Tag - the clique series

Not So “Ah-mazing.” Duh, Mom.

Apr 17 2014

(Note: The ending of this month’s book is revealed, so don’t read the final paragraph of this post if you want to be surprised!) I should have known. Call it a gut feeling, having “been there” as a teenage girl and remembering the type of books I read during those years (about mean girls you love to hate) but I really, really wanted to be wrong about The Clique Summer Collection: Massie by Lisi Harrison. This novel is an installment in “The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series.” I wanted there to be a profound, socially-responsible message to tween- and teen-age girls, grounded…

The Book Selection for April…Will it be “Ah-mazing?”

Apr 08 2014

April’s addition to “Twelve Books in 2014” fell into my lap…straight out of my daughter’s backpack. The timing couldn’t have been better, arriving on the heels of March’s book, Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman. When I saw the sassy-appearing teen girl on the cover of The Clique Summer Collection: Massie by Lisi Harrison, my eyebrows went up. When I read the back cover, with its references to “The Pretty Committee” and “The Clique…the only thing harder than getting in is staying in.” I thought how Ms. Wiseman would eat Ms. Harrison (and her book) for breakfast. However, upon further inspection of…

My name is Heidi Black and I have it all... Maybe not in the traditional sense of the phrase but I do feel I have it all: three beautiful, healthy children, a devoted husband and father and the privilege of being a Domestic Engineer. (I used to call myself a SAHM but that just doesn’t fit when my day is filled with coordinating 5 schedules and preplanning their execution, all up to a week in advance.) And now, indulging in a not-so-secret desire to write, and following the advice “write what you know” I am ready to share what I have learned from this ironic life journey and along with you, discover answers to those many questions related to parenting.