Every year, my book club members and I struggle with the all important "holiday book selection".  What is it that we would like to read while on vacations with our families, hosting out of town guests or simply navigating our way around this ultra-chaotic time of year?  Our time as busy moms is already very limited,  so November and December brings us even less time to enjoy a good book.

When choosing a book during the holiday season, I try to picture myself relaxing on a beautiful beach some place very far away from my responsibilities and my desk. As it turns out, I do not find myself far from my laptop or the daily holiday ...

By: Sally Shields

The 10 Most Common Mistakes that Daughters-in-Laws Make!
(How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice!!!)

Ladies! There are a few simple things you can avoid that will save you from repeat D.I.L.Z. (Daughter-in-Law Zings) that we all experience from time to time (some of us more than others!). Although these exercises started off as a tongue-in-cheek coping mechanism, once I began ...

By: Richard M Dudum

Chapter 19: You Didn't Enter This World With A How-To Manual

When you were born, you didn't come with a manual.

For a parent, a manual would be very handy.

We, as parents, don't always know the right answer. We don't always know when you should or shouldn't be allowed to go out or do certain things. We're not always ...

By: Patricia Walters-Fischer RN

I love reading. There isn't anything better than a good book, but because my alone time is limited, I decide to be very choosing about what I'll read.

Never have I been disappointed with Jane Graves and her newest book, Tall Tales and Wedding Veils, is one of her best yet.

Her characters of Tony and Heather end up unexpectantly married after winning the jackpot in Vegas. Instead of a quick annullment, they figure ...

By: Mary K. Moore

Talking with Mary K. Moore is like chatting with your best girlfriend, she is that friend everyone wants to have and now she has done what all of us secretly wish we had written, the parody of the infamous What to Expect When You are Expecting.  When asked if she got any backlash from the ‘What to Expect’ camp, she said she hadn’t heard any yet, but assured the book was less about poking fun of that baby staple rather,  she used it as the format for her brand ...

HMC Book Editor - Corinne Levin

It's Fall, once again. Carved pumpkins are starting to spring up on front porches around my neighborhood. My boys are settled into their school routines, summer almost a distant memory. I run to Starbucks for my first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season. While standing in the the long morning line, I take the ...