http://www.goodreads.com/user/updates_rss/731014 en-US Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:22:47 -0700 60 http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 32769284 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:22:47 -0700 Review24318383 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24318383 to: Heaven at Home: Establishing and Enjoying a Peaceful Home (Paperback) by Ginger Plowman
bookshelves: faith, parenting
This book encouraged me in my marriage and parenting. I particularly liked her clarity in addressing which ideas were biblical commands, based on biblical principles, or just suggestions from another wife/mother from her own experience. It is easy to blur that line, and I think she handled tough topics with integrity. ]]> 32768835 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:18:14 -0700 Review28375186 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28375186 to: Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 2) by Alexander McCall Smith
bookshelves: fiction
]]> 32614975 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:23:40 -0700 Review28256917 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28256917 The Elephant in the Playroom: Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About the Extraordinary Highs and Heartbreaking Lows of Raising Kids with Special Needs (Hardcover) by Denise Brodey
bookshelves: to-read
]]> 32075200 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:49:45 -0700 Review27839579 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27839579 The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible (Hardcover) by A.J. Jacobs
bookshelves: to-read
Everybody I tell about this book responds negatively. I think maybe the title or premise comes off as self-righteous, but it isn't. The author is not a Christian, or a religious man in any way as he embarks on this journey. He genuinely seeks to live out the letter of the law (sometimes the heart of the law) with often hilarious results.
I got this book out of the library, and William turned his nose up at it, then he took it on an 8 hour car ride. As his longsuffering wife drove, he sat in the passenger seat, snickering, sometimes gaffawing out loud. Maddening! ]]> 32074822 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:41:59 -0700 Review21973283 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21973283 to: Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters (Paperback) by Mark Dunn
bookshelves: fiction
At first I struggled to get into this book-- the language was contrived and a fly kept biting my ankles. Once I became involved in the story I thoroughly enjoyed it as it became increasingly outrageous,with stranger spelling. ]]> 30917300 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:41:03 -0700 Review26939355 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26939355 Making Sunday Special (Hardcover) by Karen Burton Mains
bookshelves: to-read
]]> 30917288 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:40:39 -0700 Review26939349 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26939349 Creative Counterpart : Becoming the Woman, Wife, and Mother You Have Longed to Be (Paperback) by Linda Dillow
bookshelves: to-read
]]> 30917266 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:40:21 -0700 Review26939330 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26939330 Calm My Anxious Heart : A Woman's Guide to Contentment (Paperback) by Linda Dillow
bookshelves: faith, to-read
]]> 30917210 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:39:27 -0700 Review26939280 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26939280 Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club) by Alan Paton
bookshelves: book-club, currently-reading
]]> 30914833 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:35:59 -0700 Review26937400 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26937400 to: Mr.Brown Can Moo! Can You? (Paperback) by Dr. Seuss
bookshelves: picture-books
After reading Mr. Brown Can Moo for the 105th time today, I deemed it Worthy of a goodreads (my wannabe blog) review. In the time I have spent reading Mr. Brown, I could have read War and Peace.

Caleb loves Mr. Brown. In typical boy style he loves sounds (not real good about putting them together into words, but he can boom right along with Brown).

This book is significant because it has impacted my life on various levels. In addition to saving me from War and Peace, it allowed me once again to enjoy Dr. Seuss. In elementary school I appointed myself head of the library club. I was a nerd (I was also founder of the aforementioned club). During recess, we shelved. Shelving Dr. Seuss is frustrating, all of the books were the same size and shape and required alphabetical acrobatics (okay, not really, but they were annoying). But shelving Mr. Brown opened me up to the wonders of THE FOOT BOOK and the Lorax. This book, however, is far and away my favorite and most palatable of Seuss's books.

(Speaking of palatable, Caleb ate the spine off of our board book-- in a 'rash and pleasure loving moment' he gave his favorite book a taste.)

Also, more significant yet, this little gem has deconstructed the way I look at sounds. When it rains (which has been often recently) I no longer think pitter pitter pat, but "dibble, dibble, dop; dibble, dibble, dibble, dibble, dop dop dop."

Unworthy of note: Mr. Brown reminds me of Mr. Noodle from Sesame Street.


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