The Ten Year Nap Review


PUB DATE: April 2008

Thank You to Caitlin at FSB for sending me this book.

I was curious to read it when Caitlin sent me the email about the book. I am a stay at home mom and I have been out of the work place for almost 7 years now. For me it was important that I stayed home to raise my son. I grew up in a house where my mother stayed home, as did most mother’s in the 70’s. I watched friends and family who had kids and both parents worked and their kids went to daycare for the day. They would often say how they didn’t have time at night to really spend with their kids. For me personally I wanted to stay home so that I could spend time with my son, cause I know there will be a day when he doesn’t want me around.

Last year I put my son into a preschool to not only introduce him to school but to also gaining some Independence so that I could go back to work. That was suppose to be the plan for kinder garden. While he was at school I would work part time but that didn’t happen because he didn’t make the transition into school that well. If you know me then you know what a hard 6-8 weeks I had. So seeing that things are going a little better we started to talk about me going back to work in the fall of 09. My son has told me that right now he worries about having to go to after school daycare and how long a day he will have. So in the fall when I go back to work I think it will only be part time so that I am still able to be home when he gets off the bus instead of the daycare.

Anyways about the book its about four New York women who have decided to give up their careers so that they can stay home to raise there kids.

Amy ten years ago was a lawyer. She is married for 13 years. Her husband is a lawyer. Her plan was to have her son and then go back to work after her maternity leave but she had a change of plan. They managed to rearrange their fiances so that she could stay home. Ten years later seeing that her son is more independent and doesn’t need her around she is wondering what to do.

Jill, Amy’s best friend from college has left NYC to live in the burbs with her husband and daughter. Jill was unable to conceive so they adopted a little girl from Siberia. She misses her friends.

Roberta was an artist who had made her big break when she took time off to have her two kids. She manages to put her passion as an artist into her daily life to do arts and crafts with her kids. Perhaps that could be a venue she could think about.

Karen is the homemaker of the group. She is married and loves the idea of staying home and not having to work which is a shame as Karen is a math whiz who could probably make alot of money if she choices to work. She does go on interviews but always turns down positions that is offered to her.

As excited as I was to read the book I found it hard to read at times. I thought at times things dragged on and it seemed like it was a long chapter then a short one etc. I decided that perhaps in a few months I will pick it up to read again and maybe I will be able to enjoy it more.

Here are some other bloggers who have read the book:
Donna

Tina

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The Misadventures of Oliver Booth Review


TITLE: The Misadventures of Oliver Booth
AUTHOR: David Desmond
PUB DATE: October 2008
ISBN: 9781929774562

Thank You to Julie at FSB for contacting me and asking me if I would be interested in reading and reviewing this book. I was after reading what the book was about.

Oliver Booth is the kind of person who wants to mingle and join the high society of Palm Beach. Oliver is obese, foul smelling, pesky, ambitious and an abrasive social climber. He is not the kind of person most people want to find themselves seated across from at dinner. He runs an antique shop filled with overpriced Mexican reproductions of Louis XIV.

Oliver has many misadventures that make the story funny. From loosing his balance and landing in the pool at Morningwood that made the news to getting beat up by a woman, to going to court and getting bit by his dog.

Oliver spends his time being obnoxious to his staff, bathing, and not paying his bills. Everything is past due and it doesn’t seem to bother him. When Margaret Van Buren wanders into the shop looking for a bathroom for her grandson, she meets Oliver and his latest assistant, Bernard. When Bernard manages to get her to buy a commode that he picked out. She sees that Bernard has an eye for real antiques and offers them an opportunity of a lifetime- an all expenses paid shopping trip to Paris to find antiques to furnish her guest house. Bernard is just happy for the opportunity to work and learn and Oliver just wants to charge Mrs. Van Buren as much commission as he possibly can, will both men be able to get what they want? Will Mrs. Van Buren catch on to what Oliver is up too?

I enjoyed reading this quick read. It was funny to see how Oliver thought he should get everything that came his way and he had no problem taking advantage of people. It was nice to see what came to him in the end.

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