Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

What I Read In May

June 2, 2019

It’s time to recap my reading from last month. It wasn’t much, but here goes.

I read a novel! Yes – can you believe it? I read “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery. Okay, I didn’t read ALL of it, just most of it. It’s got two story lines going – one written by the main character and one written by a 13 year old girl. I only read the story line of the main character because she is the one I identified with. She is a concierge at an apartment building and she is 56. I did read the last entry of the girl but only because it was the ending of the book and tied up loose ends. All that said, I really enjoyed it. A very quick read, insightful, funny, sad. It was good. I would say more but it would kind of give the theme away so I won’t. But if you’re like me and feel you’re a little less than – you may like this too.

I’ve already mentioned I read “Kitchen Yarns” by Ann Hood so I’ll add a little more here. It is a memoir of Ann Hood’s life up to now (just published this year) and the food around her life. It’s a quick read – I blew through it in 3 days – but it gives food for thought as well as recipes. You may need a kleenex from time to time though – like most memoirs it is happy and sad. I that. I could relate to a lot what she said because we grew up in the same eras – 60s, 70’s, and 80’s – so that was fun to relive. The one recipe I know I am going to try? Swedish Meatballs! Yeah, like the IKEA kind. I am needing new recipes and this looks like something everyone in the family would like.

OK – spiritual reading. I finished the Gospels, Acts, Romans, and 1 Corinthians. I am now in 2 Corinthians and will probably finish the New Testament by the end of summer. I picked up Fr. Oscar Lukefahrs “We Live: To Know, Love, and Serve God” which is really based on Part 3 of the Catholic Catechism. So, I’m reading a chapter of that and then reading the corresponding chapters in the Catechism. And amazingly, it all works with the New Testament as well – a perfect round of spiritual reading. So, that will continue until the end of summer and then we’ll see after that. I may jump to Year 5 in “Read Your Way to Heaven” which is prayer. Or I may continue with the theme of Life in Christ until Advent with my own reading selections. We’ll see.

Looking ahead, I’m reading “The Messies Manual” by Sandra Felton. Along with “Sidetracked Home Executives” I read this one when I was a young mom in an attempt to get hold of my housekeeping skills. It just didn’t make sense though and I fell into the trap of needing all the right tools instead of actually cleaning and making routines. At least I finally got that right.

So, that’s my reading for last month. Not a lot, but what I did read was good. We’ll see how I do this month – I have books upon books I’d like to read and maybe it’s time to make a list for summer reading and work on that. It’s a thought. Happy Reading!

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June 2, 2019

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