Comments on: Bookin’ It: How to Find a Good Read http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/bookin-it-how-to-find-a-good-read.html On the Road to Joyful Motherhood Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Booking It in 2011 — Life As Mom http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/bookin-it-how-to-find-a-good-read.html#comment-47140 Booking It in 2011 — Life As Mom Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:30:41 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1879#comment-47140 [...] Be prepared to share your reading plan for the year on January 10th. Need inspiration? Go here. [...] [...] Be prepared to share your reading plan for the year on January 10th. Need inspiration? Go here. [...]

]]> By: Booking It - A Carnival of Great Reads — Life As Mom http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/bookin-it-how-to-find-a-good-read.html#comment-23338 Booking It - A Carnival of Great Reads — Life As Mom Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:04:56 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1879#comment-23338 [...] January we’ve been talking about being more intentional in our reading and sharing what we’ve read. I’ve found some great books thanks to my readers. The [...] [...] January we’ve been talking about being more intentional in our reading and sharing what we’ve read. I’ve found some great books thanks to my readers. The [...]

]]> By: Are You Still Bookin’ It? — Life As Mom http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/bookin-it-how-to-find-a-good-read.html#comment-15861 Are You Still Bookin’ It? — Life As Mom Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:39:13 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1879#comment-15861 [...] How to Find a Good Read [...] [...] How to Find a Good Read [...]

]]> By: Joy http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/bookin-it-how-to-find-a-good-read.html#comment-13110 Joy Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:39:16 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1879#comment-13110 I listen to audio's to and from work and when I am running errands. I love them! Plus I read books late in the evening for about 45 min after everybody goes off to bed. I listen to audio’s to and from work and when I am running errands. I love them! Plus I read books late in the evening for about 45 min after everybody goes off to bed.

]]> By: Bookin’ It: The Total Money Makeover — Life As Mom http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/bookin-it-how-to-find-a-good-read.html#comment-11620 Bookin’ It: The Total Money Makeover — Life As Mom Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:55:06 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1879#comment-11620 [...] hope so. We’re on a mission to read more in 2010. If you haven’t thought up some good books to read, now’s a great time to make some reading goals for the year. It’s never too late to [...] [...] hope so. We’re on a mission to read more in 2010. If you haven’t thought up some good books to read, now’s a great time to make some reading goals for the year. It’s never too late to [...]

]]> By: kriswithmany http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/bookin-it-how-to-find-a-good-read.html#comment-11482 kriswithmany Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:08:16 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1879#comment-11482 I love GoodReads as well. It takes only a few minutes a week to see what my friends are reading, and what they like. I have to admit, I spent an hour looking through book lists when I first signed up, but the result is a lot of books on my to-read list that I can take with me to the library. I always seem to get amnesia while there, and can't remember which books I've been meaning to read! I love GoodReads as well. It takes only a few minutes a week to see what my friends are reading, and what they like. I have to admit, I spent an hour looking through book lists when I first signed up, but the result is a lot of books on my to-read list that I can take with me to the library. I always seem to get amnesia while there, and can’t remember which books I’ve been meaning to read!

]]> By: Rebecca Wood http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/bookin-it-how-to-find-a-good-read.html#comment-11450 Rebecca Wood Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:51:43 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1879#comment-11450 My favorite way to choose what to read is to raid my own bookshelves. This is because my husband and I have a terrible weakness for books and we end up leaving library sales with piles and piles of books ranging from "Tricks that take Fish" to "The Gardener's Day Book" to "Murder Must Advertise" to "Letters of St. Boniface". He's in seminary and I'm a teacher, so there is no hope. It saddens me when people say they refuse to buy more books until they read the ones they have. My parents always bought more books than they needed and it was such a thrill to grow up in a house overflowing with books on every subject. If curiosity stuck on any subject, I had only to wander from room to room to find several books that would lead the way. My biggest problem is finishing the books that I have started. Right now with three under three it sometimes seems hopeless, but this BookingIt challenge is a great motivator. So far I have just finished, "The Architecture of Happiness" by Alain de Botton and "The Nine Parts of Desire" by Geraldine Brooks. The first I found on the paperback sales table at Barnes and Noble and -like others have said - it was the cover that did it for me. It was a really thought provoking and enjoyable book with artistic implications beyond architecture. The second was recommended to me by a friend, and although rather outdated, it gave me a lot to think about and I'm eager to do some research and discover more about women in Muslim countries today. After I finish a book I enjoy scanning the web for blog posts about the book to see what other people's reactions were and what other books they might recommend. My favorite way to choose what to read is to raid my own bookshelves. This is because my husband and I have a terrible weakness for books and we end up leaving library sales with piles and piles of books ranging from “Tricks that take Fish” to “The Gardener’s Day Book” to “Murder Must Advertise” to “Letters of St. Boniface”. He’s in seminary and I’m a teacher, so there is no hope.

