Earlier this month, I posted my review of Gretchen Rubin's Better Than Before. I'm attempting to read more by getting a book from the library, which has a two-week due date (and then a two-week renewal). It's not perfect, but it is a deadline to force myself to read something. I do look forward to the day when the kids are a little older, and nap time/quiet time morphs into reading time. For now, here's my other book review for the month... A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I read a … [Read more...]
Book Review: Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from Blogging for Books. A few years ago, back when she was still writing The Happiness Project, I read Gretchen Rubin's blog, although I stopped somewhere in there because my blog list was too long. I really enjoyed this book though, so I may have to go search her out again. Rubin's premise in Better Than Before is that everyone falls into one of four personality types when it comes to dealing with expectations. I'm an Obliger, which means … [Read more...]
Books I’ve Read: June 2015
No picture this time around, because these were all on my Kindle. But here's what I read this time around... The Frugal Life: The Simple Path To Living A Good Life On A Budget by Michelle Stewart. This was one of the "less than 100 pages" books on my Kindle that I got for free at some point. Most of this book was pretty common sense, review stuff. Declutter and sell stuff, meal plan, use coupons, budget. The one takeaway I got from it was an example in the first chapter about eating … [Read more...]
Books I’ve Read: April 2015
Did anyone notice that I didn't have a post about books in March? No? Well, that's because I didn't actually finish any books in March. April was not much better. I'm just in one of those busy seasons of life, I guess. I do need to be more intentional with my free time, though. I find myself wasting bits of my day on the Internet far more frequently than I need to. Anyways...here's the book I read most of in March, and finally finished this week. This Is What You Just Put In Your … [Read more...]
Books I’ve Read: February 2015
The Loyalty of Pawns by Theron Couch. I received a copy of this book for free from a Goodreads giveaway. Last April. I'm trying to do better about reading free books right away. This was one I was catching up on. I wanted to like this book. The description sounded interesting enough that I entered the giveaway for it, after all. But I didn't really like it. The premise is a near-dystopian future in which corporations have just as much, if not more, control of things as the government. … [Read more...]