GREAT NEWS: I think that my book constipation is finally OVER. TMI? Sorry. It’s just that it has been months since I’ve read a book that has captured and held my attention. I just couldn’t get into anything, which is heartbreaking, considering my love-love-love of books and reading. A friend of mine with a different… Continue reading SL Book: The House at Riverton
Inspirational Books for Women & Children
Tigers Aren't So Terrible
The other day, I went with a dear friend to hear Amy Chua speak about her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Before you heave a rock at your computer screen, please allow me to explain. When the book was released, I read plenty of articles and reviews about it, including the one published under… Continue reading Tigers Aren't So Terrible
Book Love
A perfect description of my feelings about books. They are such a Silver Lining in my life. I hope that they are for you as well! What are you reading? Image from Tumblr
It Takes a Council To Raise a Child
I first heard about The Council of Dads from non other than the HOTY who received it from his friend Bob Miller (this is truly the gift that keeps on giving!). “You’ve gotta read this book,” the HOTY told me. This means a whole lot coming from the HOTY because he is, ahem, not really a book guy.… Continue reading It Takes a Council To Raise a Child
Bambino Bibliotherapy: Nowhere Hair
Since I’m focused on writing about kids right now (working on a couple of other posts right now), I thought I’d repost a (reader favorite) entry that I did on a super book called Nowhere Hair. In a whimsical yet normalizing way, this book addresses key (absolutely fundamental!) points when talking with children about cancer,… Continue reading Bambino Bibliotherapy: Nowhere Hair
SL Book: Food Rules
My new favorite book is Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan, illustrated by Maria Kalman. When I say favorite, I mean FAVORITE. I look at this book every single day. I love everything about it. Not only is this my favorite book, but it is a book that I believe everyone MUST read.… Continue reading SL Book: Food Rules
Jingle the Bells for Holiday Books
I have a long list of books that I will be giving (& hoping to read myself!) this holiday season. They are a potpourri of fiction, nonfiction, autobiography, authorized biography, style and design as well as some food rules thrown in for fun.
SL Book: Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
The Silver Lining of my continued reading constipation (sorry ’bout the image, but it’s the best way to describe my inability to actually READ a book!) is that this is the season of fashion books! Yeaaaaaah! I was so excited to pick up Diana Vreeland The Eye Has to Travel by Lisa Immordino Vreeland (married to Diana Vreeland’s… Continue reading SL Book: Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Crash into Recovery…Like a Swan
Today was a wonderfully informative and Silver Lined day. I had my first 3-month checkup with my Oncologist. As you know, I was worried about it. Worried not that I had a recurrence (too early after a year of intense treatment, I figured), but worried because I’ve been absolutely, outrageously, inexplicably exhausted. My Oncologist walked… Continue reading Crash into Recovery…Like a Swan
SL Book: Marisa Berenson: A Life in Pictures
I’m super excited about the new must have book Marisa Berenson: A Life in Pictures (Rizzoli). I’m a little obsessed with picture books of late because my brain has seemed to stop working – again. My neurons are not firing on all cylinders. I feel as though chemo brain is alive and well. F-bomb. Fortunately (for… Continue reading SL Book: Marisa Berenson: A Life in Pictures