Mini Book Review #22: The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies To Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind, by Siegel and Bryson. Is parenting a matter of simply understanding the brain? The authors of Whole Brain Child wouldn’t make that claim, but they do believe that their findings on brain development and integration will help parents engage more effectively with their…
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Mini Book Review #21: Everything that Remains: A Memoir by the Minimalists, by Joshua Fields Millburn. Joshua Fields Millburn’s memoir is spare, elegant prose on living with less and enjoying life more. From a Christian’s perspective, he seems to lack deeper purpose in his life. However, he is able to disconnect from our society’s rat race of materialism. I enjoyed…
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Mini Book Review #20: Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals, by Michael Hyatt. Your Best Year Ever gives great advice about changing your mentality to one of success rather than scarcity. I especially appreciated Hyatt’s emphasis on gratitude and a positive attitude. What is one thing I took away from this book to…
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Mini Book Review #19: Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back, by Janice P. Nimura. A short-but-sweet review of this eye-opening biography of three young women from Japan. Just a few years after the American Civil War and not long after Commodore Perry forced a trade agreement with isolationist Japan, 5 daughters of samurai were…
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Mini Book Review #18: Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times, by Steve Solomon. Solomon often caustically contrasts his own advice with that of “Everybody Else,” capitalized. (His tone is not that of the warm, friendly grandfather gardener next door.) He used to own and grow for a seed company, so his advice is excellent for someone looking…
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