Every summer, I look forward to the newest episode of the Lisa and Francesca family saga. Each year, as this mother-daughter writing team releases their Chick Wit column in book form, I cannot wait to sit down with them to share in their laughter and to realize, no matter whom you are, the good and the bad in life finds us all.

In the past, I would listen to their most recent book while driving my daughter back to college or when I wandered on a journey to visit. This year, with her off on her own adventures, I look at their stories with a different eye. An eye of a mother with an adult child and realizing, though our stories are different, we each have those things that make us laugh, cry, confront tough decision, and realize no matter what Francesca says, the dating years, though trying, were also a lot of fun.

Maybe it is an age thing, but Lisa’s stories resonate with me. Aging is not easy, but the lessons from our past are what get us to our future. You have to face each day with humor or you will not make it. As Lisa said, her job is to make us laugh and that is what she did in this book. A moment or two of great aloud guffawing in an otherwise quiet place, may turn heads, but what is life without laughter and listening to the stories of two women whom have turned into friends.

4.5 Stars

Can I just say how much I love Lisa Scottoline?? She is not only a wonderful author but one of the funniest, sweetest women around...her personality just shines through in the essays she writes with her equally funny and fantastic daughter Francesca Serritella! 

I really do adore this mother-daughter duo, and their series of books about their real-life is just the best! They have such a wonderful relationship, and it makes reading their essays just that much better. The essays are just brilliant; they are personal, warm, witty, relatable, hysterical, and just so highly entertaining! Every time I read one, I start to imagine what it will be like when my own daughter, who just turned eight, is an adult, and I only hope she and I will have the same kind of relationship as Lisa and Francesca!!

These two talk about everything! And by that, I do mean everything: their dogs and cats, who are a tremendous part of their family (and I LOVE what a huge pet lover they both are, which only makes me adore the duo more!!), loss of a pet and how that is so shattering, snakes..in the toilet??, hearing about dating through the eyes of Francesca, the horrors of Spanx, receiving a do-it-yourself colonoscopy in the mail(!), technology issues, they touch on feminism, the strength of being a woman, and they made me feel so blessed and thankful to be a woman and part of a great group of women who just enrich my life and make it more meaningful every day...and I'm including them in this by just being a part of my life by sharing their stories and thoughts. And there is so much more in the book-no topic is off limits for them, but it is clean, fun humor with touches of sadness at times (I even cried) depending on what the duo is reminiscing about.

This was a perfect, quick book to read while sitting on the beach while on vacation or to read even if you aren't on vacation! It's just a perfect read!! If you want to read a wonderful collection of essays that will make you laugh or sometimes cry, then you need to pick up I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses asap! I can't wait to read their next book together! 

**Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for my review copy in exchange for my fair and honest review.**

I love reading these stories. They are such fun to read and they are about things that really happened to them. Some of them are laugh out loud funny. One was very sad about one of Lisa's dogs, I cried. I always enjoy these books, it's a nice change. Sometime I will have to try their audiobooks. Lisa and her daughter Francesca do the recordings themselves. I received this ARC through NetGalley for an unbiased review.

I had a hard time stopping laughing long enough to write this review! I LOVED this book. It is a great read for anyone at any age, but if you have a daughter or a mother (wink), you can relate to all of this on a number of levels. This is a series of humorous essays/columns from Lisa and Francesca, a mother and daughter team of authors who have a wonderful gift for words. They write a weekly newspaper column titled “Chick Wit”, and many of these are excerpts from that. They sound just like your best girl friends, only much funnier. The short essays alternate voices, and they aren’t on the same topics( like tag-teaming), just reflections on life in general from their respective perspectives. Lisa reviews the aging process while Francesca gives ten rules for breaking up graciously. Lisa shares lessons learned from HER mother, and Francesca tells how she made friends with the Container Store to organize her bathroom, temporarily at least. And so much more! I am now hooked and will be searching out previous books in this series. I can’t think of a better way to lighten the day than to read these essays, so I plan to keep one of their books open in the Kindle app on my phone to enjoy any time I have to sit around and wait for something. Anyone nearby will be sure to see me giggling and laughing out loud and wonder how I manage to enjoy waiting around! I can’t wait to buy my own daughter a copy of this book. It sounds just like conversations we have had (but funnier)! Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book. They have made me an enduring fan!

