This is a list of books I’ve read and links to notes that I’ve taken the time to type up. This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while and I will continue to add notes from past books as I have time.
Please note, links are to my notes. They are NOT a summary of the book or a review. The notes are sections of the book that struck me in some way while reading them. I enjoy going back to see what I found interesting and looking at my notes lets me see themes in my thought that I don’t always notice otherwise. Some books have a lot of notes, particularly if it’s a new topic for me. Some books have very few notes which tends to happen if I’m already familiar with a lot of the ideas and have already digested them.
The War of Art
by Steven Pressfield
Date Read: June 2022 | Rating: 9/10
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Authentic Relationships in Group Care for Infants and Toddlers – RIE: Principles Into Practice
by Stephanie Petrie and Sue Owen
Date Read: November 2020 | Rating 10/10
An incredibly thorough resource about putting using the RIE approach as taught by Magda Gerber and Emmi Pikler to efficiently improve the quality of early education and infant care and why it is imperative that we do so.
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The RIE Manual: For Parents and Professionals
Edited by Magda Gerber
Date Read: November 2020 | Rating: 10/10
An amazing resource on the philosophy and research supporting the Educaring™ approach developed by Magda Gerber as she learned it from her mentor Emmi Pikler. Dense but easy to read and very rewarding. So very glad I read this book.
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Parent Effectiveness Training
by Thomas Gordon
Date Read: July 2020 | Rating 10/10
Practical steps to use right away to improve your relationships with your kids or anyone else. Though the book has been around forever, it is just as relevant today. Highly recommended.
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Experience & Education
by John Dewey
Date Read: July 2020 | Rating: 9/10
A short but dense book by one of the most important figures in progressive education theory. This book discusses the need for a new theory of education that avoids the “either-or” thinking and is based on the student’s experience.
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Mathematician’s Lament
by Paul Lockhart
Date Read: July 2020 | Rating: 10/10
Notes coming soon…
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Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World
by Stan Cox
Date Read: July 2018
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The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
by Alice Miller
Date Read: May 2020 | Rating: 10/10
Notes coming soon…
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The Continuum Concept: Allowing Nature to Work Successfully
by Jean Liedloff
Date Read: May 2020 | Rating: 10/10
Notes coming soon…
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For Your Own Good
by Alice Miller
Date Read: February 2020 | Rating: 10/10
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Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
by Pete Walker
Date Read: Jan 2020 | Rating 10/10
Notes coming soon…
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Air-Conditioning America
by Gail Cooper
Date Read: May 2019 | Rating: 9/10
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The Simple Path to Wealth
by JL Collins
Date Read: May 2019 | Rating: 9/10
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Punished by Rewards
by Alfie Kohn
Date Read: February 2019 | Rating: 10/10
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Your Self-Confident Baby
by Magda Gerber
Date Read: Mar 2019 | Rating: 9/10
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Instead of Education
by John Holt
Date Read: January 2020 | Rating:
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Elevating Childcare
by Janet Lansbury
Date Read: Jan 2019 | Rating: 10/10
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Thermal Delight in Architecture
by Lisa Heschong
Date Read: Dec 2018 | Rating: 10/10
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No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline without Shame
by Janet Lansbury
Date Read: Jan 2019 | Rating: 10/10
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How Children Fail
by John Holt
Date Read: Dec 2018 | Rating:
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Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect
by Magda Gerber
Date Read: November 2018 | Ratin: 10/10
The foundational work for Magda Gerber’s Educaring™ approach known as RIE® or Resources for Infant Educarers. A practical and useful book that shows parents how to put respectful parenting into practice.
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
by Marie Kondo
Date Read: September 2018 | Rating: 10/10
This book lives up to the title. I really can’t believe how much this book has changed my life. Every week or so for the last couple of years I think of this book and how grateful I am that I read it. It has helped me prioritize better, get more done, become my more authentic self. Can’t recommend it enough.
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The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
by La Leche League
Date Read: August 2018 | Rating: 10/10
Every new mother who has any interest in breastfeeding should read this. So much information that you won’t get anywhere else. Can’t recommend it enough.
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Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World
by Stan Cox
Date Read: July 2018 | Rating:
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad
by Robert Kiyosaki
Date Read: June 2018
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Think and Grow Rich
by Napolean Hill
Date Read: November 2014
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Deschooling Society
by Ivan Illich
Date Read: 2012
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Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
Date Read: 2011
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Dumbing Us Down
by John Taylor Gatto
Date Read: 2009
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The Ascent of Humanity
by Charles Eisenstein
Date Read: 2009
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The Underground History of American Education
by John Taylor Gatto
Date Read: 2009
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A Pattern Language
by Christopher Alexander
Date Read: 2007
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The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A natural History of Four Meals
by Micheal Pollan
Date Read: June 2006
Notes coming soon…
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The Unprejudiced Palate: Classic Thoughts on Food and the Good Life
by Angelo Pellegrini
Date Read: 2006
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The Wine Bible
by Karen MacNeil
Date Read: Jan 2005
Notes coming soon…
My Notes | Amazon | AbeBooks
Authentic Relationships in Group Care for Infants and Toddlers – RIE: Principles Into Practice
by Stephanie Petrie and Sue Owen
Date Read: November 2020 | Rating 10/10
An incredibly thorough resource about putting using the RIE approach as taught by Magda Gerber and Emmi Pikler to efficiently improve the quality of early education and infant care and why it is imperative that we do so.
