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Permalink Reply by Krysta Dancy on March 3, 2011 at 10:35am

My favorite new book right now is: "Nurture Shock"

 

It's like the book Freakonomics for parents. It talks about conventional ideas about parenting and shows recent findings that call it into question. It's a super fast read, each chapter is really a self-contained topic. After reading it I felt like there is a lot more mystery to "parenting" than most "experts" want to admit. :) Which is always a good feeling!

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Permalink Reply by Shannon Harmon on March 3, 2011 at 10:42am

How about 100 Years of Solitude, if you haven't read it already.  Really great book--an oldie but goodie

 

--Shannon

 

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Permalink Reply by Claudia Kasprzyk-Galus on March 3, 2011 at 11:04am

1. Our Book Club finished The Help before Christmas. LOVED it. Great social commentary.   Claudia

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Permalink Reply by Trina Robertson on March 3, 2011 at 11:26am

Claudia beat me to this recommendation! The Help is a fantastic book and a super easy read. Trina

Claudia Kasprzyk-Galus said:

1. Our Book Club finished The Help before Christmas. LOVED it. Great social commentary.   Claudia

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Permalink Reply by karen apablaza on March 3, 2011 at 12:25pm

Check out Little Bee by Chris Cleave. It's amazing!!

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Bee-Novel-Chris-Cleave/dp/1416589635

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Proctor on March 3, 2011 at 12:46pm

I loved The Help as well; also really liked The Poisonwood Bible.

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Permalink Reply by Sheila on March 3, 2011 at 1:42pm

I loved "The Heights" by Peter Hedges. It was a page turner. :)

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Permalink Reply by Ann Williams on March 3, 2011 at 4:33pm

Kite Runner is an excellent book!!!  It is so good, I don't even know what to say about it without ruining anything.  It is about a man who grew up in the middle east and moved to America.  It is about things that have happened in his life.

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Permalink Reply by nicole on March 3, 2011 at 5:09pm

house of prayer #2 is great for book clubs (FYI, giving away 2 on my blog!)

also

 

The Memory Palace

 

and

madame tussaud by michelle moran (IT IS BIG though!)

 

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Permalink Reply by Brenda Rivas on March 3, 2011 at 8:24pm

Hi Christine!

The Abundance Book is awesome!!

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Permalink Reply by Emma Richards on March 5, 2011 at 11:45am

I have just finished reading Madness its an amazing and very insightfull. Highly recommended.

http://therealsupermum.com/

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Permalink Reply by Mindy on March 7, 2011 at 5:49pm

I second the recommendation of Nurtureschock.  I finished it recently, and really enjoyed it.  If you like "momoirs" try Ayelet Waldman's Bad Mother.  I liked it a lot.

 

For fiction, I recently read Anchee Min's Pearl of China, which is a fictionalization of the life of Pearl S. Buck.  

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