Niki's Book Nook

Quality Children's Book: Child of Faerie by Jane Yolen & Jane Dyer

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:25:00 +0000

A book I've had on my list to read to my children for awhile now was Child of Faerie, Child of Earth. I finally got it! I just finished reading it to my five-year-old and she asked me to read it again to her!

This was a really sweet book. Great illustrations. It's a quality book to have on a bookshelf.

Quality Children's Book: Child of Faerie by Jane Yolen & Jane Dyer

Pirates Don't Wear Sunglasses

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:23:00 +0000

I'm online shopping for Christmas presents for my kids and I want to add books to each of their lists. I came across this cute book called Pirates Don't Wear Pink Sunglasses for ages 9 - 12 (by Scholastic). I can't imagine Johnny Depp stepping out in full pirate gear in women's sunglasses but maybe that's just me not wanting to destroy my own personal pirate fantasy with a very talented, and very attractive actor. This book looks like it'd be a cute kids' book.

I know for sure one book that is definitely on my son's school list. It's called Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dog Days. The series is a favorite of his.

Great Book about Bio-Iodentical Hormones!

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:40:00 +0000

I just read The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones by Dr. Michael E. Platt, M.D. I had the flu and needed to stay still (moving hurt my stomach) so I read this book I'd checked out of the library a few weeks earlier in only a few hours while recovering. It was very interesting reading. This is a book I'd like to buy and have on my bookshelf.

It covers fatigue, hot flashes, ADHD, ADD, fibromyalgia, PMS, osteoporosis, weight, sexual dysfunction, anger, migraines, restless leg syndrome and more.

He has many patient stories in the book and how they couldn't get relief for their symptoms for years and with some simple changes, he had them feeling good again. He talks about the pharmaceutical companies, FDA, and why doctors don't seem to listen to patients anymore.

If you are interested in learning more about how hormones affect you and how to get them balanced with natural hormones, you can definitely get some good ideas from this book.

It talks a lot about progesterone benefits, DHEA, and thyroid (and more). It also talks about the danger of giving estrogen when it isn't needed (cancer causing). My family doctor tried to give me estrogen when I was 36 years old! It made me so sick I stopped it soon after starting. I didn't need estrogen, but she didn't know how to help me because she hadn't been taught how to treat the actual problem. She knew how to prescribe this drug for this symptom and this drug for this symptom. I want the PROBLEM fixed so I don't need pharmaceutical drugs that mask the symptoms.

I wish Dr. Platt was nearby. I'd make an appointment so I'd have some hope of feeling like myself again. Here is his web site.

Your Family Consitution

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:21:00 +0000

If you are looking for clarity, consistency, and commitment in your family, you should read the book, Your Family Constitution. It's a family guide book for those families who are struggling with finding time, finding patience, and just finding the joy that families should be experiencing in a world that is over-scheduled and where family values seem to be taking a backseat to other things. Become emotionally available to your family, get your out of control home life back in control again, and figure out what you want to pass onto your kids in terms of values and ethics (and what you don't).

Click on the photo and it will take you to Amazon to purchase it if you would like to.

I Prefer Happy Endings

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:20:00 +0000

I read a lot of paranormal thriller books that have a romance in them. My Shelfari book list shows almost 600 books that I've read, many of them with some sort of romantic twist to them.

I don't like books that have a bad ending. I like happy endings when I read. Maybe that's not realistic but when I'm reading, I'm not really looking for reality. I read to get away from reality for awhile.

I also like happy endings in movies too. Nothing irritates me more than watching a movie only to have it end in a depressing way. The main characters (in books or movies) don't have to be picking out bridesmaid gifts or anything like that but they do have to come out above the bad guy in the end and be together.

I guess that means I don't read a lot of non-fiction!

Role Play

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:36:00 +0000

Many adults have found on the Internet, the world of RPG (role playing games). They also have books, which I didn't know about. If you like this world, Palladium Books, may interest you.

I'm not into RPG myself. I just don't have the time to even think about any other role but as mom right now to my four kids. They've kept me so busy this summer that I'm looking forward to the start of school. Does that make me bad?

I actually ran across this site when I was looking up the definition of "palladium" for palladium rings. Seeing how I have a blog for books, I thought I'd post about it here since RPG is popular with a lot of people.

Wifey by Judy Blume

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:30:00 +0000

I was surprised to see a Judy Blume book in any other area of the library but the children's section so I grabbed it to see what it was. The cover says "the national bestseller about a very nice housewife with a very dirty mind."

What it ended up being about was a bored housewife who wanted more from her marriage than she had (which, honestly, I would have as well). I couldn't imagine living the vanilla marriage she lived. A dinner schedule, a (short) sex schedule and only one position, no intimacy with her husband...who could live like that for very long without wanting more?

It left me wondering about the lives of previous generations. Was that what marriage was really like for many people?

The book is called Wifey by Judy Blume.

Fear No Evil by Allison Brennan

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:35:00 +0000

I just finished reading Allison Brennan's Fear No Evil. It deals with the prevalent abuse of the Internet by criminals, in this case, Internet pornography, written in a fictional storyline, but deals with what could be real-life Internet crime of the worst kind. There is, of course, a romance written into the story but most of it is more of a suspense or thriller type of story. You won't find anybody lighting a ton of WoodWick Candles and sipping wine, but it was an interesting story and a good reminder on why we should keep a close eye on our children when they are on the Internet.

I'm A Nerd

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:26:00 +0000

Growing up, I was a huge nerd. Not in the "Napoleon Dynamite" way but in a shy, bookworm kind of way. I didn't wear a pocket protector or anything like that, but I did dress funny (not by choice...just wore what was available to me as a kid). I guess that makes my parents the nerds! My brother called me nerd all the time because I was never without a book to read (and I read fast too).

I read because it took me away from my dysfunctional home life. I would get so engrossed in a book that the world around me disappeared. Parents fighting with each other or with my siblings was sent into the background. That love of reading never disappeared. If you click on the link at the top, you'll see all the books I've read over the past years. There were more, but I didn't keep track of the ones from the library until recently.

Does that still make me a nerd? I still don't wear a pocket protector (nowadays, you just need amodex to get ink stains out anyway), but I'll bet you my brother would still refer to me as a nerd or bookworm. My husband refers to me as "Booker T" (as in Booker T. Worm).

Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:51:00 +0000

I just finished Blood Dreams (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novels) by Kay Hooper. It was a good book. I like psychic, suspense books and particularly like Kay Harper as an author. I'm online right now so I can find the next one in her series to check it out!

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:50:00 +0000

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WELCOME

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:13:00 +0000

I have several blogs on different topics (stepfamily, politics, general, parenting, children's clothing, horses, etc.) but I've wanted to do a book blog for quite awhile now. I hope I'm doing it at the right time. With the kids out of school and work picking up, I'm hoping I can do the blog justice for book reviews with the time I have available to me.

I am a HUGE **** bookworm ~ nerd ~ Booker T ~ geek **** when it comes to books! As a child, I learned early on that reading took me into another place completely for a little while, which I preferred. I can be in the middle of a busy, busy area but if I'm reading an interesting book, the distractions can't bother me (well, unless a kid is going, "mom, mom, mom, mom, mom". I get that involved in a book!

Anyway, welcome!

Book List - What I Plan to Read

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:38:00 +0000

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog

Book List - What I've Read

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:27:00 +0000

Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog