4 Books I finished in December

Help Club for Moms

Rating: 10/10

Review: This book is a must read for every mom with children under 15. It’s full of practical tips and inspiration for raising young children!

Being a mom can wear your down, this book will BUILD YOU UP! I know as moms that we don’t have a lot of time to read, but this book is WORTH your TIME!! Reading just one page a day can give you a little ‘boost’ of inspiration for the day.

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Help Club for Moms Companion Guide

Rating: 8/10

Review: This is a simple guide that allows you to think deeper and reflect on each chapter of the Help Club for Moms book.

Who was Martin Luther King, Jr?

Rating: 8/10

Review: A simple, yet good overview of Dr. Martin Luther King’s life.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

Rating: 10/10

Review: I listened to this autobiography of Frederick Douglas on my free Hoopla app.

Frederick Douglas shares stories from his early life in this book. He tells how he was separated from his mother before he turned one. Older slave women, who can no longer work in the fields, would take care of the young children until they can work. He said he never had any pants, shoes, or socks for the first 7 years of his life and remembers being SO cold through the Maryland winters.

When Frederick was around 7 (he’s not sure exactly of his age), he was sold to assist a woman and her son. Frederick was her first slave. He said at first, the woman was kind like a mother, but being a slave owner “changed” her. She became hard and mean. He noticed this over and over, how owning slaves changed people.

He shares how when he escaped to freedom, he expected to see poverty in the north, since Northerners did not own slaves. But the OPPOSITE was true! The North had class, wealth, and was full of people who worked hard without oppression.

Though many of the stories he shares about his life as a slave were hard to read, the book is excellent and I highly recommend it.

My next post will include a summary of all the books I read in 2020, followed by my FAVORITE books of the year!

Thanks for reading!