Since February, I’ve been leaving my favorite authors, John Grisham and Russell Andrews alone so that I can recover from my marathon of their thrillers before I start the next in line, Grisham’s The Racketeer. I’ve been a picky and stubborn reader for a long time, sticking to mystery stories, including detective, lawyer or crime investigation thriller.
Here are some books I need to finish reading before I can read The Racketeer. In Part 2 on Wednesday, I’ll tell you about what turned me into a lover of thriller books.
Currently writing a review on this hilarious but very real guide to babies
I’ll let you know more soon about Ask Baby A from my point-of-view. Baby A is more like a columnist who answers questions sent in from other babies. Subscribe to Silly Mummy to find out why you should read this book. We’ll be giving away some free e-copies soon, so keep an eye out.
Some of the books I’m reading to write reviews on
Kids Speech Matters – This is a real story, a mother’s journey with her son who has a severe language disorder, as well as an auditory processing disorder. We go to the very beginning and follow through the milestones, and ups and downs. Like many of us parents with children with a disorder, Sandra and her son have for face medical results, approach early intervention, deal with preschool years, undertake specialist testing, and go through the early primary school phase.I’m hoping to get some good insights from Sandra to prepare me for what’s coming. I know each suffer their own and we each have to fight our own monster battles, but I’m very sure Sandra has a lot to teach me. I’m ready to be empowered with information that can help my family. [Check it out]
Berty Button Gets a Team! – This is the first storybook in a series of eight, and introduces the unique and engaging truck caricatures named Berty Button, Quartez and Mini Bert. They go on exciting adventures around Australia.These are the same types of trucks your children see everyday on the road. So this, to me, is the best way to link the stories to reality when helping my son understand what trucks do. [Say Hi!]
Hatchling Heroes – This book is the first in the Dragon Paladin Series. Alaine must prove her worth to become a paladin in the Order of the Goddess Minda. She must retrieve a relic by first traversing dangerous mountains not far from home. The quest tests Alaine’s ability and faith in herself. She also falls into the deep ravine cursed by the Lord of the Dead!One more surprise: she will discover an egg that will change her life forever. Written by an eighteen year-old from WA, living with Asperger’s Disorder [More info here]
Why Won’t My Child Listen? – If you’re a parent I’m sure you’ve tightened your lips and teeth more than 100 times and asked this question. Right? Well, this book talks to parents like us about the psychological reasons behind this mystery. We’ll find out how a child’s brain functions, how parts of their brain can be turned on and off, and how this can affect their behavior and learning.Understanding how things work will help parents who face more than the usual stubbornness. I mean we’d understand the possible culprits behind communication breakdown which could lead to us missing the signs pointing to autism, youth suicide, depression, schizophrenia, ADD, ADHD and other disorders [Say Hi!]
Healthy Home, Healthy Family – We all worry about how the environment and all things human-made could be harming us. But did we look at home first? Our homes could be the most dangerous environment for our families, even if we could spend money to have others clean for us on a weekly basis.What we see as ‘clean’ with the naked, tired eyes of parenting does not necessarily mean ‘clean’ and ‘safe’ for ourselves. This book is opening my eyes, wide! [Say Hi!]
What’s on your nightstand? Have you read any of the ones I’ve listed above?
N.B. Unmarked images borrowed for promotional purpose. I received copies of the books that I’m reviewing.