Hotdog People and Other Bitesize Sacrifices

I cannot tell you how many times I "ugly laughed" while reading this hilarious collection of short stories about raising three young boys. I love Dan, Crystal and all three boys but must admit "Danger Baby" is my favorite one as he reminds me so much of one of my own at his age.

"Danger Baby's taste in music includes The Ramones, Rage Against the Machine, Elvis Costello, The Aquabats, System of a Down, and Baby Shark doo doo doo doo doo doo."

Dan's writing style is irreverent, funny, and approachable. You will HOWL...I was snort laughing in bed last night while reading the chapter about Colton's dinner request for dolphin and how his witty parents handled it and the chapter about his kid yelling in Target had me in tears. (Soooooo been there.)

Even though I read this digital ARC through the generosity of Dan Magdich, Animal Media Group and Netgalley, I went online and pre-ordered a hardcopy for my dad. After all, he deserves it.

Run, don't walk, to get yourself a copy. It is so, so good and the illustrations are GOLD.

Hot Dog People and Other Bite-Size Sacrifices is a collection of short stories about 1 families adventures in parenting boys. Each story brings laughs and plenty of humor at Mom and Dads expense.
Love the writing style of the author Dan Magdich...it’s as if you are there along for the ride. The illustrations are cute and fit right in as well!!
This would be a perfect gift for Fathers Day!!!
Thanks Animal Media Group and NetGalley for the ARC of this hilarious book!!!!

This is the parenting book that we can all relate to. With topics like  Things I Wish My Kids Didn’t Yell in Target, and Dad Smarts #4: Don’t is an Incentive,  each hilarious essay will include a series of illustrations to help bring the story to life.
OMG. This book is full of humor, truth and even some great illustrations. Close to home and just a great book for DADS and Mom.

Hotdog People and Other Bite-Size Sacrifices by Dan Magdich is a great book about parenting. It's funny and has great illustrations. The illustrations add to the stories well.

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I love how funny and real this book is. I have a son and my sister in law has two and this sounds a LOT like our life on a daily basis.

First let me say as a complete and total disclaimer: I do not have children. Maybe this book is completely not meant for me, a childless 22-year-old.

This book made me roll my eyes sometimes - some of the stories seem a little bit too fabricated to be real. It reminded me often of that subreddit filled with totally unrealistic stories about some two year old being a woke social justice warrior or a baby genius and coming up with some snarky response that is just impossible for a child. Yeah, I don’t think so.

Also, maybe that shouldn’t be something that I should judge, but this white family has the whitest names I’ve ever heard in my whole life. Dad: Dan. Mom: Crystal. Boys: Paxton Max, Greyson Knox, and Colton Broox. Yes. Broox is that poor boy’s middle name. What is it with white people and needing to have x’s in their names?! Dan almost proudly states that the five major food groups in their house are corn dogs, ketchup, ranch, mac & cheese, and chicken nuggets. That had me rolling my eyes all over again. My wholly Indian parents would have died.

OK, now on to the good parts of the book. This was a fun and easy and fast read. Some of the chapters are genuinely hilarious, and perfectly captured what I imagine is the chaos of raising three crazy young boys. The titular hotdog people chapter is a great example of this - three crazy and disgusting boys waking up their parents in the morning, blabbing nonstop, and demanding “corn dogs without the corn” and then immediately changing their mind after their dad has already made them hotdogs. I love the interludes of Dan’s dadvice and haikus from husband to wife. The drawings are amazing. This book is worth it just to flip through for the photos. Dan definitely does a great job of capturing how gross young boys can be, because there’s always something about poop or pee or throw up or wieners or balls or buttholes. Especially how awful little boys are at peeing properly. Seriously, if you’re uncomfortable with bodily fluids, you probably don’t want to read this book.

Even though I said some of the stories were unbelievable earlier, some of them are so totally believable, because I know just how wild some kids imaginations can be. For example, one of Dan’s kids likes to pretend to be anything but himself: Thor Colton, Wolverine Colton, Captain America Colton, Lion Colton, Rhino Colton. One of the stories is about how he loves school but left school one day extremely mad at his teacher because she would not call him Rhino Colton - even though his hair was spiked up perfectly into a rhino horn. Makes sense. Dan’s commentary is also hilarious. Hard to give an example - but he genuinely seems like a funny dad, the kind you probably didn’t have but who you envied your one friend with the funny dad.

