Wedding Books

I think this is a great tool for brides and wedding planners. As a florist I found it of little value.

This is a remarkable book of "altered vintage style" imagery.
Don't be put off by the title! Even if you're not getting married you will still find all sorts of ideas and images in here. Sandra Evertson's books are some of the most imaginitive, creative books on the market. Each page is a beautiful work of art in its own right!

This is one of the best books for an AFROCENTRIC WEDDING! I only wish that it wasnt outdated. I love this book!

Well written with many different views that I enyoyed readin

After I finally decided to do an Afrocentric Wedding I had to find resources. This book offered so many suggestions and variations on how to incorporate your heritage, personality, and uniqueness into your ceremony and reception. There are many photos of attire for men, women and children. There are decoration ideas and even sample menues. There is also a place to write in notes and ideas. This book is my new best friend!

A quick spur of the moment wedding that I had waiting for my entire life, this book was wonderful in setting your own themes and using creativity in a new non-traditional way. The types of weddings we choose vary and so do our tastes. I won't say this book saved my life but it did give me a more grounded reality of how I could adapt the wedding to my "our" tastes and also gave contact information on various venues. Very helpful.

A quick spur of the moment wedding that I had waiting for my entire life, this book was wonderful in setting your own themes and using creativity in a new non-traditional way. The types of weddings we choose vary and so do our tastes. I won't say this book saved my life but it did give me a more grounded reality of how I could adapt the wedding to my "our" tastes and also gave contact information on various venues. Very helpful.

I came across this book kinda randomly and wasn't in the process of planning a wedding, but I read it anyway. Since then I have recommended and shared it with almost every woman I know, especially those getting married and they, too, have loved it. This book is funny, insightful, and nakedly honest. At times it forces you to admit to thoughts and feelings that, as enlightened modern women, we often try to hide. As a bonus, I was suprised by how much I, a single woman, could relate to much of it. If you have been in relationships or been a part of a wedding party, you can connect with this book.

I'm glad someone has finally taken an honest look at weddings, instead of the "Your Special Day Where Everything Should Be Perfect" kind of mindset (and book) that seeks to personify your future perfect marriage into one current perfect day. If you've been wondering why turning your life into a production felt so *wrong*, and wondering where this wedding insanity came from, this is the book to pick up.

I loved this book!! I'm engaged (with a decidedly smaller than 2 caret ring), yet I could relate to so many of the stories being told by this wonderful author. My fiancé was a little scared of the title, but the more I read to him, he started laughing out loud with me at the wonderful new perspective that Kamy brought to the journey from dating to getting married. I bought this book for a Professor/Engaged friend and her reaction was exactly the same: getting married does enter you into a very different reality and this book makes the trip a little easier and leaves you with some very good questions (and answers) about being a modern bride with antiquated expectations and keeping your sense of humor throughout. I would highly recommend this book to anyone getting married or planning on getting married.

My friend gave me this book as an engagement present and I am so glad she did! Kamy writes very sincerely and honestly about how easily it is to be sucked into the wedding frenzy. She uses her personal experience to invite readers to examine the wedding traditions that have lost their meanings and sometimes even go against our values as modern women. My wedding will be much more meaningful and personal because I've had the chance to read this book. Highly recommended!

This book is amazing. It is the book I wish I would have had to give to my best friend a year ago and it is *hands down* the best book about marriage and feminism I have ever read. It was such a page turner I could hardly put it down.

Kamy Wicoff skillfully blends the personal and the political as she analyzes herself and her wedding through the lens of traditional gender expectations and the relentless consumerism of the wedding industry. Every moment, from her uncharacteristic angst over the proposal process to the real marriage after the "big day" is examined.

I was so impressed by the balance that Wicoff was able to achieve. Memoirs are the "hot" genre right now, but she manages to save this book from becoming a me-me-me wedding schlock by always keeping her eye on larger matters. She challenges her readers to resist the pervasive lure of an industry that tells her she must have the perfect dress and perfect wedding and a wedding tradition that preps females and males for gender roles out of the 1950's... even when she acknowledges that she didn't resist it herself. I'm impressed by her brutal honesty, her integrity in relaying the ways that she ignored the realities around her, and her razor sharp dissection of those around her (from her fiancée to her mother).

As a feminist, this book was a joy to read. As my college friends get older and marry, we've had discussions about these issues without being able to pinpoint why it bothers us. This book gives voice to so many things that my friends and I have experienced as abstract emotions (particularly the crazed over-planning bride and the sexist mystery of showers). It puts the puzzle pieces together and helps make sense of what emerges. But more then that, it encourages EACH bride to make her own sense of these issues and make her own way. This is not "Kamy Wicoff brags about her great feminist wedding" or "Kamy Wicoff thinks your wedding sucks". This is Kamy Wicoff giving you the right tools to ask critical questions.

By far, one of the finest personal is political memoirs I've read; truly in the league of "Nickel and Dimed" by Barbara Ehrenreich. I'm eagerly awaiting Wicoff's next book with high hopes.

I got this book for my son, but my wife and I could not put it down. This book may not have all of the lists and such, but it sure is funny. I would recommend you get a more serious book to use as a guide, but don't pass up this book if you need a good laugh!

I happened to find this book in a bookstore while browsing, and since I just had a good friend get engaged, I bought it for her new fiance. I was actually laughing out loud because while it provides current and valuable advice for the soon-to-be-groom, it does so with lots of humor and wit. This is a perfect gift for any newly-engaged guy...as my new husband often tells me, too many gifts are geared towards the female half of the couple, and it's only fair to get the guy something once in a while. Buy this book!

This is a good one for grooms to be out there. The only reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5 is that it's already a little old. For a more up to date book, try The Engaged Groom. I bought a few books and found both books to be the best out there. Lots of helpful advice beyond the typical advice on what to wear and how to stay out of the way.

Although this is a humorous book, the advice it gives isn't bad. If you are getting married in the next year, definitely buy this book. It mostly gives humorous, but very true advice on weddings, wedding etiquette and married life.

It also gives some truly funny marriage advice like don't get so much life insurance that "you're worth more to them dead than alive....seriously watch your back."

So if you like the droll sensibilities of the editors Esquire Magazine and you're even remotely thinking of getting married, but this book. Think of it this way, even if you call off the wedding, this book is will still give you a few guffaws.

I absolutely loved this book and will be giving it to all my groom-to-be friends. Witty and ultimately wise, this succinct guide offers valuable information about everything from the entire engagement up unto the Big Day that any man will find useful. Not cutesy or overly macho, this book strikes the right balance in offering advice to make the man the best groom he can be.

At last there is a book that addresses real compatability issues. Its a great resource to use before going into marriage or any serious type relationship to help pin-point problem areas you both may have. Its a good forum for creating discussion on issues that i would have never thought may be a problem. I'm definately glad that I bought it...it certinaly has kept me from being completely blinded by love and help me find someone who is right for me.