Whether the story is laugh out loud funny or touching and heartbreakingly real, Lisa and Francesca never disappoint. I love these books, and I never miss reading one. Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for my review copy. This is my honest opinion.

Quick fun read for a weekend or at the beach. The alternating real-life "chapters" by Lisa Scottoline (mom) and Francesca Serritella (daughter) really work. This was my first introduction to books by either author, and I can't wait to read more from them as co-authors and individually!

For the last few summers, one of my most looked forward to reads is the newest humorous essay collection by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella. So I couldn't wait to dive into this latest book.

What I love about these essays is that you feel like you are chatting with a good friend and laughing together about life. We do all have so much in common that it is refreshing to celebrate that and know someone else relates. Their stories find the humor and authenticity in everyday life that is heartwarming. Obviously since they are a mother/daughter writing team, family plays a large part of their stories and that hits home with me as well. I highly recommend that you pickup a copy of I See Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses. I know you won't be disappointed that you did. Perhaps it will become your new summer tradition just like mine.

I received this book courtesy of St. Martin's Press through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Would definitely recommend this book. Funny....and real! Lisa and Francesca are a great team. They tell it like it is. Mother-Daughter tales are the greatest.

5 rose’-colored stars to I See Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses!

Short and sweet review of this one- I loved it!

I know I have at least one book from this series languishing on my shelf, and when I read a review from my friend, Stephanie, I had to read this book asap.

I started I See Life late last night and almost finished it in one sitting. From the first story I was laughing out loud. It is that funny.

Lisa Scottoline is a well-known author, and she has joined efforts with her daughter, Francesca Serritella, to write a series of essays with a book published each summer, just in time to take on vacation. Let me tell you, it has been the perfect vacation read.

I am close with my mom, and I talk to her every day. Lisa and Francesca have the same tight relationship. My mom and I have our own silly banter, and so do Lisa and Francesca. They consider their pets their family; we do, too! All of that to say, I found the writing completely relatable. Besides the funny anecdotes, there are also heart-tugging stories.

I am more of a novel reader. I do not read many short stories, and I have not been drawn to collections of essays, but this book is in a league of its own. I See Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses is amusing, entertaining, heartwarming, and completely uplifting.

I SEE LIFE THROUGH ROSE COLORED GLASSES is a collection of witty, humorous, fun real life stories written by a mother/daughter team Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella. These stories are based on every day events that we all experience, and you will laugh as they make you see the funny side to life.
I am close to my mother as well as my daughter , so there were many parts that I related to. I speak to them both daily, yes hours on end sometimes. Cell phone reception does drop and my god that is frustrating, and it is taken out on the person your talking to

. I have to say this is the first book of theirs I have read...and I enjoyed it! It was a fun read. I recommend it. Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin for the opportunity read and review it.

I'm a big fan of Lisa Scottoline and have been for a long time. I look forward to the mother-daughter collaboration each year. I used to listen to them and, personally, I think they're funnier in that format. But, these books are a hoot whether reading or listening.

This book was particularly interesting since Lisa brought up aging and all the various "issues" (and I use that word humorously) that getting older brings to our bodies and our minds. I laughed so hard at some of them because they were all so true! Francesca's humor is also great, especially when she writes about her animals. Pip sounds like a wonderful dog! And men, I'm not so old that I don't remember problems in that area. I only cried once, but it was completely appropriate and still makes me sad.

Needless to say, I have encouraged my friends to read/listen to it. One friend in particular will fall over laughing!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review!

I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses is a collection of essays written by Lisa Scottoline and her daughter Francesca Serritella. They are real-life stories, with lessons to learn, laughs to have, and entertaining to read.

Each essay is a short and quick read. They are broke into who wrote them, Lisa or Francesca. You can read them one per sitting or you can read the entire book at one time. I find that I read a few at a time and usually I am reading a different book at the same time since each essay is the entire story with the next essay telling an entirely different story.

If you are looking for a fun, easy, entertaining book I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses is exactly that.

I See Life through Rose Colored Glasses is a collection of essays on everyday situations told in Lisa’s and Francesca’s words. The book is full of wit, sarcasm, and reality which I loved. It’s refreshing to see such a successful author that has written over 25 bestselling novels talk honestly about her cautiously overcoming her fear of heights or her aversion to "at home colon cancer screening kits." I like the fact that the stories alternate between the two. Their Mom/Daughter dynamic is engaging. Lisa’s stories are centered on her “midlife” discoveries. Francesca’s essays remind me of my younger years, especially the ebb and flow of the dating life, and wondering if you will ever get “too old” to celebrate your birthday?

