tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-384518842011-12-22T23:04:46.434-08:00lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-36261108047494029482010-07-29T13:08:00.000-07:002010-07-29T13:19:58.131-07:00by Madeline Levine<br /><br />"All of us-mothers, fathers, children, adolescents and young adults-yearn to be loved for who we are, not just for what we do. Make certain that your children know every day how much they are loved, not for their grades, honors, or awards but for their striving to be independent, capable, good and loving people. We need to be certain that our emphasis is on those things that have been shown to contribute to healthy self-development: encouraging autonomy and self-management skills, valuing relationships and reciprocity, allowing space for the development of self-efficacy, and being able to truly see, truly appreciate and truly love the child who stands in front of us.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-3626110804749402948?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-63964626568534604792009-07-02T22:21:00.000-07:002009-07-12T13:51:33.682-07:00Real Solutions for Busy Moms<br />by: Kathy Ireland<br /><br /><br /><br />Animal, Vegetable Miracle<br />by: Barbara Kingslover<br /><br /><br />Coming Home to Eat<br />by Gary Paul Nahban<br /><br /><br />Mom in Chief<br />by Jamie Woolf<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-6396462656853460479?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-74140036825874257242009-04-07T09:39:00.000-07:002009-04-07T09:41:02.938-07:00Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH<br /><br /><br />Raising a Reader<br />by Jennie Nash<br /><br /><br />Sarah, Plain and Tall<br />by Patricia MacLachlan<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-7414003682587425724?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-74502860105015617582009-03-31T20:26:00.000-07:002009-03-31T20:31:21.860-07:00The Higher Power of Lucky<br />by Susan Patron<br /><br />Bud, Not Buddy<br />by Christopher Paul Curtis<br /><br />The View from Saturday<br />by EL Konigsburg<br /><br />Number the Stars<br />by Lois Lowry<br /><br />It's Like This Cat<br />by Emily Neville<br /><br />Raising Motivated Kids<br />by Cheri Fuller<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-7450286010501561758?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-89003498074896707942009-01-02T17:02:00.000-08:002009-01-02T17:03:38.877-08:00Walk Two Moons<br />by Sharon Creech<br /><br />***<br />Eh...wouldn't recommend it. I figured out the mother died 1/2 way through the book.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-8900349807489670794?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-72274100056552704622009-01-02T13:55:00.000-08:002009-01-02T13:56:00.927-08:00The Christmas Sweater<br />by Glenn Beck<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-7227410005655270462?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-64036523059584395162008-12-08T10:37:00.000-08:002008-12-08T10:38:55.886-08:00***<br />The Midwife's Apprentice<br />by Karen Cushman<br /><br />This was an interesting book. What lay at the heart of the book is self-worth. The young girl found her worth from a desperate beginning.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-6403652305958439516?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-55555512877322861922008-12-05T21:33:00.000-08:002008-12-05T21:34:06.068-08:00It's been pretty slow reading<br /><br />The Grey King<br />by Susan Cooper<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-5555551287732286192?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-58726664225049866292008-09-20T19:46:00.000-07:002008-09-20T19:48:39.320-07:00Since the kiddos are back in school, I've managed to power through a couple of books...<br /><br />The Whipping Boy<br />by Sid Fleischman<br />****<br /><br />Dear Mr. Henshaw<br />by Beverly Cleary<br />****<br /><br />Summer of the Swans<br />by Betsy Byars<br />****<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-5872666422504986629?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-32158738665348422182008-09-13T20:54:00.000-07:002008-09-13T20:55:28.836-07:00Three Men in a Boat<br /><br />**<br /><br /><br />The Greatest Generation<br />by Tom Brokaw<br /><br />****<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-3215873866534842218?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-82394009823212765132008-08-18T12:36:00.001-07:002008-08-19T22:29:01.295-07:00I've been able to read a few books this summer. At some point, I decided I was going to finish all the books that I've started but haven't finished. That amounted to about 10 books. Right now I have 4 books to finish before the kids start school. I would then like to make a Fall Reading program. Perhaps I'll read a number of books on my bookshelves I haven't cracked open yet. Perhaps I'll read 2-3 books and then buy a new one I've been dying to read as a reward. Maybe I'll do a reading challenge.<br /><br />Here's my updated completed list...<br /><br />Shen of the Sea<br />by Arthur Bowie Chrisman<br />****<br /><br />Adam of the Road<br />by Elizabeth Gray<br />***<br /><br />Missing May<br />by Cynthia Rylant<br />***<br /><br />Little Women<br />by Louisa May Alcott<br />*****<br /><br />The Secret<br />****<br /><br />Darcy's Story<br />by Janet Aylmer<br />***<br /><br />The Overachievers<br />Alexandra Robbins<br />****<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-8239400982321276513?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-42841394707750732942008-06-14T11:50:00.000-07:002008-06-14T11:52:55.851-07:00I've been spending a bit of time reading and knocking some of my summer reading list off. It's been nice to actually finish some books for a change.<br /><br />Stopping At Every Lemonade Stand<br />by James Vollbracht<br /><br /><br />Rabbit Hill<br />by Robert Lawson<br /><br /><br />The 21 Balloons<br />by William Pene du Bois<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-4284139470775073294?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-42495964002755034172008-05-27T14:43:00.000-07:002008-05-27T14:45:33.240-07:00As I make my way through the Newbery books, this was a light, refreshing story of a mid-Western girl's summer on the farm and what happened to their family after she found a silver thimble.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-4249596400275503417?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-11057395449513233772008-05-17T19:23:00.000-07:002008-05-17T19:25:24.313-07:00Bought this one at Target a while back. Some of the stories made me want to give up meat. That being said, it was pretty much "in your face" about eating healthy foods, going vegan, etc. I did like some of their points and will incorporate them into my daily shopping.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-1105739544951323377?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-55159442003427132122008-04-28T10:18:00.000-07:002008-04-28T10:20:15.447-07:00The White Stag<br />by Kate Seredy<br /><br />This book was number 11 on my list of Newberry Award books to read. It's more like a folktale about Attila the Hun. While an exceptionally easy read, I found it okay. Lots of symbolizim.