May Book Binge Results

I usually read a lot, so I am surprised that my list is so small. I’ll blame it on the second book in my list which took 11 days to read, because it was slow going.

Bastard on the Couch, ed. Daniel Jones. (pp. 184-276, since I started this before May 5) This is the men’s reply to The Bitch in the House. It was okay. It turns out I don’t really care what men have to say. Who knew?

Year of Living Bibically. Author A.J. Jacobs follows the Bible to the letter of many laws for an entire year. It was interesting and I learned about some unusual religious practices but mostly it left me not caring about these people who decide to do something different for a year so they can get a book advance and publish their journals. The writing was good, but not great. I’ve read better blogs.

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter. Kim Edwards. This is our current book club selection and like some other entries it was a tear jerker. I have taken to reading the last few pages of books like this (I know, for shame!) the way Lisa used to do, because I want to be emotionally prepared. iI tore through this one in three days.

Mommy Wars. ed. Leslie Morgan Steiner. I’ve been a little bit burnt out on anthologies of essays about motherhood, but since this was a book that a friend lent to me I thought I should get it out of the way. I was pleasantly surprised by many of the essays, and I was also surprised by my guilty reaction to some. I’ve never felt particularly guilty for wanting to work. In fact, I think my children benefit from me having other things to do besides stem the tide of my own senseless anger on their behalf. Maybe therapy is in the future for me, but for now I feel okay.

Accounting For Dummies. John Tracy. (pp. 1-51) A fitting followup to the above, I suppose. My father sent this to me via Amazon and I’m actually finding it (gasp!) interesting. Kill me. Kill me now.

Thanks to Mary for this exercise. If you don’t keep track, you never remember what you’ve read.