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As we round out the last two weeks of mommy content on the podcast, here are the parenting books I read during my pregnancy. I mostly don’t care for the genre for two reasons. The first, the writing isn’t very good. The second, and more important, no one really has any answers that make the gig of being a parent easier. • • That being said, two of the books here were actually good and interesting, Bringing Up Bébé and Cribsheet. So if you’re interested, you should check them out, even if you’re not involved in parenting. • • What’s a book you enjoyed from a genre you don’t tend to like? • • You can also hear #thestacksbookclub discuss Cribsheet on the podcast. Link in bio. 📸: @claireleahy #thestacks It’s Friday. We’re halfway through January. What’s the book you simply MUST read before the month is up? • • For me, that’s Real Life by @brandonlgtaylor. I’ve heard so much good stuff and I need to know if the hype is real. Once I finish American Prison ITS ON! #thestackstbr Cribsheet||Emily Oster • • [thank you @penguinpress for the copy for review] Emily Oster is an economist who uses her professional background in her approach toward parenting. The book uses studies and data to give readers the information they need to be more relaxed and empowered parents. • • I enjoyed this book. It gave me concrete information that I felt could help me to make decisions for my family. Oster is clear and concise but ultimately leaves all decision making up to the parent. I also loved that she wasn’t shy about taking on all the parenting dilemmas from cosleeping to breastfeeding to vaccines. I felt extremely empowered after reading this book. Not because it gave me answers but because it gave me room to make my own choices. • • While this book might not be for people who aren’t engaged in parenting it is a super interesting way to look at and engage with data. Oster teaches us how to do analyze studies and extrapolate the information that allows for informed decision making. And these skills can certainly carryover to other parts of our lives. • • Did you read this book? What did you think? • • We read Cribsheet for #thestacksbookclub and you can hear that conversation with @jennacparris now, wherever you get your podcasts. #thestacksreview Cribsheet by Emily Oster (@profemilyoster)is a must read for any new parents or parents to be. It’s an economists take on all things raising children, and sorts through the studies to give you the facts. This book is different from your average parenting book. It’s super empowering and makes for fantastic conversation. Which is why we’re thrilled to be discussing the book today with Jenna Parris (@jennacparris) of @mamasaidpodcast today for #thestacks bookclub. There are no spoilers on this episode. • • Do you have any favorite parenting books? • • The episode is up now. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts or through the link in bio. Thank you to @penguinpress for sending over a copy of this book. #thestacksbookclub Such a Fun Age||Kiley Reid • • [thanks to @putnambooks for this review copy] The story of a Black babysitter working for a rich White family in Philadelphia. This book works best the less you know, so I’ll be keeping this review as vague as possible (but feel free to slide in my DMs if you’ve got more to say). • • I really enjoyed reading this book, and didn’t want to put it down. Reid is a fantastic writer and storyteller. She is able to flush out an almost predictable story with life and depth in a way most writers can’t. I knew what was coming, but didn’t really care. I also loved the main character Emira, I could see so much of my 25 year old self in her. Reid captures Emira’s insecurities and anxieties in a very believable way. She shows how Black women experience demeaning comments and actions without feeling able or safe to speak up. Also, Emira’s friend group is a highlight of the book. • • This book confronts racism and microaggressions and White saviorism and agency and so much more. I’m glad to see so many people reading this book, but wonder if the obviousness of the transgressions allow White people off the hook, because they would “never be that bad”. • • If you’ve read this book, I’d love to know what you thought of it. • • Shout out to @absorbedinpages for telling me this book was my “kind of fiction”. She was 100% right. So much to think about and discuss in the book. #thestacksreview UNITED WE READ • • Friend of the podcast and past guest @heatherjohnfogarty started an AWESOME challenge around reading a book from every state, DC, and Puerto Rico leading up to the 2020 election to help her get a more nuanced understanding of America. • • She’s focusing on memoir and contemporary fiction for her reading, and she wrote a whole piece as a cover story in today’s @latimes arts & books section (how cool), so check it out! • • Here are a few books I hope to get to for the challenge, and a few I loved that I’ve already read that fit perfectly into the challenge. COLORADO - Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine OKLAHOMA - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann PENNSYLVANIA - Long Bright River by Liz Moore TEXAS - Lot by Bryan Washington INDIANA - Dreamland by Sam Quinones MONTANA - Missoula by John Krakauer LOUISIANA - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Mariano-Lesnevich ALABAMA - Real Life by Brandon Taylor (this might work for a Midwestern state instead...not sure yet) New Jersey - The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs • • As you can see my picks also include a lot of nonfiction. What I love about the challenge is you can mix it up with genres, and be flexible with how you implement what it means to be from a state. • • What’s a book I should add to my list that represents a state? I need suggestions in filling in the blanks! • • If you want to join Heather make sure to use the tag #UnitedWeRead and #52writers52weeks. #thestacks

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