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Adult Nonfiction

Resilient by Rick Hanson, Ph. D.

March 5, 2019 by Amy Leave a Comment

I’m always on the look out for nonfiction that is engaging and instructive. Self-help and accessible psychology are two of my favorite topics, especially around mental health issues that are applicable to my family. I read a recommendation for Resilient by Rick Hanson, Ph.D., on a thread on the Chat Board on the Well-Trained Mind … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Nonfiction, Books, Uncategorized Tagged: Adult Nonfiction, awesome adulting, enneagram, enneagram four, psychology, self-help

Monthly Reading Report: August and September 2016

October 12, 2016 by Amy Leave a Comment

These past two months have flown by, and during them I’ve managed to do a good bit of reading.  Here’s what I’ve enjoyed:  How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich.  Steady Eddie heard an interview with the authors of this book and decided he needed to read it.  He read it and recommended it … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Adult Nonfiction, Audiobooks, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Monthly Reading Report, Read Aloud Thursday, Young Adult Fiction

Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

April 2, 2016 by Amy 5 Comments

Our latest bedtime read-aloud for me and the girls was Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.  I chose it because it fit the time period we were studying; the girls loved it because they’ve seen the original movie a few times and so were very familiar with the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Adult Nonfiction, Read Aloud Thursday

Math You Can Play series by Denise Gaskins ***GIVEAWAY!***

October 11, 2015 by Amy 50 Comments

I’ve been wanting to share this little collection of books for a long time, and today is finally the day!  I discovered Denise Gaskins’ Let’s Play Math blog a few years ago now, and I frequently peruse it for ideas to add a little sparkle to our Fun Fridays and, this year at least, the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Adult Nonfiction, Games, Math, Philosophy and Methods

The Brainy Bunch by Kip and Mona Lisa Harding

July 6, 2015 by Amy 4 Comments

I read a book!  A whole book!  🙂 (Excuse me.  I’m just a little excited because it has been well over a month, maybe more like two months, since I finished a whole book.) When I saw The Brainy Bunch:  The Harding Family’s Method to College Ready by Age Twelve on the new books stand … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education Tagged: Adult Nonfiction, Philosophy and Methods
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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