Some things I'm reading

I am way behind on this first one but today I finished reading "The Fault in our Stars". Overall I found it to be a great read. I think if I were an angsty teen, I would have absolutely loved it. However, I do think it gives all readers a healthy dose of reality.

For me though, I wish I had read it before becoming a mother. I remember before I was a mom that all my friends that were mothers would say things like that to me. Frankly it would piss me off. But now I get it. The emotional side of your brain (even if you think you already have a pretty emotional side) gets kicked into super-overdrive. I found ways to make mom connections in this book in places that were not meant to be mom-emo.

Definitely worth a read though and now that I have read it, I can of course see the movie...hooray!


The other book that I just picked up and have gotten about a chapter into is "Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life". I am reading this in prep for a church discipleship group that I am getting ready to join.

As you can probably tell by the title, this book is about establishing boundaries. I have an issue saying "no" to folks. I enter into commitments, get overwhelmed, and wish I had been honest about my disinterest in whatever the commitment was in the first place instead of worrying about disappointing someone in the first place.

My hubs says I need to worry less about disappointing others and more about disappointing myself. I'm hoping this book will help get me there.


What are you reading these days?