I Do, Now What? Secrets, Stories, and Advice from a Madly-in-Love Couple by Giuliana and Bill Rancic

Synopsis:
Five million viewers tuned in to The Style Network for Giuliana DePandi and Bill Rancic’s fairy tale wedding in Italy, as the passions, tears, and champagne flowed. But what happened once the honeymoon was over? After all, she’s been stationed in Los Angeles as one of E! Entertainment’s most popular personalities, and he’s kept his home in Chicago, where this handsome winner of The Apprentice has been busy running an empire of his own. How, we’ve wondered, is this marriage really working out? With all the funny, frank, and characteristically down-to-earth personality that fans of their hit reality show, Giuliana & Bill, have come to adore, this glamorous couple takes you behind the scenes of their real-life marriage. Like all newlyweds, they’ve faced the big issues that wedlock manages to invite, including money (to merge or not?), household chores (she’s disorganized, he’s a neat freak), arguments (without staying mad), and trying to have a baby (it’s not as easy as they thought!). Sharing their newfound and sometimes hard-won insights, they offer suggestions on such topics as communication, giving and receiving support, trust and jealousy, quality time, friends and in-laws, fighting fair, and sex and romance. A must-read for newly married couples, or those about to take the plunge, or anyone who wants to know the secrets of everlasting love, I Do, Now What? is an upbeat real-world resource for the most ambitious journey of a couple’s life: marriage!

My Review:
I really enjoyed this book! I am, first off, a fan of this couple’s reality TV show called “Giuliana & Bill” so I already know a little about their different personalities and how this couple interacts with each other. This book is one of the funniest and most honest books I have read in quite some time and I thought it matched with what I have seen on their show in terms of the couple’s dynamics. I felt it was creativity written with collaboration of the titles of the chapters and the stories within them and there was an even back and forth between Giuliana and Bill. Now granted, these two people have not been married long time but I also know that a long marriage does not necessarily equal a happy marriage. I think they were up front about their struggles and talked about realistic ways to work through and overcome those challenges with some humor thrown in there. This book does not claim to have all the answers to a successful relationship but they know what works for them and wanted to share that with others while entertaining and amusing their readers. I love this couple even more after reading this book because it is very rare that you find this amount of respect for each other and their marriage from a celebrity couple who puts their personal lives on display to the public. I will continue to watch and root for them as they face the future with each other.