Books Read: Winter 2025

21. The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
20. The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
19. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins (audio book)
18. Tiny Traumas by Meg Arroll
17. Toxic Positivity by Whitney Goodman
16. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
15. Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan (WoT #6, audio book)
14. Kids Beyond Limits by Anat Baniel
13. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (audio book)
12. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
11. Discipline Without Damage by Vanessa LaPointe (audio book)
10. Night Owl by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins (UDM #8)
9. Hide and Seek by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins (UDM #7)
8. The Big Shrink by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins (UDM #6)
7. Weather or Not by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins (UDM #5)
6. Dragon Overnight by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins (UDM #4)
5. Showing Off by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins (UDM #3)
4. Sticks and Stones by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins (UDM #2)
3. Bone and Cane by David Belbin
2. Unidentified Woman by Mignon Eberhart
1. The Burning Room by Michael Connelly (audio book)

Reading Stats 2024

In 2024, I read...

54 books
... 23 fiction books
... 31 non-fiction books
..... 21 audio books
..... 33 paper books

21 parenting books
8 personal growth books
11 books for book club
12 books that I've purchased at the book sale

Books Read: Fall 2024

18. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
17. Hold Onto Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate (audio book)
16. Upside Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins
15. Rest Play Grow by Deborah MacNamara (audio book)
14. Introduction to Internal Family Systems by Richard Schwartz (audio book)
13. No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz (audio book)
12. The Illegal by Lawrence Hill
11. The Yes Brain by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson (audio book)
10. Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler by Jamie Glowacki (audio book)
9. House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
8. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
7. Nourished by Deborah MacNamara (audio book)
6. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
5. Wolf in Man's Clothing by Mignon Eberhart
4. What To Do When Your Child Isn't Talking by Nicola Lathey and Tracey Blake
3. Killing Thyme by Leslie Budewitz
2. Assault and Pepper by Leslie Budewitz
1. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Books Read: Summer 2024

17. You Are Your Child's First Teacher by Rahima Baldwin Dancy (audio book)
16. The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
15. Welcome to Your Toddler's Brain by Lise Eliot (The Great Courses; audio book)
14. Push Back: Assert Yourself in Relationships by Monica Johnson (The Great Courses; audio book)
13. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (audio book)
12. Autism and Asperger Syndrome in Children by Luke Beardon
11. 8 Minute Meditation by Victor Davich
10. How Toddlers Thrive by Tovah Klein
9. How Babies Talk by Roberta Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek (audio book)
8. Baroque-a-Nova by Kevin Chong
7. Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery
6. Confident Parents, Confident Kids by Jennifer Miller (audio book)
5. Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V E Schwab (audio book)
3. The Rested Child by W Chris Winter
2. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
1. Mother Brain by Chelsea Connaboy

Books Read: Spring 2024

14. The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan (WoT #4; audio book)
13. The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan (WoT #5)
12. How Not to Hate Your Family After Having Kids by Jancee Dunn
11. The Attachment Parenting Book by William and Martha Sears (audio book)
10. Understanding the Human Being: The Importance of the First Three Years of Life by Silvanna Quattrocchi Montanaro
9. Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive by Peter Vishton (audio book; The Great Courses)
8. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (HHGG #2)
7. The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (HHGG #1)
6. Mindset by Carol Dweck
5. Feeling Seen by Jody Carrington
4. The Emotionally Intelligent Child by Rachael Katz and Helen Shwe Hadani
3. Busy Toddler's Guide to Actual Parenting by Susie Allison (audio book; abridged)
2. The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan
1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life by Jason Satterfield (audio book; The Great Courses)

Book Sale 2024!

31 books for me! and 23 more free ones(*)!
35 books for Emilia!
41 free books for other people!
61 free CDs to explore, plus 142 Christmas CDs to (mostly) share

