Jo’s Comments (group member since Jan 12, 2016)

Jo’s comments from the Our Shared Shelf group.

Pam wrote: "OK. I need help from our mamas in the club.

I need advice.

History / Backstory:
I am a child free woman in a male dominated industry. In my building, but in a different department, is another ..."

I am a mother of two, and I really don't think you are doing anything wrong. Of course she is worried about losing another baby, but from what you have said it sounds like she is being overly obsessed with it. Paint really isn't going to affect the baby - I mean I even painted my baby's nursery when I was 6 months pregnant with him - but I know that won't help you in your situation. I mean you already researched and found paint that is the least harmless - I bet there aren't many people that would go to those lengths!

It is natural for a pregnant lady to go into 'nesting' mode, this often means that she will clean, scrub and sterilise everything as a way or preparing for the baby, it affects a lot of pregnant women (not me, however) - but she may just have a very severe case of this.

Best thing to do is not blame yourself for her behaviour, it's not your fault - blame the hormones!

Cynthia wrote: "Finally finished this. It was such a charming read and I think I'll have to push my TBR pile even farther back to re-read this one!"

Great to hear you enjoyed it :)
If you have time, it would be great if you could leave a review of the book on this thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
it's always great to hear members thoughts on the book selections that are made.

Dear Our Shared Shelf,
We are excited to have 40 copies of our current book selection 'The Power' by Naomi Alderman to give away.
For a chance to win one, we welcome your feedback (good or bad) about Our Shared Shelf in the comments section below. These comments can include any features, changes, or additions that you think would benefit the Our Shared Shelf group. Is there anything that would encourage you to post more comments, or is there a reason that you do not join the discussions on here?

We will then pick 40 winners from the members who have given us the most useful feedback.
*We can't guarantee that all ideas and suggestions will be carried out.

The competition will close on Friday 24th November - so get those suggestions coming in! :)

Good Luck!

The OSS Moderators

Emily wrote: "So I’ve just joined the group because over the past few years I’ve been letting work get entirely too much in the way with my passion for reading and I have to say, I’m really excited and this seem..."

Welcome Emily, glad to have you with us. Enjoy the book :)

Dear OSS,
Thanks to EVERYONE who entered the competition to win a Emma's very own SIGNED copy of 'Hunger' by Roxane Gay !! Over 5700 Entries - Amazing!

We are very happy to announce that Entry #100 was randomly picked using an online generator - that means the winner is LYDIA

Congrats LYDIA - I will PM you :D

MeerderWörter wrote: "Some fiction again... which I look forward to:)
Well, I doubt this is where we should go, but it's definitely worth reading I think.

Okay, so off to the book shops:)"

The last 2 books haven't been fiction, so it's nice to get some fiction again IMO :)

Dear Our Shared Shelf,
We are very excited to be giving away Emma's own personal copy of 'Hunger' by Roxane Gay which Emma has also signed!

One lucky member will be picked as the winner at random on Friday November 3rd. All you have to do for a chance to win is reply to this topic ONCE ONLY to say you wish to be entered!

That's it! simple.

Good luck!

The OSS Moderators

Thank you :) I'll pass these along for 'The List'.

I've edited the title of this post to show that this book selection was from last year. :)

If you have some titles that you know about which deal with the issues you feel strongly about (in your case intersex) then please please put them forward as a suggestion. We always want to hear your thoughts! I know Emma has a long (ever growing) list of book possibilities, on which include books which look at less talked about topics such as Transgender.

It's can sometimes be difficult to find the right balance, some people like the really heavy stuff that can be extremely difficult to read due to the themes, whilst others prefer something a little more light hearted (e.g Caitlin Moran).

As Ashley said there have only been 14 books so far, so there is plenty of time to tackle a subject which certain members will identify with more - but your book suggestions will definitely help us! :)

I've removed the post in question and have sent a message to David, thank you.

Hi Everyone,

We are excited to have 100 copies of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay to give away! We are opening this competition worldwide, to win a copy of the current Our Shared Shelf book.

In Hunger, Roxane Gay explores her past—including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life—and brings readers along on her journey to understand herself.

To enter the competition, head to the book fairies website and complete the short form: https://goo.gl/oE8n3j. You can also find it by searching "hunger" on the site www.ibelieveinbookfairies.com.

[Edit: Updated] Good luck to everyone who enters our #OSShunger competition! It closes Friday, 29th September and the winners will be announced soon after.

:)

Emma will announce when she is ready, please may I ask that you kindly refrain from posting in announcements. Many thanks.

Locked & archived.

That's bloomin' ridiculous Keith!

Hi Everyone,
We are lucky enough to have 25 copies of the Vintage Feminism Short edition of The Beauty Myth to give away! Please head over to our friends The Book Fairies at http://ibelieveinbookfairies.com/our-... to enter. It closes on Friday so get in quick! The lucky 25 winners will be announced early next week. This competition is open worldwide.

Good luck to all. :)

The OSS Moderator Team

Thanks Keith, it is interesting how you are able to recall your memories from the time the book was written, it would be interesting to compare your review to that of some of our teen members :)

Hi Everyone,
We have decided to trial a reviews thread for each book that we read for Our Shared Shelf, we would love to hear your thoughts on the 'The Beauty Myth' with a short review and how you would rate the book out of 10.

Whether you post them here, upload a video to share or post on your blog - please let us know here, we would all love to hear your thoughts!

Thank you,
The OSS Moderators

haha Emma is getting into Daenerys Targaryen type titles

This is Emma Watson. Award winning actress, UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador, Ninja book fairy and Summoner of the people of the book tribe.

It has a nice ring to it? ;-)

Anyway, as I mentioned in the other thread - this interview is Epic! It's very much appreciated, we are very lucky! :D

Wowsa! No wonder she took a while to reply - this interview itself is as epic as her book!
I love it. It's so thoughtful, personal and insightful.

Big thanks to Dr. Estes!

This thread has gone severely off topic, if you want to discuss a certain issue in the media in-depth, then you should create a new topic dedicated to it. This thread really is for posting articles related to feminism.

Thanks.