Mushrooms
Flowers
Bees
Butterflies
Monarchs
Cattle panel trellises
Rebar trellises
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How to read the shelf
The tags on each book say where it lives, why it stands out, who it’s for, and how it reads, so you can find the right one fast. They show on a book in that order.
Where it lives
Every book lives on one shelf. A few extras say how to get it, how long it is, or how it connects to me.
Living with type 1: tools, numbers, and day-to-day habits.
On the shelf: Bright Spots & Landmines, 42 Factors That Affect Blood Glucose, Think Like a Pancreas, Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution
Native plants, pollinators, and raising monarchs.
On the shelf: Bringing Nature Home, Nature’s Best Hope, How to Raise Monarch Butterflies
How dogs think and love, and the dogs of this site.
On the shelf: How Dogs Love Us, If Woof Woof Could Talk
How you think, decide, and build routines.
Teams, bosses, and building things at work.
Sleep, the brain, stress, and the body.
How the world got this way.
Real lives, told by the people who lived them.
Writers on the craft.
Novels and stories.
Free to read online, from the author or publisher.
On the shelf: Bright Spots & Landmines, 42 Factors That Affect Blood Glucose
Short enough to finish in an afternoon or two.
On the shelf: How to Raise Monarch Butterflies
I do what this book is about, and this site shows it.
On the shelf: Bright Spots & Landmines, 42 Factors That Affect Blood Glucose, Think Like a Pancreas, Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution, How to Raise Monarch Butterflies
I wrote this book, and you can read it on this site.
On the shelf: If Woof Woof Could Talk
Why it stands out
Books without an award just don’t show this tag.
The book won a real, named award. Its notes say which award and the year.
Who it’s for
The age it’s written for, then how well known it is. Books written for adults don’t get an age tag, and books in between the two counts get neither.
Written for young readers, or great to read together.
On the shelf: How to Raise Monarch Butterflies, If Woof Woof Could Talk
Written for teens, and read by plenty of adults.
Rated 4.2 or higher by more than 100,000 readers on Goodreads.
Fewer than 10,000 ratings on Goodreads. Great, just not famous.
On the shelf: Bright Spots & Landmines, Think Like a Pancreas, Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution, How Dogs Love Us
How it reads
The feel of the book, so you can pick for your mood. Usually one per book, but Heavy and All-in can both apply.
Funny or warm. Easy to pick up, hard to put down.
A how-to you can use right away: steps, lists, and plans.
On the shelf: Bright Spots & Landmines, 42 Factors That Affect Blood Glucose, Think Like a Pancreas, Nature’s Best Hope
Changes how you see something. Slower going, worth it.
On the shelf: Bringing Nature Home, How Dogs Love Us
Hard subject matter: trauma, abuse, or loss. Read when you have room for it.
Asks you to go all in on one way of thinking or living. Not the same as Heavy, since it isn’t about a hard subject.
On the shelf: Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution