May 2017 Moms
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@Sls post got me thinking I could use some new book suggestions and this would be a fun way to find out more about all of you.
Favorite book(s):
Favorite genre:
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from:
Favorite book quote:
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations:
What kind of reader are you? (e.g. "I hate reading", "I read all the time")
Favorite book(s):
Favorite genre:
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from:
Favorite book quote:
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations:
What kind of reader are you? (e.g. "I hate reading", "I read all the time")
Married 6/5/14 in Ireland
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
Re: GTKY: Books
Favorite book(s): Love & Decay Series (I love anything by Rachel Higginson), The Maze Runner series, and really, so many others.
Favorite genre: Zombies! I love anything dystopian, apocalyptic, paranormal, or sci fi BUT there must be some romance in it. Just a love interest going on.
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from: I don't like anything too real. I read to escape, so I don't like a lot of the books talking about real life experiences. Even though I love paranormal I don't typically like angels/demons or too much dark magic. They freak me out!
Favorite book quote: "And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places."
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations: IDK, that's why I am asking you
What kind of reader are you? (e.g. "I hate reading", "I read all the time") I'm a speed reader bookaholic. Before I got Kindle I'd usually take 2 books in my carry on and 8 in my bag when we traveled.
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
Favorite genre: I read things from all genres depending on what type of read I'm in the mood for.
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from: I've never really gotten into deep genre Sci fi.
Favorite book quote: I have a weird obsession with collecting literary quotes and there are a ton that I love. One that helped me put this year into perspective I'd from Neil Gaiman. "It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history were caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by being fundamentally people."
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations: As much as I read, I only read one pregnancy book and hated it. So no recommendations here.
What kind of reader are you? (e.g. "I hate reading", "I read all the time") Voracious. I read all the time and usually prefer it to watching TV.
Eta because the bump keeps eating my answers.
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
Genre: Mostly anything except non-fiction
I can't recall which pregnancy books I read when I was pregnant with DD. In general, I haven't had time to read much since DD was born. I'm hoping to pick up the pace a bit before this kid comes along.
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1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
Eta: wrong tag
Also, @nda_roxybabe, FFFC is that I enjoy a good NS romance here and there too.
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Favorite genre: I have a few. I love the classics, dystopian, and books that can teach me something and make me laugh at the same time (A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, What If? by Randall Munroe).
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from: horror (gives me nightmares), and most biographies - with the exception of Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick. She's hilarious.
Favorite book quote: I'll have to think on this one...
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations: I have nothing to share, but would love to hear what you guys recommend.
What kind of reader are you? (e.g. "I hate reading", "I read all the time") I always have a few books on the go. I read quickly so I re-read a lot of my favourites and am always looking for new recommendations.
Favorite genre: Sci-fi/fantasy, mystery/thriller, and a good romance now and again
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from: Like @nda_roxybabe, I generally stay away from things that are too real. Reading is a magical place, and I like to go somewhere I haven't been before.
Favorite book quote: This is the only thing I could think of, and it's kind of a cheat. "To live would be an awfully big adventure" is from the movie Hook, but I really enjoy it. Every time I remember it, it makes me think about my life and how I'm spending my time. The real quote is actually from Peter Pan - "to die would be an awfully big adventure". Side note, but I've always felt like Peter Pan is such a sad concept...this "boy" who can't face reality, so he's perpetually in a state of adolescent purgatory.
What kind of reader are you? I usually have a couple books going at once. Sometimes I'll get a book that I literally can't put down and I finish it in 2 days. Otherwise, I have some in different genres that I'll pop back and forth between depending on my mood.
Favorite Genre: Sci-Fi, horror, fiction
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from: Harlequin Romancy shit cough*cough* 50 shades...anything with Fabio or scantily clad women on the front
Favorite Book Quote: "People who were perfectly sane on Tuesday sometimes go nuts on Wednesday" Prodigal Son
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations: Never read any...
What kind of reader are you? Reading is one of my greatest loves in life, I wish I hadn't fallen put of the habit so much since DD was born
ETA: I forgot that I love Lucky by Alice Seabold
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Favorite genre: Realistic Fiction
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from: Sci Fi
Favorite book quote: None come to mind in particular.
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations: The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy- This was a funny, but seriously helpful book. I highly recommend it.
What kind of reader are you? I read a lot because I teach English. I find that I don't read as much in my free time because I'm always reading in school. (I have a lot of great YA recommendations if you need them!)
