It's Monday, What Are Your Reading?

Last week I gave up on two books: A Broken Hallelujah, by Liel Leibovitz and Patient H.M.: The Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets, by Luke Dittrich. They are both good books, but I think I'd like A Broken Hallelujah better if I was more familiar with Leonard Cohen and his music. And Patient H.M. turn out to be too technical for me. I found myself skipping through the technical parts, but then I would lose the thread of the narrative.

Still reading The Cyber Effect this week, which is not too technical -- it's rather scary, because I worry about the effect of the Internet on my children -- but also very interesting. My kids and I started the final Harry Potter book on audio, and I'm also reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce (novel), The Magnolia Story: Chip and Joanna Gaines (the stars of my favorite HGTV show), and 1-2-3 Magic Teen, by Thomas Phelan. I loved the 1-2-3 Magic book when I had young children: it's a very practical, useful book about disciplining children and the methods in it worked great for me, so I thought I'd try Phelan's book about teenagers as well. My 16 year old daughter has decided to read it also, so that should be interesting. I also started a book called America the Anxious, by Ruth Whippman. Once again, I've started too many nonfiction books all at once, so we'll see which ones I stick with!

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