tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22579918.post1253592176844961416..comments2023-07-06T06:26:00.411-07:00Comments on Mavenhood: The musings of a pathological helper: Books that changed my lifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22579918.post-83001376763506508982008-03-05T17:47:00.000-08:002008-03-05T17:47:00.000-08:00That is a really great suggestion, Jen. After hea...That is a really great suggestion, Jen. After hearing about how you read chapter books to Isabel, I actually started to try it on Sam. We have started Trumpet of the Swan. He loves it, and talks about it to others.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15262294654093184827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22579918.post-16873882289527992112008-03-03T15:58:00.000-08:002008-03-03T15:58:00.000-08:00I miss our bookclub too Andrea! I wish we could f...I miss our bookclub too Andrea! I wish we could find enough people to keep it going regularly. I'd totally be up for trying it again if we found 6 or 7 people who are interested... <BR/><BR/>One of the easiest ways I have found to read good books with my family is at the dinner table after I finish eating. I'm usually done well before Isabel and so while her mouth is full and her body is still I can read at least a chapter of something and she usually stays for several chapters. It's so fun to read something all together and then be able to discuss it throughout the week. It's a nice family bonding experience. We've really enjoyed Charlotte's Web, Little House on the Prairie, Secret Garden, and The Trumpet of the Swan. I'd say Charlotte's Web is probably the most engaging for tiny children. They just love the animals.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17271113049294643932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22579918.post-62501998598322799682008-03-02T22:57:00.000-08:002008-03-02T22:57:00.000-08:00I miss our classics book club. I've read more boo...I miss our classics book club. I've read more books in the last year than I have in a long time, and thinking about it the one that have changed my life is Thomas Jefferson Education. It just solidified in me the importance of reading good books.<BR/><BR/>In the worldwide leadership conference President Monson talked about how reading good books will help solidify our families. That really hit me that a prophet is telling us to do that too! Now I just have to do it!!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15262294654093184827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22579918.post-56023778228984972692008-02-28T17:13:00.000-08:002008-02-28T17:13:00.000-08:00Marisa I've added it to my to-read list!Marisa I've added it to my to-read list!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17271113049294643932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22579918.post-1801408866725648722008-02-28T16:49:00.000-08:002008-02-28T16:49:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17271113049294643932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22579918.post-65830662765283322332008-02-28T16:48:00.000-08:002008-02-28T16:48:00.000-08:00I really need to read Charlotte Mason. I've read ...I really need to read Charlotte Mason. I've read some of Well Trained Mind and I liked it. I love to see what other people are reading and especially to hear their thoughts on what they've read. I miss our Campbell Book Club.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17271113049294643932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22579918.post-22442591257497979662008-02-28T16:16:00.000-08:002008-02-28T16:16:00.000-08:00Not life-changing, but a good one you might enjoy ...Not life-changing, but a good one you might enjoy is "Martha Washington" by Patricia Brady. It's a biography, and it is really interesting. I think you'd appreciate it!Michael Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14824299841504156707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22579918.post-47364204144618020692008-02-28T14:43:00.000-08:002008-02-28T14:43:00.000-08:00I haven't read the last two. I know I really shoul...I haven't read the last two. I know I really should look up that Eat to Live. Judi talks about now and again and reminds me to look it up but I just never seem to get around to it. <BR/><BR/>I think that Money books sound good too. I have read a lot of books on this subject as well. My dad has given us (his kids) a number of them as assigned reading.<BR/><BR/>What 5 books would list? <BR/><BR/>I of course would have to also say the Book of Mormon. It certainly is the book I read most often and it along with the Bible is my Central classic upon which everything else is based.<BR/><BR/>I of course would include Thomas Jefferson Education along with A Charlote Mason Companion and A Well Trained Mind. They have all given me a lot of direction in my choice to and focus of Home schooling and my own education.<BR/><BR/>I would have to include Jane Austen. I really love her books and they were life changing in that they were my pleasure reads while in college and from them really developed a love or reading for pleasure. The Anne of Green Gables series were my pleasure reads in my youth so maybe they should be here too. <BR/><BR/>Anyway... good topic... It is always fun to talk about books.Sea Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818325070820349681noreply@blogger.com