Dallas’ Pick: Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart by J.D. Greear This is not a normal book I would read. I typically stick to fiction books and since I work in the Children’s Department I tend to read more children’s books. That being said Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart was a very good book….
Category: Non-fiction
Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-ever After
Sara’s Pick: Happiness : The Crooked Little Road to Semi-ever After by Heather Harpman A New York couple who thought they couldn’t have children become pregnant. He doesn’t want children (although if he DID have a child, he’d want it to be with her). She moves back to California to be close to her mother…
Unplug
Jane’s Pick: Unplug by Suze Yalof Schwartz What a wonderful, no nonsense introduction to meditation. Unplug is easy to read and de-mystifies the act of meditating. It also provides background on some of the physical and mental benefits that come with regular meditation (even as little as 5 minutes a day provides positive results). The…
To SIRI With Love
Sara’s Pick: To SIRI With Love by Judith Newman The true story of a mother and her twin sons, Gus, who is autistic and Henry, who is not. Gus flaps when he is happy, knows all the timetables for the subway in New York, and doesn’t like vacations because he is homesick for all that…
The Velveteen Daughter
Sara’s Pick: The Velveteen Daughter by Laurel Davis Huber This biographical novel examines the lives of two extraordinary women. Before the Velveteen Rabbit was published, Margery Bianco Williams’ daughter was more famous as a child prodigy painter than her mother. But it seems that fame at an early age can exact a terrible toll. Told…
Who is Walt Disney
Dallas’ Pick: Who is Walt Disney By: Whitney Stewart (Juvenile nonfiction) This is one of the first non-fiction books I have read in a while, and I can honestly say I enjoyed it. I just recently as an adult fell in love with Disney; movies, books, parks, everything. Who was Walt Disney is a biography…
Stingray Afternoons
Jane’s Pick: Stingray Afternoons by Steve Rushin Nice easy summer read – especially if you grew up in the 70s. Although technically a coming of age story, this book reads more like a stream of conscious nostalgia ride through various pop culture artifacts of 1970s Americana. Rushin hops from one item to the next, leap…
Make Your Bed
Cori’s Pick: Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven In May 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven gave the commencement speech to the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin. In that speech, he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy SEAL training. In this quick, 125 page book McRaven shares with…
Perfectly Imperfect
Jane’s Pick: Perfectly Imperfect by Baron Baptiste Such a small book, but such a deep impact on me. I read it quickly at first and thought “this would be a great gift book” – but as I read, I slowed down and started going back and re-reading chapters. I really started absorbing the insights and…
It’s Always the Husband
Sara’s Pick: It’s Always the Husband by Michele Campbell Three college roommates: an out-of-control New York sophisticate, a townie, and one on scholarship from the Midwest, share a dysfunctional relationship with each other at a small Ivy League school. There is a shocking tragedy spring of their freshman year and a murder twenty years later…
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