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Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage, And Dirty Dishes
I was probably the perfect captive audience for Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson’s new book, Spousonomics, which goes on sale tomorrow. I read my review copy on a cross-country flight to San Francisco where I’m spending a few weeks doing writerly things without my husband.
I’d have read this book anywhere, though. It’s funny, smart and breaks down complex ideas about economics and relationships into easy-to-digest anecdotes about who does the dishes and how often married folks get laid. These are authors who are unafraid to drop an F-bomb and can also tackle big words like “intertemporal” without breaking a sweat.
The basic premise of Spousonomics is that we can apply economy theory to our marriages, and make them better in the process. They promise readers improved marriages with more sex, less strife and smoother handling of everything from bills to bedtime routines.
Sounds impressive, right? It is. The authors interviewed dozens of married couples, as well as experts in economics and relationships. They know what they’re talking about.
Baseball fans can celebrate black history and their favorite sport in one fell swoop this month. A new book out from award-winning author/illustrator Matt Tavares takes your kids back to the days before Hank Aaron had a hammer in his hands.
Henry Aaron’s Dream follow the path of Aaron from playing stickball in Mobile, Ala. before blacks had a diamond to play on, through the Negro Leagues and all the way up to the minors. Continue reading »
A word about this week’s kid book pick: if you’re scared of garden gnomes, back away from the computer. And while you’re at it, turn of the TV – you never know what might roam along.
Now for the rest of you, you’re more my sort of people. Not to mention the sort who will love Dan Yaccarino’s Homeward Bound-esque children’s book Lawn to Lawn. Continue reading »
All it takes is a few bedtime stories to hook your kids on the written word. But if you want to cement a love of reading, you have to keep at it. Which is why we decided to add a few more books to our list of nighttime reads we LOVE for the kids this Valentine’s Day. Continue reading »
The season of love is upon us – we’re less than one month away from Valentine’s Day. We couldn’t think of a better time than now to instill a love of reading in our kids.
So to give you a head start, we’ve been reading up a storm with our mini book lover. Consider this our Valentine’s gift to you: Continue reading »
Kids are headed back to school this week across the nation, and backpacks will soon be filling up with carefully crayoned pictures of Martin Luther King Jr. But the civil rights leader can teach them a lot more than how to practice staying in the lines.
Babble checked out some of the new children’s books to make the story of peaceful protest in the favor of right resonate at home. Continue reading »
Sometimes the best way to relate to your kids is simply to get gross – and if it takes a bedtime story to do it, hey, at least they’re learning.
And thank goodness for reprints because Candlewick has re-released the must-have book for getting down on their level. Warning, you may itch uncontrollably after reading this one. Continue reading »
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