreckoning by Charlene Harris
Just finished the memoir Father's Day by Buzz Bissinger (who wrote Friday Night Lights).
I just finished "Son" by Lois Lowry. My boys and I read the whole Giver series this month.
Last book I read was The Peach Keeper by Sarah Allen Addison. I love seeing what everyone is reading :o)
Just finished: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Reading: The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
My Descent Into Death: A Second Chance at Life by Howard Storm
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
I finished The Man Who Quit Money by Mark Sundeen, currently reading Unbowed, A memoir by Wangari Maathai
To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn
Happier at Home, Gretchen Rubin
Just finished the Cleopatra biogragraphy. As she was known for her wealth and extravagance, she was no frugal mama, but she sure was fascinating.
Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage by Heather Rogers
Just finished "Tinkers" by Paul Harding
Just finished Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian and am now working on Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. So many books, so little time... but I'd love to have one more (hint, hint!)....
Honestly - Confessions of a Shopalholic! Needed something light, a good laugh!
To Heaven and Back: A Doctor's Extraordinary …
Mary C. Neal Md
SOLD: Don’t Go Poor and Miserable Being Sold Happiness by Glenn Sosa
I'm reading two books: Real Food by Nina Planck and Looking for Anne of Green Gables by Irene Gammel.
Thanks for the giveaway. I'd love to read Tammy's story.
I read The Brushfire Plague by RP Ruggiero. Now I need to read a "happy" book!
I read "Beauty" by Bill Wallace to my 4th grade class.
I read "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards.
I'm currently in the middle of "Write it When I'm Gone" by Thomas DeFrank.
"stay at home dead". Teehee.
I am almost done with "Wicked" (have tickets to the show next week in Seattle), just a few pages left of the "The Maze Runner" and a few weeks ago finished "When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor... and Yourself" by Brian Fikkert and Steve Corbett--that's a life changer!
I would love to win. My book is Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm during The Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish. I love your blog.
Currently reading: The Man Who Quit Money by Mark Sundeen
I would love to read this book too. Thanks for the hosting the giveaway.
French Women Don't Get Fat - Murielle Guiliano. Loved it. Simple eating and WALKING instead of driving. Eating in season. Simple recipes. Simple wardrobe. great read from the former CEO of one of the world's finest luxury brands of champagne.
Sense and Sensibility AND Paradise Lost simultaneously- had exams on both today. brain now fried!
I can't wait to see what books everyone is reading!! I am currently reading The Pillars of the Earth and so want to finish it tonight... just a few pages left so I hope this counts as my "last book read". I have loved every minute. This giveaway sounds like a great book too!
I am currently reading "Finding Flow" by Mihaly Czimenth.... I'm just going to butcher his name, so I'll stop!
3 Below by Patrick Carman (2nd in the Floors series)
Layover in Dubai, Dan Fesperman
I am in the middle of these:
Gretchen Rubin-The Happiness Project
Steven Tyler- Does the Noise in my Head Bother You?
Marianne Williamson- A Return to Love
The Lemonade War, but Jacqueline Davies. Our selection for Mother-Daughter book club with our 4th graders.
"by" Jacqueline Davies
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Life. The autobiography of Keith Richards.
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling.
21 Days to a More Disciplined Life by Crystal Paine
I just finished 7 by Jen Hatmaker. It is about a pastor's wife who reduced 7 areas of her life for a month at a time. Found out about it via "Frugal Girl" via your blog!! Very thought provoking!!!
Cut Your Grocery Bill In Half with America's Cheapest Family.
I really like their writing style. It makes you feel like you are sitting with them in person having a conversation and I find that it is much easier to really get into a book like that vs a book that may on a great topic, even one you are passionate about, but is so dull or preachy that you find your mind wandering all over the place.
I tend to read two very different genre books close together. As soon as I finished the above book, I've started to re-read "I'm Watching You" by Karen Rose. Yes, I love vividly written, escape, pure fiction as well 🙂
I just finished Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (first in the Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire Mysteries that are the basis for the show True Blood). Loved it! Never have seen the show though...
Oh, don't try the show! I checked it out from the library, after loving the series. I watched the pilot episode, thought that maybe the next episode would get better, and it didn't. Bad acting, and was embarassed at the soft-core porn.
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn
Would love to be entered. Last book was "Overdressed--The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion".
Thanks for holding the giveaway!
