Paul Alexander (11)

I found the style of the book very distracting as it veered between having an overall narrative and just listing random events from the narrator's life. I think the narrative could have had a stronger focus to help tie together the various stories.

That being said the book made me giggle several times especially as the baby grew older and developed its own personality. The stories were very relatable and honest about what being a new parent is like. It didn't take me very long to read either show more so I didn't feel like I wasted my time. show less

This is a hearfelt and hilarious journey through being a parent. At times you feel so helpless reading about the exploits, just as I imagine the parents did at the time. The author does a wonderful job keeping you engaged as well as teaching you through moments that may have seemed more destructive than educational at the time.

This is not so much a book as a collection of tweets loosely organized around a timeline of the author's first child's life. The tweets are primarily about the quirks of having children and still trying to maintain a marriage. Sometimes the tweets are just about silly things his son, Sean, says or does. Others are long stories about quirky parents or unlikely situations. Some tweets aren't really about his kid at all, but were maybe just considered funny enough to be included anyway.

I've show more never read a book that is just a compendium of tweets before, and I think there is a reason for that. It's kinda like reading the text from a newspaper comic strip. They are short, non-sequitur, and after reading about ten in a row my attention span began to shut off. Some of the stories were amusing, but I would have enjoyed them more if they were actually fleshed out anecdotes and not brief, stilted tweets. A little more work by the author could have produced a charming memoir. Instead it's almost two hundred pages of stale dad jokes and complaining about his wife spending money. show less

I received a free copy of this book from the LTER in exchange for my honest opinion.
I absolutely loved this book. The author used a unique way to describe his family life with his baby son for about 5 years: Most of the entries could have fit on a Post-It note (I assume that is how he kept track of them!)
I laughed tears while reading this book. My husband is now reading it in the evening at bedtime and chuckles so much that the bed shakes!
I can fully see most of these occasion happening - I show more guess it helps when you have kids of your own.
I hope Mr. Alexander writes another book soon!
The loss of 1/2 star was for the grammar mistakes that any good editor should have found without the help of a spell-check program! show less