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Aug. 23rd, 2009 02:36 pmBook 52: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, Penny Simkin et al. 475pp
This is another one I was very pleased with. If I were to buy only one reference book on this topic for my own library, this would be the one. Far better than "What to Expect" in every way (I wish I could get my $5 back for that one). It has a much more laid-back presentation, presenting fair and balanced views of all the options available rather than assuming you're automatically having a hospital birth with all the trimmings. It doesn't spend a lot of time focusing on the pregnancy part, but the childbirth/labour section was easily the best I've read so far. Lots of detail and good information (that I'll probably never remember when I need it, but that's irrelevant).
Book 53: In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson. 304pp
I found it a nice, educational springboard toward knowledge about Australia. Because, honestly, I really know nothing about the place besides that![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
misspennycarrol lives there and that automatically makes it awesome.
Some reviewers claim that his observations are very generalised and a bit biased. This may or may not be true. Having never been to Australia and all, I wouldn't be the one to know. I do know he has a fixation on bars and pubs. Were I to go down there, the bars and pubs are not where I would be going... His fixations on dangerous wildlife are incredibly amusing and I thoroughly enjoyed the narrative.
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Well, I've officially already made my goal of one book per week for the year, so I'm ahead of my game here. This makes me happy. Not that I intend to stop reading now, but hoping I can keep up a fairly steady pace.
This is another one I was very pleased with. If I were to buy only one reference book on this topic for my own library, this would be the one. Far better than "What to Expect" in every way (I wish I could get my $5 back for that one). It has a much more laid-back presentation, presenting fair and balanced views of all the options available rather than assuming you're automatically having a hospital birth with all the trimmings. It doesn't spend a lot of time focusing on the pregnancy part, but the childbirth/labour section was easily the best I've read so far. Lots of detail and good information (that I'll probably never remember when I need it, but that's irrelevant).
Book 53: In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson. 304pp
I found it a nice, educational springboard toward knowledge about Australia. Because, honestly, I really know nothing about the place besides that
misspennycarrol lives there and that automatically makes it awesome.Some reviewers claim that his observations are very generalised and a bit biased. This may or may not be true. Having never been to Australia and all, I wouldn't be the one to know. I do know he has a fixation on bars and pubs. Were I to go down there, the bars and pubs are not where I would be going... His fixations on dangerous wildlife are incredibly amusing and I thoroughly enjoyed the narrative.
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Well, I've officially already made my goal of one book per week for the year, so I'm ahead of my game here. This makes me happy. Not that I intend to stop reading now, but hoping I can keep up a fairly steady pace.
