Book and Movie Reviews

Have You Ever Felt Like You Needed to Get Your “Groove Back?”

May 10, 2013

Motherhood- she hits hard. It’s not just the weight gain, the toll of endless sleepless nights, the fact that you crave sugar all day long to stave off the total exhaustion…. It’s not just that you feel so worn out and not-like-the-old-you all of the time. It’s also that you’ve lost your cool. You know… [...]

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Do you Want To “Shred” With Me?

March 29, 2013

Every six months or so, a new diet book is released that captures my attention. Feeling frustrated my inability to drop “those nagging 10 pounds” and my general lack of motivation to really do something about it, I quickly buy the book, looking for a magical answer to my problem. So…. here we are again. It’s been [...]

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Whatcha Reading?

March 25, 2013

I haven’t shared any book reviews here on Momof6 in a while… but there are a few books that I’ve read in 2013 that I thought were great… Hemingway’s Girl by Erika Robuck I can’t even tell you how much I loved this book- truly the best book that I have read in a long [...]

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Spring Movies for Kids {2013}!

February 14, 2013

It’s not like my kids ever read this blog… except when I tell them that I have just posted my latest movie preview post! So kids… this one’s for you… a preview of all of the cool movies that will be coming out in theaters during the Spring season! I can’t wait to see some [...]

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Will You Read “Far From The Tree”?

January 12, 2013

Last month I had the chance to read several reviews of Andrew Solomon’s book “Far From The Tree: Parents, Children, and The Search for Identity”, and the subject so intrigued me that I was willing to disregard the hefty length of the book- 702 pages. And while I still haven’t tackled the entire book, but [...]

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Review: Who Peed on My Yoga Mat

November 23, 2012

When I heard that my friend Lela Davidson was writing another book- I immediately began badgering her for a review copy…. I loved her first book “Blacklisted from the PTA“, the pieces that she writes for TodayMoms crack me up, so I couldn’t wait to read her latest essays on the trials and tribulations of [...]

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Holiday Movies for Kids

November 21, 2012

The upcoming Thanksgiving weekend as well as the December holidays are the perfect time to head out to the theatres as a family and enjoy a movie! Here’s what we are looking forward to seeing at the Rowley house….. Lincoln Normally I do not include PG-13 movies in my “movies for kids” round-ups, but personally [...]

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Kids Fall Movie Preview!

September 14, 2012

Yes the kids are all back in school, and while our weekends are filled with kids sports and activities- that doesn’t mean that we don’t make time to take in a great film when there is one playing. So here is a peek ahead at the movies coming out that are geared to kids for [...]

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5 Great Books that I’ve Read Recently…. that I Recommend to You!

July 17, 2012

It is a bit unusual for me to plow through books…. but while on vacation recently, I actually read 5 books in three weeks! Okay- three of them were part of a series that I absolutely could NOT put down…. but still- that’s a lot of books! And I really enjoyed each of them, which [...]

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Can I Really Get “Skinnier Than All My Friends” in Just 6 Weeks?

July 9, 2012

While on vacation last week, after spending several days squeezing into my swimsuit and my shorts that are a bit on the snug side, while simultaneously over indulging on the wine and chocolate, I picked open one of the books that I had received recently to review for Momof6 called “Six Weeks to OMG…Get Skinnier [...]

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