Me:31 DH:32 Married 11/06/10
DD: Born 8/23/13 (clomid+ovidrel+IUI)
BFP 9/9/16 EDD 5/19/17
Another good author is Joshilyn Jackson, my favorites are Gods In Alabama and The Girl Who Stopped Swimming
Favorite book: there are waaaaaay to many to list! Love The Hunger Games, Nicholas Sparks (pretty sure I've read all and we have all of them), Dean Koontz, Marissa Myers - The Luna Chronicles (different take on Disney orincessss, its prettt cool what she did. Going to start her new series that's set within wonderland I believe.), John Green - love love love Looking for Alaska, but the other way are good too, Mortal Instruments series, Harry Potter...I know there are others haha but that's what I can thinking now!
Favorite genre: pretty open, but I like dystopian types, YA even though I'm probably too old for it haha but I just love getting lost in books and I think they do a good job.
Least favorite: self help...as much as they do/can help people I just can't get into them. I have a few, but there are job related leadership type ones. I like to go to a new place when I read books and those don't quite do it for me.
Quote: I love quotes! "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." Hazel from The Fault in Our Stars by john Green. "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn the light on." Dumbledore in Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban.
Prefnancy books: a friend gave me one, but I've only skimmed some of it. H has listened to one that he really liked and then told me everything each night after work.
What kind if reader are you: I read for fun and to escape this crazy thing we all life! I haven't read as much as I used to because, well, I fall asleep so early and if I read I know I'll be out! Haha trying to read more though and listen to audiobooks on my hour drive to and from work.
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
Me, whenever anyone asks this question: "HERE IS A LINK TO MY FAVORITES SHELF ON GOODREADS THERE ARE ONLY 82 BOOKS ON THERE TO BROWSE WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT'S TOO MANY"
K, fine:
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (Runner-up: Fight Club) - Bizarre contemporary
The Siren by Tiffany Reisz - Erotic romance
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov - Sci-fi
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare - Historical, I guess?
Everything ever written by Ania Ahlborn - Horror
Favorite genre:
If I had to pick one, I can never get enough of far future / space science fiction, but that's probably my own fault. More often than not, I go looking for it and end up reading something else.
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from:
Non-fiction, unless it's a self-help book, and classics. I tried to read Les Miserables this year and made it halfway through. But at least I made it that far! I'll probably try to finish it in 2017. I also don't like YA--I like gritty adult themes, rather than coming-of-age.
Favorite book quote:
From Titus Andronicus, I present Shakespeare's your mom joke. Chiron and Demetrius have just discovered that Aaron the Moor has been sleeping with their mother, the queen, and she has given birth to his baby.
DEMETRIUS Villain, what hast thou done?
AARON That which thou canst not undo.
CHIRON Thou hast undone our mother.
AARON Villain, I have done thy mother.
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations:
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin - I was one of those women afraid of childbirth. This calmed me down and got me looking forward (if somewhat nervously) to labor and delivery. This is the only book I'd say is mandatory reading if you're not, like, a midwife/doula already.
The Wonder Weeks by Hetty Vanderijt - Repetitive but super helpful in specific new skills to watch for. You could probably get away with getting just the app of the same name--I got both. And the timing was pretty accurate as to when to expect the brain "leap" (which results in fussy/grumpy/clinginess).
(Not a book, but...) https://purplecrying.info/ - Will keep you sane when purple crying peaks around 3-4 months old.
The Sleep Sense Program by Dana Obleman - This is NO CRY sleep training. I followed it to the letter starting at 10 weeks old, enforced it consistently, and my 2yo has never had any problems with sleep that last longer than a few weeks--to which we continuously applied the method (except when sick/teething). I'm planning on co-sleeping until 3-4 months this time, but then we're doing this again, assuming we don't go insane with twins.
Oh Crap! Potty Training by Jamie Glowacki - Um, we're still working on this, but the method makes sense to me.
What kind of reader are you? (e.g. "I hate reading", "I read all the time")
I read all the time. I actually had to cut down my Goodreads challenge for 2016 because I needed to focus more on non-GR reading. I haven't read "a book" in a few months because I've mostly been reading short stories for the Nebulas (the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America [SFWA] yearly awards) since I qualified for member (and to nominate, yay!) this year.
Therefore, I have only read a book a week or so this year.
My Goodreads profile, if anyone is interested, which includes the books I've written: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7740723.S_L_Saboviec
MMC: 09/13 (9 weeks)
DD: Born 8/22/14
Babies #2 & 3: Due dates 6/9/17
And my other love: writing
@BabyMC517 Have you read anything by Sarah Maas? She wrote the Throne of Glass series and A Court of Thorns and Roses series and I'm obsessed. They're YA, but "older" YA if that makes sense. If you like the Mortal Instruments and Lunar Chronicles, you'll probably love them.