It saddens me when people say they refuse to buy more books until they read the ones they have. My parents always bought more books than they needed and it was such a thrill to grow up in a house overflowing with books on every subject. If curiosity stuck on any subject, I had only to wander from room to room to find several books that would lead the way.

My biggest problem is finishing the books that I have started. Right now with three under three it sometimes seems hopeless, but this BookingIt challenge is a great motivator.

So far I have just finished, “The Architecture of Happiness” by Alain de Botton and “The Nine Parts of Desire” by Geraldine Brooks. The first I found on the paperback sales table at Barnes and Noble and -like others have said – it was the cover that did it for me. It was a really thought provoking and enjoyable book with artistic implications beyond architecture. The second was recommended to me by a friend, and although rather outdated, it gave me a lot to think about and I’m eager to do some research and discover more about women in Muslim countries today.

After I finish a book I enjoy scanning the web for blog posts about the book to see what other people’s reactions were and what other books they might recommend.

]]> By: DarcyLee http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/bookin-it-how-to-find-a-good-read.html#comment-11447 DarcyLee Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:06:58 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1879#comment-11447 Reading has always been a passion of mine and it was very exciting to me just to take each of my girls to the library to get their own library card for the first time. Now, although I thought it would never happen, I go to the library by myself most of the time because my girls are all old enough to drive themselves. They all still use the library though and I'm so glad I was able to give them a love for books. Like many of the commenters, I like finding new books to read through the recommendation of other readers. I'm looking forward to these Book It posts. Reading has always been a passion of mine and it was very exciting to me just to take each of my girls to the library to get their own library card for the first time. Now, although I thought it would never happen, I go to the library by myself most of the time because my girls are all old enough to drive themselves. They all still use the library though and I’m so glad I was able to give them a love for books. Like many of the commenters, I like finding new books to read through the recommendation of other readers. I’m looking forward to these Book It posts.

]]> By: Abundant Living http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/bookin-it-how-to-find-a-good-read.html#comment-11430 Abundant Living Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:36:59 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1879#comment-11430 I just finished Loved at First Sight, by Marilyn Diderusk. Pop on over to read my review if you would like. It was very inspiring. She is a woman who didn't just sit on her ideas, but she acted on them. http://livingsoabundantly.blogspot.com/2010/02/book-review-loved-at-first-sight-by.html I just finished Loved at First Sight, by Marilyn Diderusk. Pop on over to read my review if you would like. It was very inspiring. She is a woman who didn’t just sit on her ideas, but she acted on them.

http://livingsoabundantly.blogspot.com/2010/02/book-review-loved-at-first-sight-by.html

]]> By: Ashley http://lifeasmom.com/2010/02/bookin-it-how-to-find-a-good-read.html#comment-11427 Ashley Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:57:56 +0000 http://lifeasmom.com/?p=1879#comment-11427 My mom is a big source of "new to me" authors - she reads a lot of bestsellers and will tell me when she finds a good one. I also "blog for books" with a number of Christian publishers, and I have discovered a number of great authors through the books I've reviewed for them... I take the list of names to my local library, try to lock my kids down in an armchair and browse the shelves for my new favorite author! My mom is a big source of “new to me” authors – she reads a lot of bestsellers and will tell me when she finds a good one. I also “blog for books” with a number of Christian publishers, and I have discovered a number of great authors through the books I’ve reviewed for them… I take the list of names to my local library, try to lock my kids down in an armchair and browse the shelves for my new favorite author!

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