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tabatha_shipley's review against another edition
4.0
What I Loved:
-The stories are laugh-out-loud funny and relatable. They make me feel better about my own stupid mistakes.
-The book reads like Lisa and Francesca are sitting with me telling me stories.
Who Should Read This One:
-Mothers and daughters
-People who want to laugh at real life
-Women who want stories by women, for women, about women
For full review visit https://youtu.be/C1BWsbGxyes
-The stories are laugh-out-loud funny and relatable. They make me feel better about my own stupid mistakes.
-The book reads like Lisa and Francesca are sitting with me telling me stories.
Who Should Read This One:
-Mothers and daughters
-People who want to laugh at real life
-Women who want stories by women, for women, about women
For full review visit https://youtu.be/C1BWsbGxyes
mbkarapcik's review against another edition
4.0
Cute, light, relatable essays written from two different perspectives of mother and daughter. Reading a book in the series is like meeting up with relatives or friends and catching up with a few laughs along the way.
mg_in_md_'s review
4.0
This was a perfect summer read for me! It was fun and breezy, and the perfect pick-me-up with humorous observations about life and being a woman. I always enjoy the essay collections written by this mother-daughter duo and find both women's perspectives relatable. This was my pick for the 2019 POPSUGAR Ultimate Reading Challenge prompt "a book by two female authors."
kdurham2's review against another edition
4.0
Another essay/column collection from the mother daughter duo - Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella. This mother daughter duo does a column in the Philadelphia newspaper and after reading most of the books, it makes me want to subscribe just to read them live as they are coming out.
These stories are about everything from motherhood, to being single in NYC to loss and these stories have made me cry and completely laugh out loud. It would be hard to find a woman who can't relate to a story or two in the book and even the ones that I don't relate to make me laugh because I can picture my mom, sister or a friend who the story reminds me of!
There isn't much to say about this specific collection over the ones I have read; they are perfect to throw into a beach bag for the summer. The stories are 3-5 pages, so you can easily read this and put it down, its just a great summer time book of stories.
These stories are about everything from motherhood, to being single in NYC to loss and these stories have made me cry and completely laugh out loud. It would be hard to find a woman who can't relate to a story or two in the book and even the ones that I don't relate to make me laugh because I can picture my mom, sister or a friend who the story reminds me of!
There isn't much to say about this specific collection over the ones I have read; they are perfect to throw into a beach bag for the summer. The stories are 3-5 pages, so you can easily read this and put it down, its just a great summer time book of stories.
bhunsberger's review against another edition
4.0
Fun little quips written by mother and daughter which are good for a laugh or a brief distraction
thegeekybibliophile's review
4.0
The ninth offering in The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman series by mother-daughter duo Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella hit the shelves in July 2018. Filled with hilarious essays about everyday life, this book is guaranteed to provide a delightful diversion from your worries.
I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses is the first book I’ve read in this series—in fact, I was completely unaware of its existence prior to reading this book. I had no expectations as a result, but it didn’t take long for me to realize I’ve been missing on some seriously fun reading!
Each essay is short and most are laugh-out-loud funny. I don’t think I stop smiling (and laughing!) while I read this book. When I was younger, I adored reading books by Erma Bombeck, and I can tell you that the comparison to Bombeck’s books (mentioned in the blurb) is merited.
I definitely recommend this book for anyone who finds themselves in need of a light-hearted read. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. As for me? I need to carve out some time to read the rest of this series—I just wish it hadn’t taken so long for me to discover it.
I received an advance reading copy of this book courtesy of St. Martin’s Press via Netgalley.
I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses is the first book I’ve read in this series—in fact, I was completely unaware of its existence prior to reading this book. I had no expectations as a result, but it didn’t take long for me to realize I’ve been missing on some seriously fun reading!
Each essay is short and most are laugh-out-loud funny. I don’t think I stop smiling (and laughing!) while I read this book. When I was younger, I adored reading books by Erma Bombeck, and I can tell you that the comparison to Bombeck’s books (mentioned in the blurb) is merited.
I definitely recommend this book for anyone who finds themselves in need of a light-hearted read. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. As for me? I need to carve out some time to read the rest of this series—I just wish it hadn’t taken so long for me to discover it.
I received an advance reading copy of this book courtesy of St. Martin’s Press via Netgalley.
heathersbike's review against another edition
I can't believe I'm caught up! This was written in 2018! What happened?? I am so sad.
renwar96's review against another edition
4.0
A special thank you to NetGalley for a review copy of this book in return for a review. As usual Lisa and her daughter Francesca deliver great stories with a bit a humor and that we can all relate to. Their lives are on different paths but their stories can touch us all in so many different ways. The way that they write makes you feel like you are their personal friends and I always look forward to the next book to catch up with what they've been doing!
amyma's review
4.0
I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella (mother/daughter duo) had me laughing out loud multiple times. My favorite place to read is in bed at night. Well, my husband kicked me out of bed for laughing and shaking (for me, a side-effect of laughing really hard) so I went to my daughter's bed... she kicked me out too. A few things I found especially funny were Francesca buying toilet paper because she had already gone through the tissue box, Lisa's use of the word "hag", which is a word I grew up hearing all the time from my mom, and I'm convinced Francesca goes to the same drugstore that I do (even though we are on opposite sides of the country) because her description of the cashiers matches mine to a T. The snakes at Lisa's house were one thing that didn't have me laughing, I'm terrified of snakes and would most definitely have been in a hotel! But, the way she tells the snake incidents is amusing. The short essays range from super funny to even a few of them being sad. I always look forward to a new Lisa and Francesca book and would like to thank St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for providing me with a copy for an honest review.
cook_memorial_public_library's review against another edition
4.0
A 2018 staff favorite recommended by Heather. Check our catalog: https://encore.cooklib.org/iii/encore/search/C__Si%20see%20life%20through%20ros%C3%A9-colored%20glasses__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=gold