Series: Book Month Challenge (2012)

Book Month Challenge Day 3: Book That Makes You Laugh

Confessions of a Scary Mommy by Jill Smokler  Jill Smokler has a hilarious blog called Scary Mommy where she invites frazzled moms to anonymously post their crazy parenting confessions. (e.g. “I tell my kids that if they lie to me, all their teeth will fall out.” And this gem: “I don’t like the summer school …

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Book Month Challenge Day 5: Book You Wish You Could Live In

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. I love the idea of doorways into other worlds. I particularly love the idea of finding another world inside a wardrobe. We don’t have wardrobes in the States, but a lot of people in Thailand have them (though they’re usually rattan, not thick wood).  I …

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