Kids These Days by Jody Carrington
The Yes Brain by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson (audio book 10/2024)
Parenting With Presence by Susan Stiffelman
The Family Virtues Guide by Linda Kavelin Popov
Healing Through the Dark Emotions by Miriam Greenspan
Emotional Intimacy by Robert Augustus
8 Minute Meditation by Victor Davich (read 08/2024)
Start Where You Are by Pema Chodron
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron
The Beauty of Discomfort by Amanda Lang
Resilient by Rick Hanson
Emotional Resilience by David Viscott
Mindset by Carol Dweck (read 05/2024)
Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski (read 06/2024)
Feeling Seen by Jody Carrington (read 05/2024)
What Happened to You? by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Build the Life You Want by Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson et al.
The Tending Instinct by Shelley Taylor*
Women Food and God by Geneen Roth*
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran* (read 06/2025)
Moranthology by Caitlin Moran* (released without reading)
Women Who Love Books Too Much by Brenda Knight* (re-donated without reading)
Canadians at the Table: A Culinary History of Canada by Dorothy Duncan*
A Number of Things: Stories of Canada Told Through Fifty Objects by Jane Urquhart*
Who We Are by Elizabeth May
Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World by Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger*
Stupid White Men by Michael Moore* (re-donated without reading)
Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore* (re-donated without reading)
The Overton Window by Glenn Beck*
The Templar Throne by Paul Christopher*
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams*
Tay John by Howard O'Hagan* (NCL)
Of Things Not Seen by Don Aker*
Baroque-A-Nova by Kevon Chong* (read 07/2024)
Nuts in May by Peggy Freeman* (local) (re-donated without reading)
Wind Across the Wheat by Olive Evanson* (re-donated without reading)
Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson - in French*
Le destin d'Aurelie Lafreniere 1: L'officier anglais by Stephanie Martin*
Le destin d'Aurelie Lafreniere 2: Les rebelles by Stephanie Martin*
L'apprenti d'Araluen 1: L'ordre des rodeurs by John Flanagan*
The Church of Christ by G A Gantadjiantoniou - in Greek
Latin: A New Grammar by Juan Coderch
Oxford Latin Grammar by James Morwood
Essential Latin Vocabulary by Mark Williams
Key Latin Vocabularies by Johan Franz Ahn
Latin Vocabulary Study Cards by SparkNotes
A Little Latin Reader by Mary English and Georgia Irby
The Science and Philosophy of Teaching Yoga and Yoga Therapy by Jacqueline Koay and Theodora Barenholtz
The Penguin U G Krishnamurti Reader ed. by Mukunda Rao*
Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero
Easy Guitar
Garth Brooks piano music

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
The Duckling Gets a Cookie?!
If You Give a Mouse a Brownie
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Llama Llama Red Pajama
Llama Llama Hoppity Hop
That's Not My Llama
That's Not My Dragon
Penguin on Vacation
Hippos Go Berserk!
Geckos 12 Days of Christmas
You Are My Magical Unicorn
Who Goes Roar?
Bear Feels Scared
Bear Snores On
Bear Feels Sick
Bear's Big Day
Scaredy Squirrel
Scardey Squirrel at Night
Kiss Kiss!
Finding Robin
Marshmallow
ABCs of Gratitude
I Matter!
Pat the Bunny
Minnie book set
DK Visual Encyclopedia of Animals
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Birds
Kids World Birds of Canada
National Geographic Little Kids Magazine x 5
Treetop Twins x 7
The Tiny Detectives x 5
I Can Be a Brilliant Scientist

and...
15 books for Free Little Libraries
14 books for Mom (11 Danielle Steele and 3 Pat Conroy)
2 books for Auntie Marian
2 books for Gill (about wedding flowers and wedding poems)
5 books for Steve (about golf and Russia)
3 books for Chris and Jimmy

Books Read: Winter 2024

5. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
4. 419 by Will Ferguson
3. Good Inside by Becky Kennedy
2. 2-at-a-Time Socks by Melissa Morgan-Oakes
1. The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (WoT #3, audio book)

Books Read: Autumn 2023

11. Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clark-Fields (audio book)
10. Ancient Greek Civilization by Jeremy McInerney (The Great Courses; audio)
9. World War II: A Military and Social History by Thomas Childers (The Great Courses; audio)
8. Gnomes by Wil Huygen
7. The Death Cure by James Dashner (MR #3)
6. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner (MR #2)
5. The Maze Runner by James Dashner (MR #1)
4. The Secret of NIMH by Robert O'Brien
3. Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau (audio book)
2. The Circus Train by Amita Parikh (audio book)
1. Arabian Nights: Volume 2 by Marty Ross (audio book)

Books Read: Summer 2023

11. Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld
10. Good Inside by Becky Kennedy (audio book)
9. Einstein Never Used Flash Cards by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta M Golinkoff

8. Arabian Nights: Volume 1 by Marty Ross (audio book)
7. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (audio book)
6. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

