If you're planning to buy for your mom the -nth recipe book or that biography that was highly acclaimed by the critics but will bore your mom to tears, freeze right there! You want to celebrate the upcoming Mother's Day with a gift that will entertain, uplift, inform, educate, evaluate the most important woman in your life. Give your mom the chance to kick back and relax, expand her horizons or simply provide her with an escapist fantasy, a diversion from her chores and her daily routine...a recipe book may sound like an implicit invitation to spend more time in the kitchen (as if moms didn't do that in abundance) or a veiled criticism of her culinary skills. If she is a good cook, she won't need that book. If she needs to improve in that department of the housekeeping, she will hit the bookstore or the internet at her earliest convenience.
Accept the advice and browse through these reading suggestions: they come from a mom who loves to read.
Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
"A charming and
laugh-out-loud novel by Lauren Graham, beloved star of Parenthood and
Gilmore Girls, about an aspiring actress trying to make it in
mid-nineties New York City." (Goodreads)
Hardcover, 352 pages
Published by Ballantine Books
Released April 30, 2013
Genre: women's fiction, chick lit, contemporary novel, romance, humor
"New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig "pins a web of lust, power and loss that is by turns epic and intimate, transporting and page-turning." (Goodreads)
Hardcover, 358 pages
Published by St. Martin's Press
Released April 9, 2013
Genre: women's fiction, chick lit, historical fiction, contemporary novel, romance, mystery, Africa
I See Your Dream Job, by Sue Frederick
"Have you ever wondered
what you were truly meant to do in life? Have you ever felt that you
have a higher calling? Let career intuitive Sue Frederick show you the
way." (Goodreads)
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published by St. Martin's Press
Released September 1, 2009
Genre: non-fiction, inspirational
Work Women Want, by Jennifer Forest
"Jennifer Forest
gives voice to a new generation of women who are finally finding the
right balance between careers and motherhood. Work Women Want answers
the questions asked by so many working women today."(Goodreads)
Published by Artisan House
Released May 1, 2013
Genre: non-fiction, inspirational
Bobbi Brown Pretty Powerful, by Bobbi Brown & Sara Bliss
"From Bobbi Brown, world-famous makeup artist, Pretty Powerful is a new kind of makeup manual that starts with who you are, rather than how you look." (Goodreads)
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published by Chronicle Books
Released September 26, 2012
Genre: non-fiction, beauty
The Honest Life, by Jessica Alba
"The Honest Life
recounts Alba’s personal journey of discovery and reveals her tips for
making healthy living fun, real, and stylish, while offering a candid
look inside her home and daily life." (Goodreads)
Paperback, 272 pages
Published by Rodale Books
Released March 12, 2013
Genre: non-fiction, health
What a list! Your very first recommendation, SOMEDAY, SOMEDAY, MAYBE, is also first on my list to read! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Maryellen! Thank you for your comment :) Aren't our tbr lists ridiculously long?
ReplyDeleteHey thanks Mina for this wonderful list! i'll ask my mom which book would she like to read from these.
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