This is a humor book of short stories from Lisa Scottoline and her daughter Francesca. They write about their lives and problems in an amusing way that is relatable to everyone from a mother-daughter perspective. Lisa writes more about the problems of aging while Francesca talks a lot about younger women's issues like dating.

The stories are all funny and naturally, some of them are better than others. It was a great book to pick up, read a few stories, put down again then start over a few days later.

I enjoyed this book a lot and recommend it. Thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is the next book in the hilarious story collections by the mother/daughter team. I laughed, I cried, and I followed my grown daughter around reading the best chapters aloud to her. If you need a good laugh, then this is your book.

This is a collection of short stories by popular author Lisa Scottoline (though VERY different from the fiction books she writes) and her daughter Francesca. It’s the eighth book in the series, but it’s the only one I’ve ever read. The stories are funny and relatable, particular if you are in a mother/daughter relationship. Due to the nature of the book, it’s a quick read, perfect for summer travel. There’s a little bit of everything in here, from animals to music to technology. Where there are a few sad stories, the majority of them will have the reader chuckling along the way.

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book, but I wasn’t required to leave a positive review.

If you only know Lisa Scottoline from her Thrillers, then you are in for a treat when she joins her daughter in this humorous series of true life stories of a mother and daughter and the way they view life as two adult women in different stages of life.

From Lisa we get the stuff a lot of us are dealing with. They make the every day hilarious and you can't help but laugh along as you are saying, " Oh my lord, I thought that was just me!" Well, it isn't just you and from the built-in bra dress to the napkin on her head I laughed so hard people came over and asked what I was reading. Of course I shared.

There is nothing Lisa won't tell you. Nothing. Including her obsession with Bradley Cooper and her aversion to air conditioning. It's fun to see Francesca's view as she navigates the dating scene and tries to face time her mother.

We desperately need a laugh these days, so I would recommend picking this up and posting up by the pool!

Netgalley/St.Martin's Press   July 10, 2018

Thank you Netgalley for allowing me an advanced reader copy of this book! This is currently one of my most favorite series of true stories between this mother and daughter writing team. They are so funny and so real that I think most people can relate. And, if you can’t relate to them then at least you can laugh about their real life occurrences. They share wonderful family stories, lots of dog stories, women stories in such an honest humorous way. I only have one more book in this series to read that I’ll make up over the summer. I am personally hoping it’s one where Mother Mary is still alive. I miss her but love that this team keep her alive through their books. I’d recommend anyone to start at the beginning of this series as this is book #9 and just read all of them. It is worth your time:-)

The many tales in this book prove as cleverly witty as the title! There is no end to the laughter and tears brought forth.

From the disco dust and Millennial spiral to the stuff from Lisa that hit home, i laughed and cried. I need to find the other books this dynamic mother-daughter duo have penned.

I am a fan of Lisa Scottoline’s mysteries but this is the first of her humorous books that I’ve had a chance to read. I love the short stories from her and her daughter . The honest, witty stories draw you into their world and are easy to relate to on many levels. Their love for their pets just adds more appeal to the stories they share with us. Thank you Netgalley & St. Martin’s Press for the ARC. I will definately be reading more of this series.

I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses,True Stories and Confessions by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella is a light, heartwarming read. These amusing mother-daughter stories show how close they are. They narrate snippets of their real, everyday life and share their rose-tinted thoughts on everything from birthdays, dresses, food, hobbies, travel, technology and many more.

Lisa and Francesca do it again! Through their hilarious, witty, and true tales, they make you laugh and cry- sometimes in the same story! I have read all of their books and recommend to anyone!

I just love reading the collaboration of stories between mother and daughter, Lisa and Francesca. The way the stories are laid out; it's always a great comparison to how events and experiences can be seen through different eyes as a mother a daughter. And always, always laugh out loud funny! I constantly find myself saying, "yes, that's me!" or "I'm so glad I'm not the only one". I just love their relationship with each other and their sense of adventure together. Their outlook is really no holds barred and honest and I would just love to run into these two on one of their adventures! Between the trouble with Spanx, loving on their doggies, sitting at the kids table at Christmas, and their love for Mother Mary and her inordinate affect on their lives, you will find love in your heart for this light heartened collection of essays and the authors! #netgalley

"We take real life and make it funny."--Lisa Scottoline

Philadelphia lawyer turned courtroom/thriller novelist Lisa Scottoline has also been writing "true stories and confessions." I thought it was about time I read one of her humor books, which she co-authors with her daughter Francesca Serritella. I picked up I See Life Through Rose'-Colored Glasses through NetGalley.

