For February, I read The Girls by Lori Lansens. Suggested by another birth mother for my book review series, I picked it up from our local library and then started wondering why my friend said this would be a good pick for my book review series. From what I could tell, the birth parent part of the story line ended with the girls' birth. (Read on to find out how I was wrong.)

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Having just read and reviewed Singing Bird, I decided to search my library's internet catalog for books on adoption in the fiction genre. I have most of my non-fiction books picked out for this year's coming reviews so I wanted to see what was available. My findings? Not much!

I don't know why I was shocked. I don't know why I feel like I've been punched in the gut. I don't know why it feels like, once again, I'm an ignored part of the triad. I should... more

I've finished my first book in my monthly book review series!

Singing Bird by Roisin McAuley (2004, fiction) was a surprising, interesting, devastating and inspirational tale about adoption. Set in Ireland with stops in England and France, it's a look into other countries and their adoption... more

Thanks for all of your suggestions, inquiries and other great ideas on my previous post. I've got a lot of good ideas for the coming year and I can't wait to get started on them to share with you, my readers.

Along with that, in 2007, I am going to post one book review per month on this blog. Once per month, I will read and write about a book that covers an adoption topic. As I am a birth mother, I will be reading both fiction and... more

The Girls Who Went Away and Ann Fessler, its author, just won a new honor. The book has been named as one of the Top Ten Amazon Picks.

"The Book" as Dr. G. has described it was not a shocking revelation for me as it has been for some. Don't get me wrong, I love the book for the impact that it is having. It is also a well-written and researched book of great value. The book is doing a superb job getting out the stories... more

Playing off Adrienne's recent book review and gift ideas from Coley for your placed child, I offer up this book review. Books are my thing as I'm a huge book nerd so I always try to buy the Munchkin books as presents. However, this was the first adoption related book that I bought for... more

For those who don't know me well, I'm an avid reader; a self-professed book worm, if you will. It's surprising to me that I waited until just this week to get my library card when we've been living in the city since February. However, I have it and now the never-ending book reading (without emptying the bank account) can commence! I will be reviewing books that have something to do with adoption here on this blog.

In saying that, it makes sense, knowing me, that my first two books are... more