I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron.
I love those "America's Cheapest Family" books. Solid ideas, and they sound so charming. Wish they were my neighbors!
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Home Front by Kristin Hannah
I just about finished Gretchen Rubin's Happier at Home, but, sadly, it was due at the library today and I couldn't renew it. It was so good though, I think I'll just buy it!
I'm re-reading the Harry Potter series and will very shortly be finishing up "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," then it's on to "The Goblet of Fire." Great reads!
The Bridesmaid by Beverly Lewis
I read "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed about a woman who hiked the PCT by herself.
A Beautiful Blue Death. Fabulous Victorian mystery! Tammy's book sounds great! Fingers crossed!
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
It was a book I heard a lot about and it was definitely different.
"While My Sister Sleeps" by Barbara Delinsky
I have that as an audiobook from the library right now, although I haven't started it yet.
Katy
" Safe Haven " by Nicholas Sparks
Homesick & Happy --a book about the benefits of sending your kids to sleepaway camp
The Bucolic Plague by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Currently reading "Stalking the Wild Asparagus" by Euell Gibbons. The author was a life long forager of common plants of the US and shares his wisdom in this gem from the 1960's. Really enjoying it and looking forward to trying some new foraged foods next growing season!
I'm in nursing school, so the only thing I have time for is "Pharmacology in Nursing, " and "Nursing Fundamentals" with a little "Intro to Nursing Research" thrown in for good measure. I'd love to win this, though, and I'd sneak it in, promise!
Freakonomics. Loving it.
The Prodigal God
Ruhlman's Twenty: the ideas and techniques that will make you a better cook.
The last book I read was "Squeeky Green", a book about keeping harmful chemicals out of your home. It was good although they don't promote homemade house cleaners because the authors own an environmentaly safe household cleaner company.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
For the umpteenth time.
How to De-Stress Your Life by Gregory L. Jantz
squirrel seeks chipmunk by david sedaris
The last book I read was a preparation book for an exam I took a month ago.
I live in NYC in a small apartment, and I am slowly getting rid of things to claim my inner peace and happiness.
I read some of the pages of this book on Amazon and it is so inspiring. It echoes my thoughts as to why not just being frugal, but also living a minimalist lifestyle contributes to a person being burden free. Almost like owning your stuff, and not the other way round.
"State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett. Hope to finish tomorrow in time for my bookclub meeting!
I just finished "The Litigators" by John Grisham. I like his writing style and his novels are always engaging and interesting. This one is just as good as the rest.
Trapeze by Simon Mawer. Historical fiction would recommend it
I just finished Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad
"Balthazar : An Evernight Novel" by Claudia Gray
"Still Life" by Louise Penny
"That Woman " a Biography of Wallis
Simpson the Duchess of York
I'm reading a few different books at a time, depending on my mood and time of day: The folklore of Discworld (Terry Pratchett), An introduction to WOR, about the participation council rules in the Netherlands, A global player, about the international institute of social history, The science of discworld III, Darwins watch, by Pratchett, fairytales by Grimm, and 'O my god what happened and what should I do?' I'm not in for the win as I'm not a US resident.
"The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain
My latest read was totally for fun ... Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch. Checked out, of course, from my local public library. 🙂
Fifty Shades one and two...I have to take a break before reading three...whew!
I just finished re-reading Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers. I also have the audiobook from the library - getting ready for painting. Need something to listen to.
The Alchemist, a classic by Paulo Coelho, after picking up my own copy for $0.75 at Goodwill !
Soul by Tobsha Learner; a thrift store quarter special. 😉
"The Panther" by Nelson DeMille
The Mother Tongue, by Bill Bryson. For about the third time.
The last book I read was "Divide These" by Saskia Hamilton - but I'm in the middle of finally reading the Happiness Project
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.
"Little Bets" by Peter Sims
Dream New Dreams by Jai Glasgow, wife of Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture). Tells the story of the struggles of a caregiver.
Last book I read was Plastic Free which I enjoyed and I am currently enjoying No Impact Man (both from the library, of course) although I wouldn't mind adding them to my own library!
The Grief of Others, Leah Hager Cohen
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh! Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
"A walk in the woods" by Bill Bryson
"The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien...for maybe the twentieth time. I'm gearing up for the movie!!!
UM, it was a trashy regency era romance novel that really should remain nameless. It wasn't even a good romance novel.
