The Hot Mom To Be Handbook by Jessica Denay and Foreword by Trista Sutter

With all the attention around who is having who’s baby, and was that or wasn’t that a baby bump, I’m so happy that Jessica Denay wrote a book that can help everyday women get and stay “hot” during pregnancy without a personal celebrity stylist. I survived wearing sweats! If only I could be pregnant now when it’s hip and cool. But its more than fashion in this Womb With A View.

Jessica Denay did a great job with this book. She covers everything from morning sickness to blogging the baby! She gives you tips on unique and memorable activities for every month along the way that are sure to create wonderful memories while you watch your child grow.

Cool Names by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz

Just when you think the whole spectrum has been covered… Satran proves us wrong again with her revised and updated cool names. With something for everyone, food for thought, and so much more than just a list of what’s hot, Satran has once again proved to be THE authority on baby names. Don’t bother looking anywhere else.. Everything you need, want, and more (for all types of parents-to-be) is in this edition.

“… SAVION Glover TRISTA Sutter SCARLETT Johansson TYRA Banks SHAKIRA UMA Thurman SHALOM Harlow VENUS …”

Fear Is No Longer My Reality by Jamie Blyth and Jenna Glatzer

I read an interview where Jamie mentioned that he did not go on The Bachelorette to get married, but to face his greatest fear…People! I thought that concept was compelling, so I checked it out. I do not have social anxiety and in fact, I am quite the opposite. But, I love a good story and Jamie’s is amazing and I am a tough critic.

It is a human story that will resonate with many. It is about adversity and setbacks and crisis and somehow finding the strength and courage to rise above the torture and struggle that life often imposes. I am sure this book will help those with anxiety, but it is also an account that will move us all, especially those who have been dealt a tough hand. I entered this book curious and walked away profoundly affected.

It actually reads like a good novel….come to think of it, while reading his account or journey through anxiety, I almost felt as if I were reading about Holden Caulfield in Catcher In The Rye. I would never say this is a classic like the latter, but it was very entertaining and moving and the writing and style was impressive to say the least.

Although the book may have been about Anxiety, it was really a metaphor for life. For example, here he partly describes his first panic attack, “A tornado swirled around me, and I was stuck in the center of it, unable to figure out how to get out without being swept up in it and hurled away. I had exited myself and was floating around in this strange body, somebody who wasn’t me. I stumbled out into the bright morning glow, buzzing inside, and just as quickly as the bizarre episode began, it stopped. It had lasted about three minutes. Just three minutes, and I was about to find that it had altered my entire world forever.”
I can relate. Ultimately, this book is very uplifting and will make you both laugh and cry.

“… Trista Rehn Sutter (The Bachelorette) The producers got us up and I felt …”

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