A good resource, May 23, 2011

By Carolina –

This review is from: Planning Your Wedding Sucks: What to do when place cards, plus ones, and paying two grand for a cake make you miserable (Paperback)

Overall I enjoyed reading this book and found it to be helpful. The authors offer a lot of very specific, concrete pieces of advice you can use when planning your wedding. There were tips in this book that I literally had not seen anywhere else! It’s clear that these authors have a lot of experience with weddings. One disclaimer, though, is that this is not really a book for unusual, low-key brides. This book assumes that you are having a large wedding party, multiple wedding showers, and a rather fancy wedding. If you are having a large wedding, then this is definitely a great resource for you. But if you are having a very small wedding (like I am), you will repeatedly roll your eyes when the authors go on and on about bridesmaid drama, lazy fiances, and hating your mother-in-law. However, despite occasionally being annoyed by this book, it was worth a look for the excellent advice they provided. They also have a list of resources in the back that I found very helpful!

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A MUST HAVE!, December 16, 2010

By dv4it –

This review is from: Planning Your Wedding Sucks: What to do when place cards, plus ones, and paying two grand for a cake make you miserable (Paperback)

Honest and seriously helpful! Not just some fairy tale book about how awesome your wedding is going to be. Talks about real life situations and the problems you face when planning a wedding! Really reduces my stress with it’s underlying comedy, and the writing style is like you’re just talking to your best friend. I highly recommend it!

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So helpful, and so funny!, January 29, 2011

By Sharon Naylor “Author of over 35 wedding book… (Morristown, NJ United States) –

This review is from: Planning Your Wedding Sucks: What to do when place cards, plus ones, and paying two grand for a cake make you miserable (Paperback)

Elena Donovan Mauer and Joanne Kimes have written a fabulous guide in Planning Your Wedding Sucks! The #1 thing that brides need as they maneuver through all of the tricky spots in wedding planning – those etiquette minefields and temptations to `over-do it’ with their wedding elements – is a sense of humor. And Elena and Joanne deliver that perfect mix of essential advice and witty comments that keep the bride’s feet on the ground. All so that their wedding planning won’t suck…for them or for their grooms. I absolutely love how they get right to the important message: wedding stress can hurt your relationship with the groom. So the tips in this book really do help the bride keep her perspective, and avoid planning mistakes that will surely lead to regret (and wasted money!) One of the most brilliant sections in this book – among the many! – is “10 Questions to Ask Before You DIY,” which will open a bride’s eyes about what’s realistic to take on, and what really should be entrusted to a wedding professional. I found myself laughing through and loving this book…it’s such a breath of fresh air for any bride who wants to enjoy the wedding planning process. And it’s going to be really appreciated by everyone around the bride, who can also use the fabulous advice within these pages.

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