"Dyer Consequences" a knitting mystery
The Idiot's Guide to Composting!
"The No Cry Sleep Solution" to get my twin babies to sleep. . .
"The Beck Diet Solution" by Judith Beck
Pick me! Pick me!
"The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin.
The Emperor of All Maladies
"The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant
Depletion and Abundance by Sharon Astyk
A fun Halloween book called Death of a Neighborhood Witch by Laura Levine 🙂
Just finished The Last Child by John Hart. It was fabulous!
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Homemade Christmas by Tawra Kellam and Jill Cooper.
Stolen Figs by Mark Rotella
"The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Triumph from the Frontier of Brain Science" by Norman Doidge, M.D.
Peace and Plenty by Sarah Ban Breathnach
I'm reading "The Magicians" by Lev Grossman, as it was recommended (and lent to me ) by a friend.
Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin
The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam.
I am reading "Scapegoat - a history of blaming other people", by Charlie Campbell. 🙂
"Educating the WholeHearted Child" by Clay Clarkson. Thanks for the giveaway amd your blog!
I am reading Financial Freedom by Dave Ramsey.
"Among the Free" by Margaret Peterson Haddix (I read with middle schoolers who struggle). Good book, good series.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo
Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin.
"Bones Are Forever" by Kathy Reichs --love this series of books. The TV show, not so much.
Unglued by Lisa TerKeurst
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - a fascinating book!
Today I am reading "The School of Essential Ingredients" by Erica Bauermeister.
"The Bone People" by Keri Hulme
"Folks, This Ain't Normal" by Joel Salatin.
"Are Your Prescriptions Killing You?" by Armon B. Neel, Jr. Highly recommend!
"Truck" by Michael Perry
Feast by Nigella Lawson
Red House: Being a Mostly Accurate Account of New England's Oldest Continuously Lived-in House by Sarah Messer (bought at Goodwill for .49c) 🙂
The Freedom Manifesto by Tom Hodgkinson.
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom. Before that was Gone Girl which was much better!
I'm reading "My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story (With Recipes)" by Luisa Weiss.
Danke Schoen!
Hollywood Stuff by Sharon Fiffer - a murder mystery from the library.
"The Prize Winner from Defiance, Ohio" by Terry Ryan, I read it every year for inspiration
"The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" by Terry Ryan, I read it every year for inspiration
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
I just finished "Missing Mom" by Joyce Carol Oates. Quite good!
The last book that I read was The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien.
"Lobotomy - Surviving The Ramones," by Dee Dee Ramone
Throw Out Fifty Things by Gail Blanke
Placebo by Steven James
"Gone" by Randy Wayne White, a fabulous Florida writer!
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. By Rebecca Skloot
"Katie – Up & down The Hall" by Glenn Plaskin - a wonderful story about a Cocker Spaniel & love between several generations.
Screwtape Letters CS Lewis for bookclub and The Bridesmaid Beverly Lewis for fun!
"Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
Einstein's Dreams
I read a great graphic novel by my friend Martin Lemelman called "2 Cents Plain" about growing up Jewish in Brooklyn in the 50s and 60s. I tried to read The Tiger's Wife after hearing much acclaim, but it coincided with my toddler needing to sleep on top of me, which pretty much eliminated before bed reading. So...back to the library. I couldn't really get into it.
Thirty Seconds to Impact, about a plane crash that was averted by a shrewd pilot. As an aspiring pilot, I think it's important to read about other pilot's decision making process in emergencies!
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess.
The Wonder Years
An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor (again<=) Co-read with Ellis Island by Kate Kerrigan (beautiful).
The Scarlet Plague by Jack London
Love of Learning - by Michael and D'Neil Duffy
Murder Unmentionable by Meg London---a fun, cozy mystery.
Hi Katie the last book I read was the Sweethaven Series by Courtney Walsh. It is the story of a woman and the effect of her mother's scrapbooking in her life.
Heaven is for Real
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Other 8 Hours.
The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer. Found it super depressing, lol. I could use a good book about buying happiness cheap after that!
"Shine" by Lauren Myracle
The
Forrest Gump!
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
The Sense of an Ending by Julan Barnes
Im not in the US so have added it to my wishlist 🙂
"Sandman Slim" by Richard Kadrey
"Startup: A novel" by doree sharir