Orange Is The New Black: My Year In A Women's Prison by Piper Kerman
A quick read, terribly interesting
A Year Of Biblical Womanhood: How A Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband Master by Rachel Held Evans
I thought this might just be a liberal feminist having a good bash fest against conservative theology but it was actually a super respectful, thorough look at old testament practices...with a few feminist punches thrown in. With which I am fine.
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The Honest Toddler: A Child's Guide To Parenting by Bunmi Laditan
The sarcastic comedy was fun at first but I got real tired of the constant snark.
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Quick and interesting read, even at 484 pages. Brought back memories of watching the movie a couple years ago with Gretchen.
Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
I heard this was stellar. It was ok.
Orphan Justice by Johnny Carr
A really good education on orphan care issues across the globe and ways you can help. This book acknowledges that that answer is not always "adopt a child", not at all. I highly recommend it to those interested in adoption and those that are not, but still have a heart for orphan care.
Interrupted: When Jesus Wrecks Your Comfortable Christianity by Jen Hatmaker
So...this book is supposed to be eye opening, mind blowing, worldview altering. And I can see how it would be for a lot of comfy Christians. But our life has already been "interrupted" (understatement of the decade) by two lovely children we did not birth and all the craziness that came along with them. So I read this book with more nods of "uh huh, yep, rock on" instead of "OMG what a novel idea to serve others with your entire life!"
While We're Far Apart by Lynn Austin
Another good Lynn Austin story, though definitely not one of her best.
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
This was a quick read. Funny at times. Would have been a lot more meaningful to me if I had caught more than just the tail end of Amy's time on SNL and had actually watched Parks & Recreation at all. I think comedians who become famous reach a point where they think "Hey I guess I'm supposed to write a book now and ramble on about my life experiences and how I got to where I am." But was an easy read that could be put down and picked up through holiday craziness.
Books I started and allowed myself not to finish
Undaunted: Daring To Do What God Calls You To Do by Christine Caine
One page she's describing young women being trafficked into the sex trade, another page her own world comes tumbling down around her when she finds out as an adult that she was adopted. I just...I don't know. I couldn't get into it.
The Well Balanced World Changer: A Field Guide For Staying Sane While Doing Good by Sarah Cunningham
Fluffity fluff fluffy. And insanely short chapters, as if world changers or too busy to sit down for any stretch of time to learn how to be well balanced.
All Joy And No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood by Jennifer Senior
The content of this book is ok and interesting, but I think something malfunctioned in my Nook every time I switched to this book. Every time I'd look down at the page numbers thinking I had read at least 20, it would show progress of only about 4. Slow going, nay, treacherous, I tell you.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
This book was pretty interesting. It really was. I guess I just found others that were interesting-er.
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