Marriage ain’t easy, that’s for sure, but there’s something to be said at one’s ability to laugh at the craziness. Jenna McCarthy is the queen of this, and her new book’s title says it all– If It Was Easy, They’d Call the Whole Damn Thing a Honeymoon: Living With and Loving the TV-Addicted, Sex-Obsessed, Not-So-Handy…
Category Archives: Marriage
The Hour that Matters Most
During the first years of my parenting adventure, we always ate dinner at the table as a family. Unfortunately, I recently realized that we rarely sit down and eat a full meal together. My children are now in school and participate in extracurricular activities, and my husband travels almost weekly. We either rush through dinner…
Cheat On Your Husband: Kirkus Reviews Blog
Did I make you click through to read this? Were you thinking “What the heck??” If so, that’s exactly the same thought I had when I saw this title pop up at NetGalley. If this cover and title doesn’t win the “most scintillating title ever for a truly useful book” then I don’t know what…
Planting Dandelions
I have to admit that I’m a sucker for parenting memoirs, preferring the kinds that tell it like it is. Feeling a connection with an author becomes inevitable when she ventures into extremely personal territory and hits eerily close to home. In her new memoir, Planting Dandelions: Field Notes from a Semi-Domesticated Life, Kyran Pittman…
Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage, and Dirty Dishes
I never got around to reading Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, though the idea of apply economics to everyday life intrigued me. When I saw this book using a similar take on marriage, I knew I wanted to give it a try. Here’s the problem with most marriage books —…
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert, with Giveaway
In the comment section of my Eat Pray Love post in the Books on Screen column last week, there was a lot of talk about Elizabeth Gilbert’s follow-up work, Committed. I’m happy to be offering up a giveaway over at 5 Minutes for Mom on that very book today! I read the book last year…
The I Like Book — Giveaway
Back in early November, I talked about a new journal-like book called the i like book on 5 Minutes for Mom (linked to my review). The intention of this spiral-bound notebook is to be a place where parents can record daily the little things that they truly like about their children. While our kids may…
This Is Not the Story You Think It Is
Did you ever finish reading a book and just want to say “Thank you” to the author for writing it? That’s exactly what happened to me as I was reading This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness. This is a story of trust. Trust in what Laura Munson…
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