I imagine that this is a great book for parents, dads, and especially parents/dads of boys. There’s a lot of grossness, a lot of juvenile humor, and a lot of love. Underneath all of it, you can tell that Dan loves his boys a whole lot, despite all the chaos. Even though I’m not a parent, I still enjoyed this - and I think parents will enjoy it that much more. Thank you to NetGalley and Animal Media Group for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

P.S. I was about to finish this review but I need to mention an important thing. On page 262 of Dan’s Dadvice, he advises “Buy the flushable wipes! Your butthole is worth it too.” DON’T! None of those wet wipes are flushable. Our sewer system is not equipped to handle them and they all clump up and cause huge congealed blockages in sewer drains called “fatbergs.” These can be formed by anything that doesn’t dissolve, like condoms or tampons too. Only toilet paper (which does dissolve) should go down the toilet. These fatbergs can be as hard and solid as concrete, requiring specialized and expensive equipment to remove. If untreated, the blockages can cause raw sewage to be unintentionally discharged into the environment and contaminate waters. Please don’t take this piece of Dadvice, no matter how good those wipes feel. Use a bidet or just use TP.

Can you believe that this month I planned to read three (3!!!) books with "Hot Dog" in the title?!?
Life goals, am I right? This is book number 2 in the trio of "hot dog" books that I plan to read this month!

Hotdog People and Other Bite-Size Sacrifices is a humorous book about parenting 3 boys told from the perspective of a dad. The stories will ring tree with most parents. Tales of crazy fast kids trying to make a getaway...adventures in potty training...picky eaters. Through it all, you can hear the dad's irreverent sense of humor. This is a man who tries to find the humor in those small indecencies of parenthood. This book is not for those offended by the occasional F-bomb.

The book has lots of sketches and ketchup-writing interspersed with the anecdotes. I related to the sketch/comic about kids not heeding a warning about getting their fingers hurt while riding in the bottom of a shopping cart. Been there (Target), done that (said, don't ride down there, your finger might get run over), had a 5 year old's finger crunched. So, you, I can relate to a lot of these tales.

Prepare yourselves, for this book will shower readers with laughter, commiseration, and all manner of bodily fluids.

Some people travel far and wide to add spice to their lives. Others never have to set foot outside their homes, barring doctor visits, ER trips, and occasional jaunts to the mall or Target. Dan Magdich, writer and illustrator of Hot Dog People and Other Bite-Size Sacrifices, is a shining example of the latter.

Dan and Crystal are parents raising three boys with humor, creativity, and joy. Dan’s stories are about finding the joy in everything unexpected, a reminder to appreciate all of life’s little things, and to celebrate the craziness of it all.


Thanks to •Animal Media Group• and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book. My review is honest and unbiased. #NetGalley #HotDogPeopleAndOtherBiteSizeSacrifices

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Dan Magdich's children are full of personality which comes through with every story told. From wanting to be a cheese hustler, chopping necks, and running away from doctors, these kids keep their parents hands full. I appreciate that this wasn't a book of greatest hits. Dan doesn't shy away from the truth. He shows that the sad moments shape who we are just as much as the happy ones. Life isn't one dimensional, and neither is this book.

I received a copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Author: Dan Magdich
Publisher: Animal Media Group
Publication Date: 10 Sep 2019

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. Thank you NetGalley.


the cover of this book is hilarious, the title is fantastic, and the book itself? amazing. i laughed so hard.
GET THIS BOOK.

Oh my gosh this is the funniest book ever. Kids will drive you crazy while making you love every second of it. Dan Magdich has a way with words and can relate his experiences to his readers in a hilarious way that makes you feel like you were there watching.

Freaking hilarious book. If you are a parent or thinking about becoming one this book should be required reading!! It’s the truth told with a funny voice.

Thank you Animal Media group and Netgalley for this ARC.

This was a fun, colourfully decorated (with tomato sauce and kid art) book, packed with hilarious stories written by a father recalling the funniest / worst moments of surviving three preschool boys. Many of the stories had me nudging my hubby saying, you have to read this !!
They portrayed messes little humans and their bodies make so much better than I could ever hope to.