5. How to Speak Any Language Fluently by Alex Rawlings
4. The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan (WoT #2, audio book)
3. The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (LL #2, audio book)
2. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (LL #1, audio book)
1. Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (audio book)

Books Read: Spring 2023

24. Superbaby by Jenn Berman
23. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (audio book)
22. Positive Discipline: The First Three Years by Jane Nelson et al. (audio book)

21. Latin for All Occasions by Henry Beard
20. Living with a Dead Language: My Romance with Latin by Ann Patty
19. Cambridge Latin Course: Unit 1 rev. by Stepahanie Pope et al

18. One Smart Cookie by Debbi Fields
17. Jean Pare: An Appetite for Life by Judy Schultz
16. The Compassionate Chick's Guide to DIY Beauty by Sunny Subramanian and Chrystle Fielder
15. The Hidden Life of Trees: The Illustrated Edition by Peter Wohlleben (abridged)
14. The Alexander Technique in Everyday Life by Jonathan Drake
13. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
12. Broken (In the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson
11. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson (audio book)
10. Xenocide by Orson Scott Card (audio book)
9. Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (audio book)
8. Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly (audio book)
7. Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly (audio book)
6. Breath by James Nestor
5. Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
4. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (audio book)
3. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
2. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
1. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Book Sale 2023

How Toddlers Thrive by Tovah Klein (read 08/2024)
Raising Resilient Children by Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein
Your Child's Growing Mind by Jane Healy
Parenting an Only Child by Susan Newman*
Emotionally Intelligent Parenting by Maurice Elias, Steven Tobias et al.
Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate (audio book 12/2024)
Understanding the Human Being: The Importance of the First Three Years of Life by Silvanna Quattrocchi Montanaro* (read 06/2024)
Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon
Growing Strong Daughters by Lisa Graham McMinn*
Raising a Daughter by Jeanne Elium and Don Elium*
Enough As She Is by Rachel Simmons*
The World Needs Your Kid by Craig Kielburger, Marc Kielburger et al*
Understanding Children's Literature ed. Peter Hunt*
Only Connect: Readings on Children's Literature ed. Egoff, Stubbs et al*
Teaching Children's Literature ed. Glenn Edward Sadler*
Simply Read: Helping Others Learn to Read by Vera Goodman*
How People Learn ed. Bransford, Brown et al*

True Stories: An Intermediate Ancient Greek Reader by C T Havadas
Langenscheidt's Pocket Dictionary: Classical Greek
Vis-a-vis: Beginning French by Amon, Muyskens et al*
The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English by Mark Abley*

2-at-a-Time Socks (read 01/2024)
Sweater Design in Plain English
Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig (read 06/2023)
Free to Love, Free to Heal by David Simon
Allison's Suncatchers and Chains: A Journey with Autism by Kris Jones (Local)*
Orange Socks: How a Yuppie Goes Yogi by Valerie Simonson (Local)
The Mind Map Book by Tony Buzan
My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor*
A Symphony in the Brain by Jum Robbins*
Breathe Better Feel Better by Howard Kent
The Alexander Technique in Everyday Life by Jonathan Drake (read 05/2023)
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson*(re-donated without reading)
236 Pounds of Class Vice President by Jason Mulgrew* (re-donated without reading)
Much Depends on Dinner by Margaret Visser*
How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog by Chad Orzel*
In the Footsteps of Giants, Vol 2 by Chinook Country Historical Society
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben (read 05/2023)
Dress Your Best by Clinton Kelly and Stacy London*
Politically Speaking by Judy Rebick and Kike Roach*
Citizenship in the 21st Century by Wayne Stewart*
Common Ground by Justin Trudeau*
The Son of God is Dancing by Adrian and Bridget Plass*

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Antoinette De Mirecourt by Rosanna Leprohon (NCL)*
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card (audiobook 06/2023)
Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card* (audiobook 12/2025)
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card
The Time Before This by Nicholas Monsarrat*
14 Mignon Eberhart mysteries*
Timewars series 1-5, 7, 9 by Simon Hawke*
The Time Travelers (#1) by Linda Buckley-Archer
The Key to Rondo by Emily Rodda
Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal (#3) by Emily Rodda
Rowan and the Zebak (#4) by Emily Rodda
The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott (re-donated without reading)
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
Amos Daragon, porteur de masques (#1) by Bryan Perro
Amos Daragon, la cle de Braha (#2) by Bryan Perro
Amos Daragon, le crepuscule des dieux (#3) by Bryan Perro

