August 2024 Book Reading List

August was a big month reading-wise. It’s almost as if I was trying to make of for all the prior light reading months.

After all, I read a whopping 30 books to my daughter. She’s just been bringing me a stack of books and insisting I read them all.

And while my son is reading to himself a lot, he still enjoys being read to. I read nine different books to him.

Finally, I was able to read and finish two books for myself.

Books I Read to My Children

Books I Read to My Son

Here are the nine books I read to my son:

• 5 Little Apples
• Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
• First-Grade Bunny
• Freight Train
• Great Day for Up
• I Want to Sleep Under the Stars
• Rosie the Dragon and Charlie Make Waves
• The Berenstain Bears Get Stage Fright
• What Happens When a Loved One Dies? Our First Talk About Death

Books I Read to My Daughter

Here are the thirty books I read to my daughter:

• 5 Little Apples
• Beach Bummer
• Bert & Ernie’s First Book of Opposites
• Biscuit
• Biscuit Wins a Prize
• City Dog, Country Frog
• Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
• Elephants Cannot Dance!
• Fancy Nancy and the Delectable Cupcakes
• First-Grade Bunny
• Following Papa’s Song
• Freight Train
• Friends for a Princess
• Great Day for Up
• Harry’s Hats
• I Am Invited to a Party!
• I Like Fish
• I Love You, Stinky Face
• I Want to Sleep Under the Stars
• I Will Take a Nap!
• Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia
• Mickey and the Roadster Racers Mickey’s Perfecto Day!
• Peppa Pig The Pumpkin Contest
• The Berenstain Bears Get Stage Fright
• There is a Bird on Your Head!
• Tiny the Snow Dog
• Toy Story 2 Me Too, Woody!
• What Happens When a Loved One Dies? Our First Talk About Death
• What was I Scared Of?
• Winnie the Pooh and His Friends A Reel Fishy Story

The Books I Read for Me

I read The Blue Zones Challenge: A 4-Week Plan for a Longer, Better Life by Dan Buettner.

The gist of the book was instead of directly changing your behavior, change them indirectly by changing your environment. The book was okay, but ultimately disappointing for two reasons:

One, I read it through Libby and ultimately my Kindle. It has “diary” entries to fill in, which don’t work in ebook form.

Two, in order to use the book effectively it wanted to you go online and take a survey, which requires email address. I’m reading the book because I explicitly do not want to reference anything outside the book. It’s okay if it gives source material or suggestions, but making it feel required was off-putting.

The important stuff can be found by watching the Netflix show Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones. Hopefully there’s a better book out there if someone wants to get the same information but with text.

I also continued reading Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, this time Foundation and Empire.