@sls I've never met anyone else who liked Choke! It is probably my favorite Palahniuk.
I love getting book suggestions! Always up for something new
"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~Charlie Chaplin
MMC: 09/13 (9 weeks)
DD: Born 8/22/14
Babies #2 & 3: Due dates 6/9/17
And my other love: writing
MMC: 09/13 (9 weeks)
DD: Born 8/22/14
Babies #2 & 3: Due dates 6/9/17
And my other love: writing
Favorite genre: Fiction, but I also like true adventure stories about hiking and things (The Last Season, Grandma Gatewood's Walk)
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from: Horror. I can do suspense, but I can't do really scary stuff.
Favorite book quote: I'll have to think about this one.
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations: No book recommendations, but I like reading Pregnant Chicken sometimes.
What kind of reader are you? (e.g. "I hate reading", "I read all the time") All the time! Ever since I was a little kid.
Married: October 2014
Began TTC: April 2015
BFP #1: 9/18/15. EDD 5/18/16. MC 10/26/15. (9w)
BFP #2: 2/27/16. EDD 11/7/16. MC/D&E 4/20/16 (11w)
BFP #3: 9/22/16. EDD 5/29/17. DS born 4/24/17
BFP #4: 5/20/18. EDD 1/23/19.
1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
Three of us! Who would have thought?? I read it because of the Fight Club movie, after I read Fight Club, of course. I like his other stuff, but not as well as Choke. And I haven't been able to read anything of his since that horror story collection. :S That still makes me sick when I think about it.
MMC: 09/13 (9 weeks)
DD: Born 8/22/14
Babies #2 & 3: Due dates 6/9/17
And my other love: writing
Yeah, it was gross. I love suspense/creepy/psychological horror, but this was body horror. *shudder*
MMC: 09/13 (9 weeks)
DD: Born 8/22/14
Babies #2 & 3: Due dates 6/9/17
And my other love: writing
Married: October 2014
Began TTC: April 2015
BFP #1: 9/18/15. EDD 5/18/16. MC 10/26/15. (9w)
BFP #2: 2/27/16. EDD 11/7/16. MC/D&E 4/20/16 (11w)
BFP #3: 9/22/16. EDD 5/29/17. DS born 4/24/17
BFP #4: 5/20/18. EDD 1/23/19.
Favorite genre: Crime, chick lit
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from: I don't go for sci-fi or fantasy
Favorite book quote: I don't have one
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations: Taking Charge of Your Fertility
What kind of reader are you? I love to read, I just don't have much time for it.
It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s that I don’t know you. Stranger Danger.
It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s that I don’t know you. Stranger Danger.
Favorite genre: I like a lot of chick lit.
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from: Horror or most History/War books
Favorite book quote: Can't think of one right now.
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations: None yet.
What kind of reader are you? (e.g. "I hate reading", "I read all the time") I don't get a lot of time to sit down with a book but I do a lot of audiobooks while I work and drive.
Favorite book(s): Mere Christianity, Miracle in the Andes, Hunger Games series
Favorite genre: Classics and non-fiction. I think I'm the lone woman standing on these preferences.
Least favorite genre or things you stray away from: Crime or horror
Favorite book quote: “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”
Pregnancy/Parenting/Baby book recommendations: Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
What kind of reader are you? (e.g. "I hate reading", "I read all the time"): I used to devour books but that kind of stopped after college when I started working. Then when I had DS it got even worse. I probably read 2-3 books a year from 2011 to 2015 but last year I joined a book club and that got me reading again. I read at at least the minimum one book for book club but lately I've been reading more and more. I'm reading the Shadow and Bone series currently and it is so good! I feel like I am re-discovering my love of books and it's fun!
Married 8/27/2011
BFP #1 9/28/2011 DS born 5/22/2012
BFP #2 4/24/2013 m/c 4/25/2013 at 4w
BFP #3 1/31/2014 DD born 10/14/2014
BFP #4 1/20/2016 m/c 2/12/2014 at 7w2d
BFP #5 8/19/2016 DS2 born 4/29/2017
BFP #6 3/7/2018 EDD 11/18/2018
I'm really just excited I read 1 book so far this year which is 1/3 the number of books I read in all of 2016.
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1st Baby 5/12/17, Henry
It came out sometime in 2016 and I don't think it's on DVD yet. Michael Fassbender and Rachel Weisz are in it.
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