oooooh! Inspiration and something new to try!

Since I haven't been on here in FOREVER and was curious when I'd make it back, I'm taking this new copycat idea as a good thing.

I've been doing a lot of internal processing lately. And that's been working for me.

So until I get back into the swing of blogging, here are the books I'm reading.

I can't promise I'll write a review of any of them, but I'll almost surely give my short two cents (before and after I'm done reading them).

So here we go, as of 1458 on 11/1/2009.

Black and White by Dani Shapiro
I have wanted to read this book for a few years now. I heard a conversation with the author on NPR and made up my mind then & there that I would read it. I'm about 24 hours into reading it and I imagine I will finish it in the next few days. I'm surprised to say that, after starting it, because the story deals a lot with old wounds from parents in childhood and end of life. Two areas I know quite a lot about! Without sounding cheesy, I think this book may give me some new insights about my time in therapy and constant move towards personal growth and actualization. Not always an easy read but I have devoured it so far, nevertheless.

The Mother Dance by Harriet Lerner (on the nightstand, I read a chapter at a time in between other things)
I am not pregnant, nor do I have children or plan to any time soon. That being said, I likely will one day. I was intrigued by this book because it seems to be an opportunity to have someone tell you some of the inside, emotional secrets about motherhood that not many people talk about. This fits in with my lifetime goal of being emotionally healthy and open in my life and relationships. What relationship is more important that that between a mother and child? As much as I can go in with eyes wide open, that's my goal.

Teaching Your Child How to Pray by Rick Osbourne (at a snail's pace)
I was intrigued by the concept of this book, because I would have LOVED if my parents had read this book and utilized it when I was growing up. As a result, I'm learning to do a lot of the stuff in this book as a woman in my late-twenties on my own. How cool would it have been if I'd learned it as a child?!

Those are the only ones I want to share