It's been a month...again. I'm really becoming ashamed of my reading habits lately. I'll try to do better this month.
What I'm currently reading:
The Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are by Dr. Kevin Leman. It is fascinating. I'm reading it for a research paper assignment, but I have really enjoyed learning about how birth order works. I've already analyzed my family, and I can assure that Dr. Leman's words are true. If you are having a hard time understanding a child, sibling, spouse, coworker, employer, or yourself, for that matter, take some time to read this book. I am especially enjoying Dr. Leman's chapter over perfectionism, which I am a victim of.
Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen, and Whitney Cerak. I'm reading this for another assignment, and I can tell you that I have had a tough time with some of it. The writing is great, the story is gasp-worthy, but the main problem I have had is with conviction. These people who went through such tragedy--one family unkowningly losing a daughter and one family believing their actually-alive daughter is dead--and still carried on. They moved forward, step by step, and they praised God. Unwavering hope is an understatement.
This month I
will finish, along with the books listed above (keeping hope alive):
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. This is a great book, but lately I haven't felt like reading fiction. I'm ready to get back into it now, though. I have to discover who killed the man in the garden.
My Son, the Savior: A Mother's Story by Melody Carlson. I'm really intrigued by Melody Carlson's imagination with this one. Of course it is fiction, but it is interesting to imagine Mary's struggles and joys as she watched Jesus' life on earth play out.
Hopefully that won't be a terrible stretch for me.
Happy reading!
Great books listed!!
ReplyDeleteThis is my fist link-up for What's On Your Nghtstand! So glad I found it! I love reading about what others are reading!!
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie intrigues me if only for the interesting book title! I'm easily won over :)
ReplyDeleteMelody Carlson's books does look interesting. Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteMistaken Identity sounds like it would be a hard read, but it does interesting. Good luck with your list!
ReplyDeleteI've often been curious about the birth order stuff--but I've never picked up Lehman's book. From hearing others talk about it, it seems a useful theory for smaller families--but breaks apart (or becomes too complex) when dealing with large families. As the second of seven, I have some of what people have described as second-born behaviors--but I have just about as many first-born characteristics.
ReplyDeleteMy Son, My Savior is going to have to go on my list soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the comments!
ReplyDeletebekahcubed, I know what you are saying, but Dr. Leman does describe bigger families well, especially age gaps. Anywhere in the line, if there is a four or more year gap, he considers it the start of a "new family." I can't prove this in relation to a big family; I have one sibling.
I really will have to read it. We, however, add an additional complication by not having any gaps. The biggest is 27 months, I think. My mom had seven in ten years (All about efficiency, my mother :-P)
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