Book Club
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Starting in January 2009, the Sound Mind, Sound Mom Book Club will tackle six books in 12 months. These books are practical, full of time-tested wisdom and helpful advice we can apply in our everyday lives at home. They are:
1. Your Money or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
(Scroll down to read more info about our current selection…)
- reading dates: January 1 - March 5, 2009
- topic: money management
- pages: 400
2. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver
- reading dates: March 19 - May 21, 2009
- topic: food, green and frugal living
- pages: 400
3. Last Child In The Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, by Richard Louv
- reading dates: June 4 - July 16, 2009
- topic: kids and parenting
- pages: 390
4. For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men, by Shaunti Feldhahn
- reading dates: July 30 - August 27, 2009
- topic: taking care of yourself, relationships
- pages: 208
5. It’s All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff, by Peter Walsh
- reading dates: September 10 - October 22, 2009
- topic: organizing, making your home a haven
- pages: 240
6. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, by Stephen R. Covey
- reading dates: November 5 - December 10, 2009
- topic: productivity, simplicity
- pages: 390
Book Club Routine
Each Thursday, new questions will be posted in the Club’s online forum (link to be posted soon), specific to the previous week’s reading assignment. You can answer questions, start discussions, and reflect with your fellow readers all the next week, and anytime thereafter. While a proactive book club will benefit from timely reading, you should never let the schedule keep you from joining the group. Contribute to the discussion wherever you’re at!
In other words, the reading assignments and calendar are set in stone, but you can join in at any time. Discussions about chapter one will remain posted throughout the entire book assignment, and possibly longer.
The tentative plan is also to have a live chat once per book, probably at its end, for final reflections and application. More on that later.
The Book Club is open to anyone and everyone, though the discussions and application will be geared towards moms, home managers, and women in general.
All the book links lead to the books in the Simple Mom Amazon Shop. By purchasing the books through these links (along with any other Amazon purchases), you’ll support this site. This blog being about simple and frugal living, however, I also encourage you to check your local used bookstores and libraries for these titles.
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Current Book:
Your Money or Your Life
Yes, a updated edition of the book was just released in December 2008. I have the previous edition, and as of now, I don’t plan on upgrading. However, if you bought the latest version, that’s great! You can share insight the newest release has to offer. In the meantime, my questions and reflections will be based on the previous edition.
January 1 - Preface to the New Edition and Prologue
January 8 - Chapter 1: The Money Trap: The Old Road Map for Money
January 15 - Chapter 2: Money Ain’t What It Used To Be - And Never Was
January 22 - Chapter 3: Where Is It All Going?
January 29 - Chapter 4: How Much Is Enough? The Nature of Fulfillment
February 5 - Chapter 5: Seeing Progress
February 12 - Chapter 6: The American Dream - On a Shoestring
February 19 - Chapter 7: For Love or Money: Valuing Life Energy - Work and Income
February 26 - Chapter 8: The Crossover Point: The Pot of Gold at the End of the Wall Chart
March 5 - Epilogue and Chapter 9: Now That You’ve Got It, What Are You Going To Do With It?
