Newer books are entered at the top. Beginning March 16, 2008, including a few that stand out among my recent books.
Mindless Eating: Why we eat more than we think by Brian Wansink
To Hell with all That: Loving and Loathing our Inner Housewives by Caitlin Flanagan
Dirty Little Secrets From Otherwise Perfect Moms by Trisha Ashworth
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency; Tears of the Giraffe; and Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Bringing out the Best: A Resource Guide for Parents of Young Gifted Children by Jacqulyn Saunders
Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink
Something from the oven: reinventing dinner in 1950s America byLaura Shapiro
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder – yes, I started out reading this to the kids, but I just love the way Laura Ingalls makes everything seem delightful
I was a really good mom before I had kids: reinventing modern motherhood by Trisha Ashworth
Eats, shoots & leaves: the zero tolerance approach to punctuation by Lynne Truss
How Starbucks saved my life: a son of privilege learns to live like everyone else by Michael Gates Gill
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: a natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan