Loving the Little Years by Rachel Jankovic

Most of you know how much I love to read and swap titles.

Shortly after I had Adon, I read Rachel Jankovic's "Loving the Little Years". It's funny. Really funny. And it's incredibly encouraging if you're in that season where small children are overwhelming you with "why", keeping you up at night, and sometimes, just sometimes (right?!), you don't even make it out of your pajamas all day. I think you'll be immensely encouraged and refreshed after reading this book. The chapters are short and it's only about 70 pages long. But don't underestimate this short book--it packs a lot of punch, which is why I'm giving one copy away.

Leave a comment, preferably with a laugh out loud funny moment you've shared with your kids and you'll be entered to win the book. The giveaway ends Sunday evening at midnight, and I'll choose a winner on Monday morning. Already past the season with small kids? I envy your sleep! But leave a comment anyway and you can pass the book onto a mama who is still smack dab in the middle of "the trenches" as the author calls it.

Book Reviews

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to read.

And, I'll pretty much read anything...at least once. Some of my favorite books I read every year. When I was single, I would consistently fall asleep reading only to wake up later with the light still on, book in hand. And just thinking about spending the day out at the river under the hot sun with a book makes me wish summer would hurry up and get here.

I really gained my love for books as a kid reading Nancy Drew. I would stay up super late at night, reading the suspenseful books, picturing myself in Nancy Drew's shoes. I even wanted to be the first female detective until one night while watching the news with my folks I realized they already had female detectives. Scratch that idea! Still, my love of reading continued.

I remember sitting in front of the heater as a little kid, sobbing away while reading Little Women. Poor Beth. To this day, I still cry a lot while reading books. They just move me.

Thankfully, BJ loves to read just as much as I do. Or maybe I love to read just as much as he does. Either way, it's something we both enjoy tremendously, and we love to share what we're reading with each other. Classic BJ behavior is to get so excited about something he's reading that he just has to share it with me. This goes on for a while until suddenly he's ready to go to bed, and I've barely gotten to read my own book!

My plan here is to start sharing book reviews. Nothing extraordinary, just highlights of different books I'm reading, have read, I'd recommend or wouldn't. You get the picture. So, check back if you also love to read or if you have any book recommendations, let me know and I'll add them to my list.