The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty Liane Moriarty is one of those authors I turn to when I just want an enjoyable story, because her novels are consistently good. This is unlike her other novels in that it’s not exclusively about rich Australian housewives, though they’re all Australian and some of them have been …
Tag: parenting
May 28
Book Review: Protecting the Gift
Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe by Gavin de Becker My rating: 3 of 5 stars I bought this book based on how valuable and life-changing Gift of Fear was. I figured it would be a great alternative to constantly nagging my girls to read Gift of Fear for themselves. Unlike Gift of …
Jan 06
Book Review: The Triple Package
The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America by Amy Chua This isn’t a terrible book, but it’s not spectacular either. On one hand, Chua and Rubenfeld put into simple words something I inherently understood but had never said out loud before: Insecurity, a sense of …
Jul 31
Book Review: All Joy and No Fun
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood by Jennifer Senior This book says its aim is to talk about the effect that children have on parents. I don’t know if many people have really dealt with this subject recently, so it’s gotten some good press because of that.. I’ve only read one …
Oct 01
Book Review: Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think by Bryan Caplan This is a great title, in that it enticed me to pick this up, and it’s a bad title, because it would be more accurately titled “good reasons to have more kids.” …