The Very Sleepy Bear
Say Goodnight to the Sleepy Animals
Snoozers (Sandra Boynton)
Are You There Little Tiger? (Usborne)
That's Not My Panda (Usborne)
That's Not My Monkey (Usborne)
Zoo Crew
Polite Elephant (Richard Scarry)
Geckos Surf
The Germ Who Would Be King
How to Babysit a Grandma
Precious Moments: How Do You Know It's Spring
Oliva Acts Out
Looking at Senses by David Suzuki*

Gnomes by Wil Huygen for Dave (read 12/2023)
Deja Dead for Mom*
An Appetite for Life by Jean Pare for Mom* (read 06/2023)
Small Log Homes for Boris*
The Compassionate Chick's Guide to DIY Beauty by Sunny Subramanian and Chrystle Fielder for Inid (read 05/2023)
Ma Fusee for Jack
Un, deux, trois, voila la Mere l'Oie for Jack
The Collector's Encyclopedia of Depression Glass for Darlene*
The Divine Bette Midler for Chris*
One Smart Cookie: Mrs Fields for Chris* (read 06/2023)
Paris by Plaque: Montmartre for Chris*
Cead Mile Failte: A Collection of Irish Greetings, Blessings and Photographs for Chris* (read 06/2023)
A Russian (?) book for Gabby*
The Courage to Teach for Gill*
Reasons My Kid is Crying for other moms* (read 05/2023)
Thanks! Great Job! for managers*

Books Read: Winter 2023

13. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (audio book)
12. The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs
11. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (audio book, HDM #1)
10. Letters to Singapore by Kelly Kaur
9. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (audio book)
8. The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay
7. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (audio book)
6. Yoga for Anxiety by Mary NurrieStearns and Rick NurrieStearns
5. The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr (audio book)
4. The Push by Ashley Audrain
3. The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
2. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (audio book; WT #1)
1. What Happened to You? by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey

Books Read: Fall 2022

19. Unlatched by Jennifer Grayson
18. Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
17. The Happy Sleeper by Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright
16. Diaper Free by Ingrid Bauer
15. Beyond the Sling by Mayim Bialik (audio book)
14. The Sleepeasy Solution by Jill Spivack and Jennifer Waldburger (audio book)
13. The Silenced Child by Claudia Gold
12. Rest Play Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers by Deborah Macnamara
11. The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
10. Australian Gnomes by Robert Ingpen
9. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
8. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (audio book)
7. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (graphic novel)
6. Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett (audio book)
5. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
4. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (audio book)
3. 1st to Die by James Patterson (WMC #1; audio book)
2. Along Came a Spider by James Patterson (AC #1; audio book)
1. The Scribe of Siena by Melodie Winawer

Books Read: Summer 2022

18. Play by Stuart Brown
17. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, et al. (LLL; audio book)
16. Baby Signing Essentials by Nancy Cadjan
15. The Mama Sutra by Allie Kingsley Baker and Tony Baker
14. Nighttime Parenting by William Sears
13. Sweet Sleep by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, et al. (LLL)
12. The Complete Baby and Toddler Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen

11. The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (audio book)
10. Five Little Indians by Michelle Good (audio book)
9. The Late Show by Michael Connelly (audio book; RB #1)
8. Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
7. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (audio book; James Bond #1)
6. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (audio book)
5. The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
4. The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer (audio book)
3. Persuasion by Jane Austen
2. I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong
1. The Huntress by Kate Quinn

Books Read: Spring 2022

17. A Baby Guide to Calgary: Making the Most of Your Parental Leave by Paula McGarrigle and Elena Rhodes
16. The No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley
15. The Diaper Free Baby by Christine Gross-Loh
14. Acroyoga: Baby Edition by Andrea Seydel and Karolina Yen
13. Yoga Mom, Buddha Baby by Jyothi Larson

12. Persuasion by Jane Austen (audio book)
11. The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
10. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
9. Let's Go Dutch by Johanna van der Zeijst Bates
8. Crystal, Colour, and Chakra Healing by Sue and Simon Lilly
7. The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
6. Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin
5. Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
4. Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
3. Voluntary Detours: Small Town and Rural Museums by Lianne McTavish
2. The People's Princess by Flora Harding
1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens