{"id":630,"date":"2017-12-04T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/?p=630"},"modified":"2017-11-18T17:23:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T17:23:57","slug":"books-worth-buying-part-2-for-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/books-worth-buying-part-2-for-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Books Worth Buying Part 2 for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year I have been writing down what I have been reading. I&#8217;m curious as to how<br \/>\nmany books I am reading, and how many I would actually want to buy. It has been a<br \/>\ngreat experiment, and I&#8217;ve learned a lot of things. Out of 300 plus books, this is what<br \/>\nI have discovered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>99% of all books are published in China, and if it didn&#8217;t come from China it was<br \/>\nMalaysia. If you are wondering how many American books were published, I will<br \/>\nhave to disappoint you. I think there might have been two.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Out of 300 books, only one book was published in Canada! How disappointing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Books with morals, or with a teaching lesson, are few and far between.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A great majority of art within books is being digitally produced. I find this interesting.<br \/>\nIf you want to know more about digital art you can<br \/>\nread this:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/why-digital-art-pt-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/why-digital-art-pt-2\/\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whelp, here you go. These are the ones I consider worth reading and actually putting<br \/>\non your bookshelf!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dec-4-2017-children-Books-Worth-Buying-Images-of-Books-L.A.jpg?resize=978%2C1321\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"1321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dec-4-2017-children-Books-Worth-Buying-Images-of-Books-L.A.jpg?w=978&amp;ssl=1 978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dec-4-2017-children-Books-Worth-Buying-Images-of-Books-L.A.jpg?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dec-4-2017-children-Books-Worth-Buying-Images-of-Books-L.A.jpg?resize=768%2C1037&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dec-4-2017-children-Books-Worth-Buying-Images-of-Books-L.A.jpg?resize=758%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thousand-Star-Hotel-Dokee-Brothers\/dp\/1454918306\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511019997&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=Thousand+Star+Hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thousand Star Hotel<\/a> by The Okee Dokee Brothers<\/li>\n<li>I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Love-You-Baby-Claire-Freedman\/dp\/1481499041\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020016&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=I+love+you+baby+Claire+Freedman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Love <\/a>You Baby! Claire Freedman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Invisible-Lizard-Kurt-Cyrus\/dp\/1585363782\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020027&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Invisible+Lizard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Invisible Lizard<\/a> Kurt Cyrus<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-Small-Person-Lauren-Child\/dp\/0763678104\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020039&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+New+Small+person\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Small Person<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lauren Child<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/You-Belong-Here-M-H-Clark\/dp\/1938298993\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020455&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=You+Belong+here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You Belong Here<\/a>\u00a0 M.H. Clark<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gold-Leaf-Kirsten-Hall\/dp\/1592702147\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020062&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Gold+Leaf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gold Leaf<\/a> Kirsten Hall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Life-Cynthia-Rylant\/dp\/1481451626\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020073&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=life+cynthia+rylant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life<\/a> Cynthia Rylant<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nerdy-Birdy-Tweets-Aaron-Reynolds\/dp\/1626721289\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020084&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Nerdy+Birdy+Tweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nerdy Birdy Tweets<\/a>\u00a0 Aaron Reynolds<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Some-Moms-Nick-Bland\/dp\/0762462000\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020097&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Some+Moms+Nick+Bland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Some Moms<\/a> Nick Bland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Big-Little-Are-Best-Friends\/dp\/0545870976\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020110&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Big+and+Little+are+best+friends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big and Little Are Best Friends<\/a>\u00a0 Michael Garland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Take-Your-Time-Galapagos-Tortoise\/dp\/0805095217\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020131&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Take+Your+Time%3A+A+tale+of+harriet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take Your Time: A Tale of Harriet, the Galapagos Tortoise<\/a>\u00a0 Eva Furrow<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Splatypus-Sudipta-Bardhan-Quallen-ebook\/dp\/B01LY6DM5B\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020147&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Splatypus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Splatypus<\/a>\u00a0 Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Miles-McHale-Tattletale-Little-Boost\/dp\/1515807533\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020161&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Miles+McHale%2C+Tattletale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miles McHale, Tattletale<\/a> Christianne C. Jones<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/River-Alessandro-Sanna\/dp\/1592701493\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020201&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+River+Sanna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The River<\/a> Alessandro Sanna<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Whats-This-Room-Tom-Lichtenheld\/dp\/0316592862\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020212&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=What%27s+with+this+room+Tom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What\u2019s With This Room?<\/a> Tom Lichtenheld<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10 and up Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Came-Home-Amy-Timberlake\/dp\/0375873457\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020172&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=One+Came+Home+Amy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-633\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/One-Came-Home-Book.jpg?resize=199%2C290\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/One-Came-Home-Book.jpg?w=342&amp;ssl=1 342w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/One-Came-Home-Book.jpg?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Came-Home-Amy-Timberlake\/dp\/0375873457\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020172&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=One+Came+Home+Amy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Came Home<\/a> Amy Timberlake<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Golden-Goblet-Newbery-Library-Puffin\/dp\/0140303359\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020949&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Golden+Goblet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-634\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/The-Golden-Goblet-Book.jpg?resize=188%2C288\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/The-Golden-Goblet-Book.jpg?w=326&amp;ssl=1 326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/The-Golden-Goblet-Book.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Golden-Goblet-Newbery-Library-Puffin\/dp\/0140303359\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020949&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Golden+Goblet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Golden Goblet Eloise<\/a> Jarvis McGraw<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adult Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Captivate-Succeeding-Vanessa-Van-Edwards\/dp\/0399564489\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020974&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Captivate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-635\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Captivate-The-Science-of-Succeeding-with-People-Book.jpg?resize=331%2C499\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Captivate-The-Science-of-Succeeding-with-People-Book.jpg?w=331&amp;ssl=1 331w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Captivate-The-Science-of-Succeeding-with-People-Book.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Captivate-Succeeding-Vanessa-Van-Edwards\/dp\/0399564489\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1511020974&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Captivate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People<\/a> Vanessa Van Edwards<\/p>\n<p>I really like Vanessa. I have been in all her classes, and I wish I would have learned these skills<br \/>\nearlier in life. It would have saved me so much\u00a0pain. She brought this book out<br \/>\na few months ago, and it is a good introduction to not only her but also to some<br \/>\nlife-changing skills. It&#8217;s a great book.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want more book suggestions, you can read what made the 2017\u00a0part 1 list here:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/books-worth-buying-part-1-for-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/wordpress\/books-worth-buying-part-1-for-2017\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year I have been writing down what I have been reading. I&#8217;m curious as to how many books I am reading, and how many I would actually want to buy. It has been a great experiment, and I&#8217;ve learned &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/books-worth-buying-part-2-for-2017\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-children-books-age-0-5","category-children-books-age-10-15","category-children-books-age-5-10"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/July-18-2017-Books-Worth-Buying-Part1-2017-L.A.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5khoZ-aa","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":644,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions\/644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameswritinganddesign.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}