Chicken Soup - Family Matters - Review & Giveaway


Okay, so I have been reading all of the Chicken Soup Books lately...
I am so glad that I have the opportunities to share them with you!

I have not finished Chicken Soup for the Soul - Family Matters, YET...
But, I just had to go ahead and tell you about what could be my favorite story so far!

It is one of the first ones in the book.
(That is another thing I love about their books, you can skip around!)

Anyways, the story...
It is called The Optimist by Garrett Bauman.
This is one of those stories where you literally laugh OUT LOUD.
It is about a dad that has the horror story for everything...
Be careful of such and such, because this might happen...
You know what I mean?
Well, I laughed reading it...
So of course, I had to read it to Marc.
I had to stop several times because I was laughing so hard!
It was that funny...
Well, at least to me!


I hope there are more stories that funny!
Let me tell you about the book.

This is one of the latest Chicken Soup For The Soul Books.
It is Family Matters : 101 Unforgettable Stories about Our Nutty by Lovable Families.

As all of their books, it is also broken down into 10 Sections.
The sections are:
Forebear...ance
Relatively Embarrassing
Newlyweds and Oldyweds
Happily Ever Laughter
Family Fun
Relatively Strange
Kids Will Be Kids
On the Road
Not So Grave
The Serious Side


They even have a couple of the funny cartoons that always bring a smile to my face!
Of course, they even include the wonderful quotations before each story!
The one that I want to share with you...
The great gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you. - Kendall Hailey


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