My husband and I began reading Scottoline's novels for their Philadelphia locale. We kept reading for her characters and plotlines. I followed her on social media and discovered her humor writing. I looked forward to that laugh-out-loud moment her posts always brought.

Like the snake in the toilet news story that had her horrified. She writes, "Now, this is where I reveal that I go to the bathroom to pee approximately thirty-five times a day. Seventeen of those are at night." The only thing worse worrying about finding snakes when you lift the toilet seat lid is, well, there is nothing worse.

Scottoline's 'true stories' are written in her own voice, with a wallop of self-depreciation and a no-holds-barred admittance of the plight of being a woman 'of a certain age' and the indignities of aging. The stories "chronicle our lives" as mother and daughter she writes, looking "at the upside of ups and downs."

Her daughter Francesca writes about being a 21st c thirty-something female in NYC. I loved her "Can You Hear Me Now?" about her mother's struggle with technology--WiFi, phones, Face-Timing. Yep. We have a thirty-something son who we rely on as our personal technology service rep.

"The Ad That Stole Christmas" is about a Match.com ad makes singles feel bad about, well, being single during the holidays. But as her mother knows, the worst thing is not ending up alone, it is ending up with people who make you feel alone.

Scottoline is an animal lover and I enjoy seeing her rescued dogs laying on quilts on the couch. "Animals make us human" she states. "Lint rollers can only do so much," Scottoline admits, and the evidence is apparent on their clothing.

Oh, I do know about that. Our Shiba Inus shed 9 months out of the year, and the other three they exploded fur. We did not have dust bunnies, but dust puppies, and they rolled on the hardwood like tumbleweeds. I once found my dachshund's wiry hairs woven into my brassiere. Francesca writes about deciding to cut her dog's hair herself, which she discovers is not for the faint-hearted or neatnick.

The stories are brief and I like reading them one a day, like a vitamin pill, a daily laugh or chuckle to maintain good health.

I received a free ebook from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.

I love Lisa Scottoline! I have read most of her books and I am a big fan, although I am new to Francesca’s writing. In the introduction, it is said that reading this book will make you feel like you’re on vacation, and that is it exactly! I read it slowly over a few weeks, while also reading other books, and it’s been a perfect escape. I also have grown daughters and it is so fun to read both the mother’s and the daughter’s stories. Highly recommended!!

Howling with laughter as I read this book. The subject matter of Lisa Scottoline is normally serious and emotional so I was totally unprepared for the hilarious side of her. Reminiscent of Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron, Lisa and her daughter, Francesca Serritella share their thoughts, lives, mistakes, body images, dating,marriages, pets, etc in guffaw, belly laugh fashion. I could not select a favorite if I had to. I love the mother daughter aspects and viewpoints. I so want to be friends with these lovely women and have a cup of coffee... or rose’. Thank you @stmartinspress for the ARC. #netgalley #lisascottoline #francescaserritella

This book was good, entertaining and certainly funny at times. However, it also didn’t keep my interest all the way through the book. This book is made up of a bunch of small stories (true to Lisa and her daughters life) that are very entertaining and funny at times, but this book also lost my interest in some of the small stories. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great book, that is sure to make you LOL at times. It’s a very fun read. I’m typically suspense and romance, but I really enjoyed this story too. The 4 stars is only because I lost interest a few times. This would be a perfect book for a day that your needing a laugh or just need a little lift. This book will do it for you. :) enjoy!

The real life and unique adventures of Lisa and her daughter Francesca.
Some tales are more amusing than others.
I definitely related more to Francesca’s stories, she’s around my age and has a more down to earth personality than Lisa.
Lisa is a wild woman lol I like how everything can be an adventure to them. Anything could be a story. They see a light side to life, a humor even in hard times. I always respect that.
But I didn’t get super interested in most of the stories.
I definitely enjoyed Francesca’s story about breaking up with her boyfriend because he wasn’t nice enough to her dog. And another story about realizing he boyfriend was angry at her because of how he ate her birthday cake.

Light reading. Some cute stories, some funny, some not for me.

I got to read an early edition from NetGalley.

This was a cute series of vignettes, but I found it to be a little hit or miss. Some were laugh-out-loud funny, but others felt like they were trying too hard (especially from Lisa's side). I loved the insights from Francesca on 30-something single life / dating, though, and wish I could read a book entirely by her!