I especially loved the bunk bed episode!
A really fun, light hearted way to remind us to enjoy little people in every single way possible.
Highly recommended for anyone wanting a good belly laugh.

This collection of anecdotes about parenthood is engaging and laugh out loud funny in parts. It is also well written and edited - and more than just copy editing.

There is quite a bit of humor surrounding bodily fluids, so if you find that crass, not the book for you.

Bite-sized stories of the author's life with his three children.
Hilarious, some parts just need to be read aloud and shared with your spouse. So many bring tears of laughter to your eyes as you relate as a parent SO MUCH to what he has experienced. You realise kids get up to the same jinx no matter where in the world they are.
A great book to buy for any new parent-to-be: the dad's will be horrified and the mom's just smile as there's no turning back.
I really hope the author keeps three copies of this book to gift to his sons when they too become dads one day.

In the midst of all the hilarity, the two chapters "The Rainbow Baby" and " Welcome Danger Baby" hit you. What powerful chapters, especially "The Rainbow Baby" - so honest and possibly for me, the highlight of the book. Its easy to write about the funny things your kids do; it takes guts and bravery to write about the struggles and the sad parts.

I love the illustrations. They are great and kind of sum up what life is like with boys...........
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me the chance to read this book.

I started reading Hotdog People and Other Bitesize Sacrifices by Dan Magich around 2:40 a.m. It is now now 4:28 a.m. as I start writing this review. Laughed my butt off out loud, nearly peed my pants many times and I can't believe I haven't woken everyone up. I hope you have already started the next book. If you don't have a podcast, you should seriously think about it, I've never listened to one, not even sure how, but I would listen to this one. (Yes, I am at least 1/2 Luddite) Crystal you rock! There is nothing like real life is there, you can't make this stuff up. Very funny, touching, heart-rending, and heartening. This would make a great tv series but it couldn't be network due to the language. I have one son, this shows how very different my experience would have been if we had been able to have more. As it is we are very blessed with our miracle baby. It is wonderful to read of a family who so love each other, it really comes through with every word.

I read this on my Kindle pre -publication many thanks to NetGalley and Animal Media Group, The pictures did not always appear very clearly, especially the ones at the beginning or end of a chapter. I hope this is resolved before the book is released. Other than that, everything was great.

I highly recommend this book whether you are a parent, thinking of becoming a parent, have parents or were delivered by a stork to live in a cabbage patch with a pack of wolves (I know it doesn't make sense). This is a very entertaining book. As soon as I get up, after going to bed that is, I'll be telling my sister about this book and recommending she buy it, put on some adult diapers and read it.

This book is hysterical. I can understand why some would think the stories sound a little too crazy to be real, but I've got 7 small children in my life these days, and I've seen some things I probably wouldn't believe if I hadn't witnessed them myself. Dan's boys are hilarious, smart, snarky as hell, and imaginative in a way that keeps you wondering what could possibly come out of their mouths next. The story about his son wanting to try dolphin had me in tears. (And the fact that he kept reiterating that he needed ranch, you know, FOR DIPPING, made me laugh out loud.) Parents will definitely appreciate this book, the honest portrayal of the chaos and hilarity of parenting small children, and all the love and care in between.

My only complaint is about the eARC itself. It doesn't translate at all on my Kindle. The PDF was messed up, which made reading it very difficult. I had to read it on my computer in order to see the illustrations and ketchup "text" properly.

This book was hilarious, well-observed, and joyous, even if it was dealing with a tonne of weird, wacky and interesting things that go on as a parent. As it was from the point of view of a father, it was very funny to see how his perspective differed from mine and there were a few situations I could *really* relate to, which made the book all the more delicious!

Life with three boys has never been funnier.

This was a fast and funny read about raising three rambunctious boys.
While I don't have children and do not know at what age certain milestones are normal, I did find some stories were perhaps a little bit of an exaggeration.
I found myself thinking... would a small child really have the know-how to form such an articulate sentence. Maybe, but I don't really know.

Either way this book did make me laugh, and I enjoyed reading it,