It’s All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff by Peter Walsh

A few years back I went to a home show for one and one reason only: Peter Walsh.  He was the guy they were marketing to get people in the door and boy, did he get me in the door.  At that time I had already read his book It’s All Too Much: An Easy [...]

Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement by Irene Spencer

Forgive me for using the book jacket description for Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement by Irene Spencer.  I am so backlogged in the number of reviews I need to write and I’m finding that often it is the summary that slows me down.  When I sat down to begin to [...]

The Mistress’s Daughter by A.M. Homes

So in all honesty it’s been a while since I listened to The Mistress’s Daughter by A.M. Homes.  I have discovered (and I suspected this would be true of me) that with two kids in the car it’s probably better for me to have read a book before listening to the audio.  I’m [...]

A Child’s Journey Out of Autism: One Family’s Story of Living in Hope and Finding a Cure by Leeann Whiffen

Life couldn’t have been better for the Whiffen family when they welcomed newborn Clay into their lives.  Mother Leeann was thrilled that he would grow up closely with his older brother.  As any mother does, she has big hopes and dreams for her children and her family.  But when Clay is two, he begins to [...]

Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet

Daniel Tammet, author of Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant was born on January 31, 1979 (just 29 days after myself) which happened to be a Wednesday.  And Wednesday’s are always blue.  In fact, to Daniel, every number and letter manifests a different color and feel.  This ability [...]