I’ve been blogging on this site for over a year now, and I’ve been reading others’ blogs for even longer. Only recently, though, have I really started participating in the comments and giveaways on others’ blogs. Apparently, I’ve had a great streak of luck, because I’ve won 3 giveaways in the last few weeks. So, I want to take a minute to say thanks to those bloggers for their fun contests. Thank you, 5 Minutes for Books, for the book, Shop Your Closet. I have big plans for my closet! Thank you, Heather, for the lipstick. I love it, and I’m so glad I took a chance on the Raisinberry. It’s so fun. Thank you, Monica, for the book, Wild Goose Chase. I have a lot of reading I want to do, but I think this may make its way up to the top of the list rather quickly.

I have enjoyed reading new blogs, and of course, there’s always an extra thrill that comes with winning something. Hmmm, maybe some time it will be my turn to do a giveaway!

I think over the course of the next several months, I will probably be changing my blog topics up a little. When I was breastfeeding K frequently or when A was born and I was feeding both boys frequently, I felt like I had a lot more to say about nursing specifically. Now that they’re getting older, it’s just something that’s an every day part of our lives. It just is. I don’t think or worry about it too much. We’ve gotten over most of the hurdles and pitfalls. A is sleeping better, and K has kept up his 2 a day nursing routine for the past few weeks.

Some of the topics that I have become more interested in lately are healthy eating, green living, cooking, exercise, and expanding my reading repertoire. Maybe I’ll finish a book (without reading the ending ahead of time) and do a review of it. Who knows?

What are you reading? I’m always looking for a good book or a good recommendation. I start lots of books, and I finish a few. I will start anything that sounds even remotely interesting. I’m not limited to a certain genre, author, or storyline. I read Christian authors and non-Christian authors. I read fiction and nonfiction. I read as much as I can. I have always loved to read. As a child, my mom says that I taught myself to read around the time I was 4. Since then, I have almost always had at least one book in the process of being read.

Right now, I don’t have a nightstand, but I do have a reading list. Some of these I just started, and some I have been working on for a while.

The Breastfeeding Answer Book - Who doesn’t love a good several hundred page, spiral bound, informational book?

Reclaiming Nick - I read this review on 5 Minutes for Books, and I thought I should start at the beginning of the series instead of at the end.

Happiness Sold Separately - I got this book off freecycle. If someone’s giving a book away, it’s worth taking a chance, right?

I’m sure there are a few others, but these are the ones that get most of my time right now. How about you?

There are a few parenting books that I would really like to find the time to read in the next couple months. The No-Cry Discipline Solution by Elizabeth Pantly, The Fussy Baby Book by Dr. Sears, How to Get Your Kids to Eat but Not Too Much by Ellen Satter, Adventures in Tandem Nursing by Hillary Flower, and Adventures in Gentle Discipline by Hillary Flower are all on my list right now.

I’m not quite sure when I’ll get to all these, because with a toddler and a high needs, fussy baby I don’t tend to have a whole lot of time for sitting down to read, but I think that all these books will be worth the time that I put into them. Has anyone read any of these? Any reviews?