Reading this book makes you feel as though Lisa and Francesca are dear friends talking about crazy situations over a bottle of wine. My favorite essay in this collection was “No More Sex and No More City” where Lisa reminisces on how SATC changes women’s lives everywhere. The friendship, the problems, the fashion, and self-discovery were such essential points of the show. I agree that SATC has left a considerable void for women and entertainment alike. Lisa sums up the essay by reminding us to celebrate our friendships and each other. This is such a valuable lesson to learn in midlife!

I See Life Through Rose'-Colored Glasses is a humorous and heartwarming collection of essays by bestselling author Lisa Scottoline and her daughter, Francesca Serritella. This book is the ninth book in a series based on their column “Chick Wit” appearing weekly in The Philadelphia Inquirer for the last ten years. The essays are good because they are relatable to every woman. Lisa and Francesca have a relationship to be envied.

My favorite quote from the book was in the essay about the loss of Ruby, the Corgi: "The smallest of creatures can cast the biggest of shadows. Depending on the light. And the love.”

Thank you, St. Martin's Press, for the opportunity to read and review this book.

The mother-daughter duo of Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella never fail to leave me in stitches with their annual collection of Chick Wit columns. I especially enjoy listening to the audio versions which are narrated by the authors themselves. As the mother of two grown daughters myself, I can relate to so much from their personal stories. I enjoyed revisiting some of their classic stories at the end of the book, especially the ones relating to Mother Mary. She was quite a character! I would highly recommend this book to fans of Erma Bombeck. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Many glasses of rose in thanks to NetGalley, St Martin's Press, and authors Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella for the opportunity to read their latest collaboration - I loved it! I've said before that I would read anything these two write - such a breath of realism and fresh air in these mother-daughter books.

These are just stories of real life as experienced by mom and daughter - so fun and interesting to see the different takes. The FaceTime article and pictures brought me to my knees because I've been in the middle of that issue - trying to get my elderly mom to understand it while trying to see through my bifocals at my grandkids!

This book is published today - grab it and take it with you wherever you are headed. Each essay is short and so easily readable anywhere you are - but all will make you smile, cry and totally relate.

Please keep these books coming - they make my summer!

I See Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella. A fun filled book of real life essays. I've read and enjoyed past books of essays by both of them and past books by Lisa Scottoline alone and have always enjoyed them look forward to reading more.

This was the perfect book to read sitting in my hammock over the beautiful 4th of July holiday - so much fun and no deep concentration required!

Francesca Serritella’s alternating short stories complement her mother Lisa Scottoline’s as she infuses her individual style and contemporary perspective into life experiences. The storytelling from generational perspectives, unique observations and journaling over a broad scope of topics are quite clever. The ladies poke fun at themselves and at each other yet nothing is ever said in a mean-spirited way. It is obvious they have an incredibly close relationship. I am envious of their large family of Italian relatives (Lisa is the youngest of nineteen children). As Lisa describes her family, they are “like in an Olive Garden commercial but not as well dressed. A refreshing read, perfect to bring along to the beach.

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I like a book that will make me laugh and makes me relate to the author. These women are real and funny, and they are just like us and face the same things--they are just willing to share it with the world!! I love Lisa Scottoline's novels, this was a nice change. Honestly I didn't even catch that it was a series...now I need ot go back and get caught up on the other ones! Highly recommend. Thank you Netgalley for this advanced readers copy in exchange for a honest review.

I have to admit that I squealed when I won an advanced reader’s copy of I See Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses (The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman #9) by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella. I have read all their previous books, follow them both on social media, look forward every Sunday to their column and always pre-order Lisa’s books. So to get this book early was a real treat.

True stories and confessions – exactly. Lisa Scottoline isn’t afraid to say anything, and luckily for us Francesca Serritella grew up to be just like her. Reading these stories is just like talking to your mother or your aunt or your sister – or yourself. Things you barely think to yourself because they are too embarrassing are written down. And it’s just like they were inside your head when they wrote it. I started out keeping track of my favorite essays, but then I realized I was basically recapping the entire book. Some of these stories are so funny you will laugh out loud (while maybe wincing and thinking “Do I do that??”), and some will make you cry, and some will make you stop and think yep, just like that. These stories describe real life and all it’s funny, unexpected, unpredictable moments to treasure. For those of us who are also wild and crazy pet lovers the stories about the rest of the family – those (many) dogs, cats, horses, chickens – are heartwarming and read oh, so true. Do not miss the story ‘Francesca Serritella, Attorney at Paw.’

