When Mothers Work: Loving Our Children without Sacrificing Ourselves
by Joan K. Peters
-Quit reading
When Mothers Work Wednesday, Oct 31 2007
Baby/Parenting and Non-fiction 12:08 pm
The Handmaid’s Tale Wednesday, Oct 31 2007
Classics and Favorites and Fiction 12:07 pm
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood
Rating: A
My Own Two Feet Monday, Oct 29 2007
Memoir and Non-fiction 12:07 pm
My Own Two Feet
by Beverly Cleary
Why Did I Read It?
This book came in a “lot” of books I won on E-bay. At the time, someone was wishing for this on paperbackswap.com, so I thought I would go ahead and read it so I could pass it on. I generally like memoirs, anyway, and I loved Beverly Cleary’s books as a kid.
What’s it about?
Basically, it’s Beverly Cleary’s memoir, starting from when she left home for college in California, through her first book deal. (She apparently has another memoir that covers her childhood.)
Did I like it?
Ehhh – this book got great reviews on amazon, and Beverly seems like such a nice interesting person, but something about her writing style (in this book) was just boring. She didn’t go into great detail about events – rather, her story gave an “overview” of what happened.
Still, she had an interesting life, and I enjoyed reading about what it was like “back then” – so different than now – it caused quite a controversy when a young lady went to the library wearing – gasp – pants!
Rating: B
Me Talk Pretty One Day Sunday, Oct 21 2007
Memoir and Non-fiction 9:18 am
Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
Rating: A-
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Sunday, Oct 21 2007
Fiction 9:17 am
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J.K. Rowling
(Review in Progress)
Rating: B+
