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Friday, May 22, 2009 Other people who write, Family, Fellow Parenting Authors, Moms Like Us

I have over fifty books in piles next to my desk that have been sent to me by publishers, publicists, authors, and agents. Their hope is that I will review each book. Mind you, these are only the ones I have expressed an interest in reading. There are lots more requests that get deleted because no one is paying me for this shit and I only have so much time to read after everyone’s in bed.

So, to do at least a bit of justice to these fine authors, knowing full well that it will be a warm day at a Chicago Bear’s playoff game before I get around to them all, I will list them here, and try to maintain a running list of what’s on deck. (Chances are that at any given moment I am reading a half-dozen of these at once and would give a schizophrenic review at best, which would beg revisitation of my med schedule for which I haven’t time nor money nor inclination.)

If I have missed any titles, please let me know in the comments. Any omissions or errors are mine and not a reflection on a book’s merit. Void where prohibited. Results may vary.

Family Life:

1. 30 Ways in 30 Days to Save Your Family
2. Best Baby Products, 10th Edition
3. The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together
4. Blindsided by a Diaper: Over 30 Men and Women Reveal How Parenthood Changes a Relationship
5. Cheers to the New Mom!/Cheers to the New Dad!: Tips and Tricks to Help You Ace the First Months of Parenthood
6. For The Dad Who’s Best At Everything (The Dads’ Book)
7. Don’t Sleep with a Bubba: Unless Your Eggs are in Wheelchairs
8. The Double-Daring Book for Girls
9. Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids
10. For The Mom Who’s Best At Everything (The Moms’ Book)
11. The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems (Pantley)
12. The Perfect Baby Handbook: A Guide for Excessively Motivated Parents
13. Secret Recipes for the Modern Wife: All the Dishes You’ll Need to Make from the Day You Say “I Do” Until Death (or Divorce) Do You Part
14. See Dad Cook: The Only Book a Guy Needs to Feed Family and Friends (and Himself)
15. Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom
16. Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They’re Really Saying
17. How to Survive Your Marriage: by Hundreds of Happy Couples Who Did and Some Things to Avoid, From a Few Ex-Spouses who Didn’t (Hundreds of Heads Survival Guides)
18. How to Survive Your Teenager: by Hundreds of Still-Sane Parents Who Did and Some Things to Avoid, From a Few Whose Kids Drove Them Nuts (Hundreds of Heads Survival Guides)
19. Today’s Moms: Essentials for Surviving Baby’s First Year
20. True Mom Confessions: Real Moms Get Real
21. Welcome To Grandparenting

Biographical/Autobiographical:

1. Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind: Thoughts on Teacherhood
2. enLIGHTened: How I Lost 40 Pounds with a Yoga Mat, Fresh Pineapples, and a Beagle Pointer
3. It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita
4. Mafia: The Government’s Secret File on Organized Crime
5. Old World Daughter, New World Mother: An Education in Love and Freedom
6. Things I Learned About My Dad: Humorous and Heartfelt Essays, edited by the creator ofwww.dooce.com

Fiction:

1. A Girl’s Guide to Modern European Philosophy
2. The Christmas Chronicles
3. Little Face
4. Willow

Non-fiction/Inspirational:

1. Age is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams At Any Stage In Your Life
2. Days from the Heart of the Home
3. Hate Hurts: How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice
4. Jewels: 50 Phenomenal Black Women Over 50
5. Made Here, Baby!: The Essential Guide to Finding the Best American-Made Products for Your Kids
6. On Becoming Fearless…in Love, Work, and Life
7. Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers’ Schemes
8. Parenting, Inc.: How the Billion-Dollar Baby Business Has Changed the Way We Raise Our Children
9. PrimeTime Women: How to Win the Hearts, Minds, and Business of Boomer Big Spenders
10. Simple Abundance:  A Daybook of Comfort and Joy
11. Sew U Home Stretch: The Built by Wendy Guide to Sewing Knit Fabrics
12. Trillion-Dollars Moms: Marketing to a New Generation of Mothers
13. Your Best Life Now for Moms (Faithwords)
14. The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life

Children:

1. Cooking Fun: 121 Simple Recipes to Make with Kids
2. Princess Bubble
3. Songs from the Garden of Eden: Jewish Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes
4. Uncover a Dolphin (Uncover Books)