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
The RIE Manual: For Parents and Professionals
Edited by Magda Gerber
Date Read: November 2020 | Rating: 10/10
An amazing resource on the philosophy and research supporting the Educaring™ approach developed by Magda Gerber as she learned it from her mentor Emmi Pikler. Dense but easy to read and very rewarding. So very glad I read this book.
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
Parent Effectiveness Training
by Thomas Gordon
Date Read: July 2020 | Rating 10/10
Practical steps to use right away to improve your relationships with your kids or anyone else. Though the book has been around forever, it is just as relevant today. Highly recommended.
My Notes | PURCHASE
Experience & Education
by John Dewey
Date Read: July 2020 | Rating: 9/10
A short but dense book by one of the most important figures in progressive education theory. This book discusses the need for a new theory of education that avoids the “either-or” thinking and is based on the student’s experience.
My Notes | Purchase
Mathematician’s Lament
by Paul Lockhart
Date Read: July 2020 | Rating: 10/10
Notes coming soon…
My Notes | Amazon | AbeBooks
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
by Alice Miller
Date Read: May 2020 | Rating: 10/10
Notes coming soon…
My Notes | Purchase
The Continuum Concept: Allowing Nature to Work Successfully
by Jean Liedloff
Date Read: May 2020 | Rating: 10/10
Notes coming soon…
My Notes | Purchase
For Your Own Good
by Alice Miller
Date Read: February 2020 | Rating: 10/10
My Notes | Purchase
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
by Pete Walker
Date Read: Jan 2020 | Rating 10/10
Notes coming soon…
My Notes | Purchase
Punished by Rewards
by Alfie Kohn
Date Read: February 2019 | Rating: 10/10
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
Your Self-Confident Baby
by Magda Gerber
Date Read: Mar 2019 | Rating: 9/10
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
Instead of Education
by John Holt
Date Read: January 2020 | Rating:
My Notes | Purchase
Elevating Childcare
by Janet Lansbury
Date Read: Jan 2019 | Rating: 10/10
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline without Shame
by Janet Lansbury
Date Read: Jan 2019 | Rating: 10/10
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
How Children Fail
by John Holt
Date Read: Dec 2018 | Rating:
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect
by Magda Gerber
Date Read: November 2018 | Ratin: 10/10
The foundational work for Magda Gerber’s Educaring™ approach known as RIE® or Resources for Infant Educarers. A practical and useful book that shows parents how to put respectful parenting into practice.
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
by La Leche League
Date Read: August 2018 | Rating: 10/10
Every new mother who has any interest in breastfeeding should read this. So much information that you won’t get anywhere else. Can’t recommend it enough.
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
Deschooling Society
by Ivan Illich
Date Read: 2012
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
Dumbing Us Down
by John Taylor Gatto
Date Read: 2009
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
The Underground History of American Education
by John Taylor Gatto
Date Read: 2009
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
A Pattern Language
by Christopher Alexander
Date Read: 2007 | Rating: 10/10
This is one of those books you don’t forget. It’s had a wide influence beyond architecture and is considered to have contributed to the development of object-oriented programming. This book names patterns that make up well built buildings and I can’t help but think of them any time I encounter a space.
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Thermal Delight in Architecture
by Lisa Heschong
Date Read: Dec 2018 | Rating: 10/10
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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe, Book 1 – The Phenomenon of Life
by Christopher Alexander
Date Read: 2007 | Rating: 9/10
This book changed the way I think of things and gave a very useful framework for thinking about everything. The only reason I didn’t give it a 10 is that I feel it could have benefitted from being shorter and more concise.
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Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World
by Stan Cox
Date Read: July 2018
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
Air-Conditioning America
by Gail Cooper
Date Read: May 2019 | Rating: 9/10
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
The Simple Path to Wealth
by JL Collins
Date Read: May 2019 | Rating: 9/10
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
by Robert Kiyosaki
Date Read: June 2018 | Rating: 7/10
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
by Marie Kondo
Date Read: September 2018 | Rating: 10/10
This book lives up to the title. I really can’t believe how much this book has changed my life. Every week or so for the last couple of years I think of this book and how grateful I am that I read it. It has helped me prioritize better, get more done, become my more authentic self. Can’t recommend it enough.
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
The War of Art
by Steven Pressfield
Date Read: June 2022 | Rating: 7/10
My Notes | Amazon | AbeBooks
Think and Grow Rich
by Napolean Hill
Date Read: November 2014
MY NOTES | PURCHASE
The Effective Executive
by Peter Drucker
Date Read: 2012