Meeting Amazing Grace

This is a MUST read for everyone. I don't think there is a person who could not improve their relationships with everyone by reading this book. It is by Gary and Joy Lundberg. They do a fantastic job of writing. Check it out!!

Carole McLaughlin

Inkheart

By the way, I read Inkheart - not quite on time, but I still read it. We didn't really do the book club thing obviously, but I thought I'd at least do my review of it. It was OK. Laurel told me when I was halfway through the book that she thought the writing was a little juvenile. By the end of the book, I totally agreed. The idea of the story was pretty good though.

Mothering with Spiritual Power by Debra Sansing Woods

Mothering With Spiritual Power: Book of Mormon Inspirations for Raising a Righteous Family by Debra Sansing Woods

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book. It's a quick read - read it in three days. I liked her easy writing style and the stories she told about her own mothering. She used well-known scriptures from the Book of Mormon and applied them to motherhood and how we can be happy, balanced moms who live close to the Lord. She got me excited about the idea of studying the scriptures looking for how they apply to moms. So I got a new Book of Mormon and marked the scriptures she talked about and made a note about how they applied to motherhood. I also listed her topics in the front of the Book of Mormon. Now I can start my own study. I'm pretty excited about it.


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No Flying in the House by Betty Brock

A delightful little book and an easy read (139 short pages as I recall).  It's hard to say much about the story line without spoiling, but I think of it as a short story version of what could be turned into a delightful fanatasy series.  I enjoyed the story line and think kids (probably 4th-5th graders) would love it.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

You'll find this either in the kids section or the young adult section. I'd like to mention however that this book is a first in a series. It may be a trilogy, but I'm not sure the third one isn't out yet that I know of. I say since we're all not paying too much attention to this blog or at least I haven't been we have it read by Friday September 12th. That gives everyone a month to get on the blog, find the book, and then read it. For those of you in the Provorem area I own it and will let you borrow it.

I Am a Mother

I'm going to post this on three of the blogs I post on so more people see it. Sorry for those of you who read all those blogs. I just loved this book!!!

I Am a Mother by Jane Clayson Johnson

It's the story of an LDS woman who chooses to be a stay-at-home mom rather than continue in her successful, high profile career. She refutes myths the world would have women believe about motherhood being inferior somehow.

My sister, Laurel recommended this book to me - no surprise. We talked about it yesterday, and she said that she was surprised how much it touched her because it was already all what she totally believed in. I felt that way, too. Her story was encouraging and inspirational and fun to read. She had great things to say about motherhood. Reading her book is quite similar to reading Elder Ballard's conference talk from last conference in that it makes you just feel good about being a mom and takes off a bit of the ridiculous and unnecessary pressure we moms sometimes put on ourselves. Enjoy!

What Should I Read Next?

In the Reader's Digest I found mention of a website called What Should I Read Next? You can put in a book you liked, and it comes up with a short list that's somehow related. I tried it with a few books, and I had never heard of the other ones that came up. I have no idea what they base their comparison on so I don't know if any of the recommendations will be good. But I thought I'd pass on that tidbit in case anyone is interested. Let us know if you try it out and what you think.