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My current book is
Reclaiming Childhood: Letting Children Be Children in Our Achievement-Oriented Society, which is good so far, but I find it a bit annoying that the author keeps invoking the name of Jean-Jacques Rousseau - I find it a bit rich taking parenting advice from someone who dumped each of his five kids at an orphanage after birth.
I would have finished
The Last Holiday Concert yesterday, but... I started reading it at the library. While DD was poking the keyboard of the library catalog terminal, a lady noticed I had it in my hand and asked, "excuse me, but were you going to check that out?" I could see she wanted it badly for her daughter, so I told her she should take it. Clearly, a girl who needs it for school should get first dibs over a grown woman who has no business reading children's chapter books.
We went back and forth for a few minutes. "Oh, no, I couldn't possibly." "No, seriously, I have a book list a mile long and other books at home I should be reading. Take it, please!" After she finally took it, she asked where I found it since she had come looking days ago. I told her it had been misshelved for at least the two months I've been checking for it. "Oh, no, you've been wanting to read it for months? I couldn't!" and handed it back. She said something about checking to see if there's another copy (there isn't), so I sneakily put the book back on the shelf at my first opportunity, which wasn't soon enough. Twenty minutes later, she saw me checking out with only
The Vegetarian Meat & Potatoes Cookbook and asked, "aren't you going to check out the book?!" I told her I'd put it back on the shelf hoping she'd see it. She was thrilled to hear that. So maybe I'll read the other half of the book in a couple weeks from now.
Do you know the basic plot? A woman from 21st century L.A. (who reads and re-reads J. Austen books) wakes up one day to find herself in the body and life of a woman who could easily have been one of austen's characters. Yeah, it was fun, but not a must-read. if you like austen, though, it might be more of a must-read.....
I love John Holt, but I think Guterson should be read first for the skeptical. That being said, Learning All the Time is Holt's book for parents of the youngest children. If your DH is already on board for no preschool (as mine is), it's a moot point, but it does inspire confidence.
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