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Books Read, 2007

I've been meaning to post about this for a while, now. I'm gonna just bite the bullet and post all of them at once, and leave any extended commentary for another time. Cuz there probably won't be any.

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Here are a bunch of books I had to read parts of for my Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training (something else I need to post more about) back in Februrary. I'm trying to only count books I read from start to finish this year, but I feel like these deserve some sort of "runner-up" recognition just for getting me back into the swing of reading more than 1,200 words at a time.

0.1) Holistic Midwifery Volume 1, by Anne Frye About 20 pages from this 1200-page, $70 tome were assigned. Whee. Not assigned reading was the introduction, which I read anyway, and really wish I hadn't. The book itself is a great source of valuable information about the expectant mother. The introduction, written by Robbie Davis-Floyd, is an anti-medical rant about how "dehumanizing" a hospital birth is. Because my own hospital birth experience was fantastic and empowering, I was very turned off by this message. I'll keep the book if I decide I'll be working with expectant mothers, though. It's got good info.

0.2) Wise Woman Herbal, by Susun Weed An interesting reference

0.3) Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, by Ina May Gaskin I don't think I've read a word of this book. Probably I shouldn't count it on the list, but oh well.

0.4) Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering, by Sarah Buckley A collection of essay's by one of Australia's leading proponents of natural childbirth. I found this fascinating, particularly when she provides statistics. Well-researched and thoroughly referenced, I think anyone interested in childbirth would appreciate the information provided in this book.

0.5) Hands of Light, by Barbara Brennan a New-Agey book a little too far on the woo-woo side for me. We read two chapters of this book but spent about four hours (out of 18) "applying" the information we had read.

And finally -- 1) The Female Pelvis, by Blandine Calais-Germain A great resource for understanding the structure of and motion within the pelvis, particularly as applied to pregnancy and childbirth. We spent only an hour or so on this structural stuff in the workshop weekend, and I would have appreciated more, but this book is a great place to go back to when I have a question in mind. I didn't *quite* read this cover-to-cover, but came pretty close, so I'm going to count it. Also, I really didn't want the next book to be #1 on my list.

2) Princess in Training, by Meg Cabot Yes, the first book I managed to read this year was cotton-candy pink on the cover, and, well, cotton-candy on the inside. That's okay. It was easy and fun. And Maggie said "I like your pink book, Mommy." Which is about all the review we need.

3) The Giver, by Lois Lowry Another YA (young adult) book, but definitely not cotton candy. I enjoyed the story of this weird, slightly futuristic society, and a young boy living within it developing the ability to "see beyond." I also enjoyed the writing, and it gave me a lot to think about when it comes to my own writing.

4) Baby Love, by Rebecca Walker I just finished reading this a couple of days ago. Walker is the daughter or novelist Alice Walker. Here she journals about her pregnancy and contemplates its effect on her life. It's really much better than I'm making it sound, here. I related to her ambivalence (although it was considerably less than my own), her excitement, her passion about her baby. Although many of the subjects she addresses didn't really spring into my consciousness until after giving birth, which makes me wonder what the journal she kept following the birth of her son says.

I've got a long queue of books waiting. Onward!