Some women buy shoes or purses; I buy books.  Bradley and I were laughing the other night because when we got married he read all.the.time.  Like, we would finish dinner and then he would disappear, only to be found in the bathroom, with yet another book.  (Some day I’ll share more about that season of life…).  Anyway, now I read way more than he does, just not in the bathroom :).   When he started teasing me a few months ago about how many books I was buying, I decided to try and reign that in a little.  I’ve been trying to read books we already have before buying new…

Each year I have a pile of books that I want to read, and as the year progresses, I add more to the list and tend to put off some of the older ones.  This year I’ve been trying to read books that I already own {with the exception of two}, before purchasing any new ones.  There are quite a few that I’d love to have copies of, but I’m sticking to my plan, and so far it’s going quite well. Here’s what I’ve been reading lately: //Grace Based Parenting, Tim Kimmel.  An excellent read for any parent or grandparent.  And it’s not all about forgetting discipline and structure in…