“when the reading of such literature is associated with idleness…a woman‘s thoughts and feelings cannot be other than impure and sensual…novel-reading causes, at the very least, fretting, nightmares and a bad complexion.”
That explains so much! 😂
#foodandlit #Canada @Catsandbooks
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It's so crazy how fast this pregnancy has flown by! She's almost here, and I can't wait. I just wish my mama was here to see this. It's been one year without her, and it hurts so bad, especially because I knew she wanted to have a granddaughter so badly.
On a lighter note, here are some of the books that my fiancée and I read to babygirl. Definitely not all of them, but some of them.
pickA review & an announcement
💙I‘m growing a little dude, due February 2025 💙
Read (my 1st pregnancy book!) with the obvious motivation of confirming my own biases 😂 which worked like a charm. While I won‘t take all her research to heart (a glass of wine with dinner just feels wrong), there were a few things that made me think further (genetic testing, birth plans) & copious amounts of data that proved my intuition right (cats, sushi, epidurals)
pickWhen you‘re up till 3 am reading a book, that should tell you how good it is. Set in #Ireland, deep into WWII, the Spanish flu, and the torn Irish population between the English and Irish rebels, our main character tried to save the lives of the pregnant women with the flu and their babies. Non-stop, with a serious amount of emotion, extraordinary detail about birthing at this time—when it was still so dangerous even without the flu, and heart. ❤️
The stars are so bright, I‘m dazzled! I looked up and found the Great Bear. I told her, In Italy, they used to blame the influence of the constellations for making them sick—that‘s where influenza comes from.
Bridie took that notion in stride. As if, when it‘s your time, your star gives you a yank—