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-5515944200342713212?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-16667727495325081232008-02-05T10:05:00.001-08:002008-02-05T10:10:34.902-08:00In my struggle with clearing the clutter, I'm attempting to clear out some books...<br /><br />Books I've Read and Won't Read Again<br /><br />The Accidental Tourist<br />The Joy Luck Club<br />The Autobiography of Malcom X<br /><br />Books I've Read and Would Like a Better Edition to Read Again<br /><br />Wuthering Heights<br />Dracula<br />Native Son<br />Candide<br />The Count of Monte Cristo (Unabridged Version next time)<br /><br />Books I'd Like to Read but the small print of the edition I have makes it difficult<br /><br />Great Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky<br />The Canterbury Tales - Chaucer<br />The Charterhouse of Parma - Stendal<br />The Diary of a Madman - Nikolai Gogol<br />Kidnapped - Stevenson<br />The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Twain<br /><br />Now...off to donate these books.<br /><br />Currently Reading...Little Women - Alcott<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-1666772749532508123?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-86641112788300751442007-10-09T10:59:00.000-07:002007-10-09T11:00:08.835-07:00Waterless Mountain<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-8664111278830075144?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-49088611676748490472007-10-06T11:49:00.000-07:002007-10-06T20:46:42.334-07:00Smokey, the Cowhorse<br /><br />Call It Courage<br /><br />The Matchlock Gun<br /><br />Caddie Woodlawn<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-4908861167674849047?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-67601041668287384112007-09-25T16:26:00.000-07:002007-09-25T16:27:53.902-07:00The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-6760104166828738411?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-85102295519368544612007-09-17T23:25:00.000-07:002007-09-17T23:28:43.174-07:00Gay Neck<br /><br />Hittie, The First One Hundred Years<br /><br />The Trumpeter of Krakow<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-8510229551936854461?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-37495772289657669532007-08-22T18:37:00.000-07:002007-08-22T18:38:41.491-07:00The Cat Who Went To Heaven<br /><br /><br />The Adventures of Doctor Doolittle<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-3749577228965766953?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-28248306981376342772007-07-28T19:43:00.000-07:002007-07-28T19:46:50.887-07:00The Wedding<br /><br /><br /><br />The Essential 55<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Freedom Writers<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-2824830698137634277?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-10281549161183711752007-07-07T11:06:00.000-07:002007-07-28T19:43:00.369-07:00I've been busy lately but here are some more books that I've managed to fit in...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Mouse and the Motorcycle<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Live Is Short, So Wear Your Party Pants<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Notebook<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Book Thief<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>Murder on the Orient Express</p><br /><p></p><br /><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-1028154916118371175?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-1172715704313349462007-02-28T18:09:00.000-08:002007-02-28T18:21:44.320-08:00I utterly failed the Classics Challenge. I finished 1/2 of Captains Courageous, didn't crack open Anna Karenina, had previously read Age of Innocence, didn't touch Frankenstein and completely forgot what the 5th book was on my list for the Classics Challenge. Given all of that, I'm on pace to read more this year than at any other time I can remember.<br /><br />Here's what I've read so far this year...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1790/2406/1600/828971/The%20Thriteenth%20Tale.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1790/2406/320/109037/The%20Thriteenth%20Tale.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1790/2406/1600/899818/A%20wrinkle%20in%20time.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1790/2406/320/482894/A%20wrinkle%20in%20time.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1790/2406/1600/800274/My%20Cousin%20Rachel.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1790/2406/320/100673/My%20Cousin%20Rachel.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1790/2406/1600/118585/The%20kitchen%20boy.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1790/2406/320/866186/The%20kitchen%20boy.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-117271570431334946?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-1167707103690433622007-01-01T19:00:00.000-08:002007-01-01T19:11:20.900-08:00<a href="http://readfromatoz.blogspot.com/2006/12/2007-winter-classics-challenge.html"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1790/2406/320/158500/classicschallenge.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p>The first challenge I'm embarking on is to reduce my list of unread classics...you know...those books that you always mean to read, think you should read but haven't because of any one of a number of reasons. My list of 5 classics to read for Jan and Feb 2007 is as follows...</p><p></p><p>1. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy</p><p>2. The Age of Innocence by Edith Warton</p><p>3. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley</p><p>4. Captains Couragous by Rudyard Kipling</p><p>5. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-116770710369043362?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38451884.post-1167682688461009362007-01-01T12:11:00.000-08:002007-01-01T12:18:08.473-08:00It's now officially 2007 and my new idea to keep the gears in my mind turning is to start reading again. When I was young, I was the kid you could find at recess reading Little House on the Prarie, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Charlotte's Web. I used to read a book a day when I was younger and then I got to college and that killed my love of reading for a good 15 years (I was a history major and discovered that I could still pass the class with A's and B's without actually reading the assignments.). Only recently have I begun to enjoy reading again and finding wonderful books that we were never asked to read in school, ones that I probably wouldn't have appreciated without having a little of life's experiences under my belt. So here I go...willingly losing myself in the bookstacks of the local library and Barnes and Noble.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38451884-116768268846100936?l=lostinthebookstacks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lyndahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297520508202395777noreply@blogger.com2