What is on your Summer Reading list? Some of our favorite titles for Summer reading from Quarto Knows Books include books that will encourage and challenge your thought process. Have you thought about how you can reduce your waste or be kinder? How about becoming a more focused mom without losing yourself in the process? And lastly, learn the history of several notable figures from mythology and folklore. This is certainly an eclectic list. One that will fill your Summer reading with a lot to think about and consider.
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Some of our favorite titles for Summer reading from Quarto Knows Books
Be Kind
This book has inspiration and encouragement for ways to show kindness. It was published in partnership with the nonprofit organization Kindness.org. “Be Kind” has 52 weeks of ways to help you choose kindness.
Weekly suggestions for an act of kindness are broken down into following areas:
- Showing kindness toward those around you (service workers, colleagues, neighbors)
- Ways to show kindness to self
- Things to do with kids to show kindness to others
- How you can show kindness as a group
- Activities to show kindness to the environment
- Ways to show cyber-kindness to those we interact with online
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Mindful Thoughts for Mothers
This book is a journey of loving-awareness and was written to show the bigger picture of the life of a mom. It helps mom to stay focused on having a mindful awareness to important moments on the mothering journey. Any mom will tell you that joy is found in the little moments and that it can be easy to get caught up in the rush of life and miss out on the joy of being a mom.
Focus areas of motherhood being covered include:
- The first few months
- Your identity as a mother
- Tantrums
- Teenagers
- Boundaries and compromise
Being a mom is certainly one of the best blessings in life but it can also be the biggest challenge. This book was written to help parents walk the parenting journey through remembering to keep the larger picture in mind. Don’t get caught up in the details. It made me think of the saying; pick your battles. There are 25 reflection areas of motherhood covered. Each are there to help you find greater self-understanding and to help you navigate along this exciting journey.
Not So Mumsy
This book is all about finding happiness, confidence and your own style of motherhood. Written to encourage any mom that is struggling to define herself in the role of being a mom. It’s for the mom that struggled to conceive as well as the one that became pregnant on the first time. We all know that becoming a mom changes everything in our life. But do we need to lose ourselves in the process? Finding that balance between being yourself and a mom takes time to navigate but is doable.
This book is for those moms that love and embrace all things motherhood, but also need to hold on to their sense of self and style. Whether you are blessed with a strong support team or are going at motherhood all alone; this book will help you find yourself in this role. Think of this book as the village you always heard was needed to raise a child.
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Hidden Places
Be ready to be transported around the globe as the author highlights twenty-five of the “world’s most obscured places”. Travel along to remote locations that you have to climb around and wade through to catch a just a glimpse of what used to be there. Forgotten cities that have just recently been rediscovered. As well as secret places that were purposefully hidden when built to serve as sanctuaries from persecution. Each of the twenty-five locations around the globe are presented with a unique view.
There is so much of the world that most of us will never see. Some of the places visited in this book will touch your heart as well as blow your mind. Be ready to want to plan your own discovery trip when you finish this book. The author would love for readers to just take a moment to delight in the serenity and seclusion of the secret escapes collected in this beautifully illustrated guide, full of surprise, wonder and sights otherwise unseen.
An Almost Zero Waste
If you are looking for ways to reduce your global footprint, this is the book for you. In this book, the author guides your journey to a sustainable living lifestyle. Starting slowly and with small steps you can begin to see how this lifestyle is attainable and realistic. Throughout the book, the author shares her tips, strategies, recipes, and DIY projects for reducing waste.
What is zero waste living? Simply stated it is attempting to send no waste to landfills. Yes, this is something you can at least make huge changes in your waste without going off the grid. You don’t have to live in the middle of 20 acres with no power or running water. Yes, even a regular person living in a subdivision can live an almost zero waste lifestyle. Living a zero waste lifestyle isn’t necessarily about reaching a zero waste, but more about changing the way we see the world around us. Think it is as ways you can make better choices when it comes to single use plastic items or some of the convenience items that we all love to use.
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Warriors, Witches, Women
Settle down and dig into the history of several notable figures from mythology and folklore. Learn about feminist fairies, half-human harpies, and protective Vodou goddesses just to name a few.
Each of these stories are powerful. Some of the heroines include:
- Bewitching, banished Circe, an introvert famed and feared for her transfigurative powers.
- The righteous Furies, defiantly unrepentant about their dedication to justice.
- Fun-loving Ame-no-Uzume who makes quarrelling friends laugh and terrifies monsters by flashing at them.
- The fateful Morai sisters who spin a complex web of birth, life and death.
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My Thoughts on these Summer Reading Titles
I am a lover of books. I read several a week and finding a large variety is never a problem on Quarto Knows. They have something for everyone! Each of these titles have been interesting to say the least. I’ve learned more about being a mom and gran as well as being forced to think about the amount of waste I toss in the trash can without thinking. And while I am not necessarily a fan of mythology and folklore; one of my adult daughter loved it. And finally, I think we can all agree that if everyone was a little kinder to each other, the world would be a better place.
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