The love and special bond between this mother and daughter is so strong it comes through everything they write and say, but you can also get a sense of the almost-visible eyerolls over something the other has said or the almost-hidden impatience when something has to be repeated . . . and repeated and repeated. It is such a joy to see them facing their fears, traveling together, doing something special for the other - or correcting the other.

I recommend that if you haven’t yet read all the books by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella you do so right now. And you must listen to at least one of the books in audio form, because then their voices will be forever in your head and you’ll enjoy the stories even more. Follow them on line during their book tour and watch the live FB event – it doesn’t always go off without a hitch but it is such fun to watch and captures their personalities perfectly.

Thanks to Goodreads and NetGalley for providing an ARC of I See Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses. It’s a keeper and a book to read over and over.

I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses is the ninth collaboration between mother/ daughter team Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella. In these collaborations they share about the hilariousness that is their everyday life. We get both hilarious perspectives of life from the ‘younger generation’ and the ‘older generation’.

Through these essays you get to know both Lisa and Francesca. If you have read all the collaborations you know them and their family very well. They come from a big Italian family and we get to see first-hand what that is like.This is the first collaboration I have read and I would love to read more! I am a big Scottoline fan, so I feel I now know her more as a person. Francesca writes a column every Sunday in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

There are lots of laughs and a little sadness in the essays they share with us. Every mother and daughter will enjoy this collection of essays. You can see Lisa and Francesca have a very special relationship: They are each other’s number one fan. Go ahead and start reading these books now, you won’t regret it! Bring this with you to the beach, it is a perfect beach read!

Thank you St Martin’s Press for granting me an arc copy via NetGalley!

If I was a betting kind of person, I would have thrown my money down and stated yes I have read every book Lisa Scottoline has written. I guess it is a good thing that no one offered me that betting opportunity since I would have been wrong. I had no idea that Lisa and her daughter, Francesca have written a series of books together, so I learned something new today(and kept my cash).
Some of the essays were laugh out loud funny, some sad, but mostly real reflections of the lives these women lead. Two very different perspectives as with any mother and daughter, there is an age difference. While Francesca is trying to navigate the dating scene, Lisa worries about snakes in her toilet and her aging body. Each story is short and I would read one or two after I finished a book or had only a few free minutes to read. This was a fun, enjoyable read and it exposed me to another side of one of my favorite authors. I've discovered that there are other books in this series, but as each one is composed of a series of stories, it certainly works as a stand-alone. Now that isn't to say I am not looking forward to reading the other books, because I am.
Thank you Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella, St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the complimentary digital copy.

Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are a mother-daughter writing team. This book is filled with short stories that will tap all your emotions. I laughed out loud and cried both within a few minutes. It is the perfect book to grab this summer when you have a few minutes to enjoy a glass of Rose’. I highly recommend and know you will want to read more books written by them.

Snake mating balls! Unusual holiday benefits of steroids! The cheap high of the Container Store’s false promises!

We’ve all been there. Okay, maybe not...but we all agree that life is funny especially when someone else is fending off its slings and arrows. Just like life, I See Life through Rosé Colored Glasses has no easily discernible plot. It just kinda rolls over everything in its way. Most of the stories here are only a few pages long making them a perfect choice for grocery queues and doctor’s waiting rooms (and much less frustrating than the high levels of Candy Crush).

First, I love Lisa Scottoline’s thrillers. The only reason I requested this book was because I was curious. I always assumed that mystery/thriller writers are rather glum and constantly thinking of original ways to murder people (hopefully only characters but who really knows). However, this book was hilarious! It reminded of the Erma Bombeck “families are so wacky” style of books from my youth combined with Dave Barry’s “Florida citizens are crazy” books. Except containing large Italian Catholic families that are both wacky and crazy. Despite being nothing like any of those adjectives, it is easy to relate to—or unfortunately relive—many of the scenes from the book.

Btw, I just refuse to use FaceTime or Skype, even at work—problem solved! Again, this book is gloriously absurd and, I know this is judgey Lisa, fully earns 5 stars!

Thanks to the publisher, St Martin’s Press, and NetGalley for an advanced copy.