For the 2017 Goodreads Challenge, I put down that I would read 100 books this year—yes, less than last year—but I wanted to give myself more time in between to enjoy the books I was reading rather than rushing through.
I actually ended up reading MORE than the 100 books and read 158! Here are my […]
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Shh Moms Love… Denise’s Top Picks of 2017
Denise here… 2017 was another great year in books. Here are my favorites of this year!
1. American Queen by Sierra Simone —Yes, while reading this one I really did say Shh…Mom’s Reading.
2. American Prince by Sierra Simone—Embry be still my heart,; Your love; your sacrifices; I want to know what happens next and I don’t want it to […]
Shh Moms Love…. Disney books that engage Young Readers
Denise here… as a Disney Mom I was smiling big when I received an email from Disney Publishing Worldwide offering Jeremy the chance to review for them.
Jeremy selected Suspect Read by L.M. Elliott (review below), Art of Coloring: Mickey & Minnie: 100 Images to Inspire Creativity http://amzn.to/2noglDA and Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Percy Jackson Coloring Book http://amzn.to/2BIBHi0.
It just […]
Shh Moms Love… Witnessing Your Son Discovering the Beauty of the Written Word
Denise here…
I am sharing my experience witnessing our younger son Jeremy falling in love with the written word.
Last year Jeremy had a true educator as a 5th grade ELA (English Language Arts for those not familiar with the new schooling terminology).
Mrs. Picone took a deep interest in her students—reading countless middle school books so she […]
Shh Moms Love… Seeing the Community Come Together
Denise here… This Shh Moms Love post is about the beauty of witnessing the book community come together for a cause.
I have been so moved over the past 5 years with the pouring of support for the Keith Milano Memorial Fund. After losing Keith 13 years ago to suicide we made it our family’s mission […]
Shh Moms Love…. watching your husband fall in love with a great book!
Denise here… it was so much fun over the past few days witnessing Mr. Sprung fall in love with a great book! It started with him telling us some of the stories Sean Avery shared in his autobiography and continued as he asked me to show him how to read the book on his iPhone […]
Shh Moms Love… Finding New Authors
I wanted to share some of my experiences as a blogger over the past almost 5 years since Christine and I founded Shh Mom’s Reading™
I love finding new authors. One of my favorite things about blogging is finding a book that moves me and shouting out about it from the rooftops! It’s even more amazing […]
Shh Moms Love: Golf Summer Camp
Hey Everyone!
Christine here 🙂 For our post about what we love this week… I want to talk golf!
As the summer winds down and the kids have been in school for a week already, I reflect on our summer vacation and what my kids really enjoyed doing this summer. Yes, we went to Disney and Universal […]
Shh Moms… Remembering September 11th
Today we remember those lost on September 11th. As we reflect on this day, we wanted to share some wonderful stories of courage and remembrance.
We have used many of these resources with our own children.
The Man in the Red Bandana is the powerful story of Welles Crowther who on September 11th perished saving others:
Children’s book written by Wells’ sister http://amzn.to/2cGBSOL
Adult […]
Shh Moms Love… DISNEY!
Welcome to our new feature… Shh Moms LOVE! We know that this is primarily a book blog and an outlet for us to share our love of books and authors. But as moms and wives and businesswomen, we wanted to try something new. We wanted to share our love of all things—whether it be things […]