Summing Up 10/07/18-10/14/18
WHERE I WAS
Prepping a class I was teaching, and writing, and OMG where did the time go???
Why I Will Always Celebrate and Make a Big Deal About My Birthday
...on Momtastic
I went to the free Morristown (NJ) Festival of Books this past weekend, and it was amazing as usual. Check out the Stories I made into a collection of highlights called "#MFOB18" on Instagram!
WHAT I LOVED
THINGS FACEBOOK MAYBE DIDN'T SHOW YOU
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LET'S TALK ABOUT BOOKS!
What I'm reading:
- Finished SPINNING SILVER by Naomi Novick, which got better and better the more I read. I can't decide how I feel about the ending, though, so I need to talk to some people who have read it. I'd still recommend it!
- Finished PRIDE by Ibi Zoboi, a Pride & Prejudice remix. It was fantastic, and I need it to get made into a movie. Please?
- Am reading LOVE LIKE SKY by Leslie C. Youngblood (middle grade contemporary fiction), and it's so good but I worry about whats going to happen next so I slowed down, lol.
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MISC.
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So! Many! Great! Books!
I AM MORE THAN MY HAIR: MY OUTWARD APPEARANCE DOES NOT DEFINE ME by Alyscia Cunningham
“138 portraits of 46 females and the stories of their experience with alopecia as well as females who cut their hair in solidarity of a loved one.”
(Non-fiction, Women, Self-esteem, Beauty, Photography, Diseases & physical ailments)
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HERE IN THE MIDDLE edited by Christine Organ and Julie Jo Severson
“This middle place - in between kids who are growing up too quickly and parents who look to us for help more than we look to them - is messy, confusing and overwhelming. This beautiful collection of essays will remind you that you're far from alone in the experience, and to treasure the days you have together with the people you love most. I'll revisit these pieces again and again!" -- Jill Smokler, Founder of the parenting website, Scary Mommy and New York Times bestselling author
(Non-fiction, Relationships, Parenting, Self-help, Mid-life)
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HOME ICE by Angie Abdou
“Angie Abdou cracks open the world of the hockey mom with her distinctive, wry humour. Not only does she explore the winner-take-all hockey culture, she confronts her own place in it and the price it exacts on her family and her marriage. Brave and refreshingly candid, Angie delves into issues many of us grapple with but don't dare voice.” ― Jan Redford, author of End of the Rope: Mountains, Marriage, and Motherhood (Non-fiction, Memoir, Sports)
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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: A BabyLit Places Primer by Jennifer Adams, illustrated by Alison Oliver
Children’s board book
“…introduce toddlers to Anne’s home and her favorite pond, wood, field, garden, and the avenue to Avonlea. This delightful board book will captivate your brainy baby’s imagination, and yours.”
(Children’s book, Classics)
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100 INCOME STREAMS FOR FULL-TIME MOMS by Randi Lynn Millward
“With a self-assessment to help mothers decide what income streams would best meet their needs, there's sure to be at least one suitable income stream for every mother to earn a part-time or full-time income on her own terms while still being a full-time mom.”
(Non-fiction, Home business & entrepreneurship, Money)
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