by Caroline Siegrist | Books for Adults
The toils of parenting can seem nebulous and never-ending, which is why Julie Morgenstern’s new book, Time to Parent, came as such a breath of fresh air for me. A professional organizer by trade, she breaks down the overall job of parenting into manageable...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Books for Adults
In case the book title How to Be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute sounds like something that’s not for you…you’d be wrong. Because it’s written by the hilarious, down-to-earth, wonderfully...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
This is a sponsored message from Author Buzz Make room on your bookshelf! From powerful book club reads to thrilling mysteries to fascinating historical fiction, here are 7 highly-acclaimed new summer novels for you to discover all from authors you may already love...
by Caroline Siegrist | Books for Adults
I love a good novel, but there’s just something special about memoirs. Seeing how other people use the raw material of their lives — whether chaotic or painful or just unusual — to create a story fascinates me completely. And for those of you fellow...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults
This week, we’re coming up on the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth. As he prepares to head to Kenya and South Africa, in part to honor the occasion, Barack Obama shared a recommended reading list on his Facebook page, and it’s just...
by Caroline Siegrist | Books for Adults
This year, I’ve rounded up 7 amazing beach reads from women of color that I think make the perfect escape. Because as parents, we know that our lying-by-the-pool time is sorely limited, and it’s important to choose something we’ll love. We also think...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Adults
This is a sponsored message from We Are Gathered If you’ve ever had to sit through a wedding — and wished you were anywhere else — then memoirist Jamie Weisman’s debut novel might be just the book you tear through this summer. We Are...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids, Books for Adults
Today, Star Wars is breaking the nerd internet (of which I am a proud part) with the announcement aboutStar Wars: Women of the Galaxy. Considering it’s authored by Amy Ratcliffe, the managing editor of Nerdist, a StarWars.com contributor and the host of the...
by Caroline Siegrist | Books for Adults
I’ve been so glad to see more books about self-care for moms, especially since there are so many books on how to care for babies that leave us out of the equation, more or less. Strong as a Mother: How to Stay Healthy, Happy, and (Most Importantly) Sane from...
by Caroline Siegrist | Books for Adults, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing
There are tons of books — not to mention unsolicited opinions from strangers (my favorite!) — on how to raise a healthy kid, but when you think about it, there’s not much out there on how to cultivate healthy moms. Which is why social worker, writer,...
by Lexi Petronis | Books for Kids, Books for Adults
Holocaust books for kids? Absolutely. Without a doubt. There’s no room for “but we have to keep our kids innocent!” — this is important. This week was Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, and we were all shocked to see the...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids, Books for Adults
Wow, journals have come a long way since I was a kid and I had a choice between a plain lined composition book or some cutesy diary with an easily pickable lock. Now, journals are so creative, with so many different kinds of approaches and prompts, making them far...