Queen of the Castle by Lynn Bowen Walker is a fantastic and fun resource for homemakers everywhere. The subtitle says it all: 52 weeks of encouragement for the uninspired, domestically challenged or just plain tired homemaker. The author comes across as the slightly-more-together friend and mentor that we all wish we had. Not the perfect wife, cook, housekeeper, and PTA mom, who might end up irritating us, but someone who is simple willing to share how she manages to get dinner on the table while also taxi-ing her children to after-school events.
The book is written in a 52 week format, so that the busy mom can cover one chapter each week, but I found myself browsing through and reading the parts that I really thought I needed right away. The chapter titles are very helpful to locate the information you need. For example, week 41, October, is called “The Seasons Are Changing: Homemaking in the Fall.” It opens with Lynn’s wistful look at the changing air and colors which makes her want to nest and give attention to her home. The ideas for fall that she offers range from practical to pampering:
I highly recommend this book for its clear presentation and easy format which includes quotes from many homemaking and mothering and women’s books on the topics that she is covering, along with a word of the day, plenty of personal anecdotes, and oh yeah, chocolate recipes.
The author has donated a copy for our U.S. or Canadian readers, so if you’d like to be crowned queen of your castle, leave a comment to be eligible to win. I’ll announce the winner in next week’s column.
Am I too late?
Oh… I do so hope that this is still going on!
If it;s not too late to enter, I’d love to be crowned . The transition from “Princess” (condo) to “Queen” (homeowner)has not always been a smooth and easy one. Perhaps this book can help….?
Sounds like a book I need. Count me in. Thanks
Send it my way
I’m tired, so this would be nice to have.
im the queen of my castle
I COULD SURE USE THIS!
I love to read! Thank you for having this giveaway!
I’d love to win this….thanks!
Sounds like a great book! Please throw my name in the hat too.
this book sounds like it was written just for me, please count me in. thanks
great site
Count me in please
Sounds like a fun (and definitely needed:) book. Thanks for the entry.
Count me in! Thanks!
This sounds great! Count me in.
i love new books and this one speaks to me
I’d love to be entered! :0)
Looks great!
Count me in the contest please 🙂
I’d love something new to read!
Oh this sounds like a great book.
Hugs,
Melinda
This is as close to being queen of anything as I will ever get!
I’d LOVE to have this book!
Emma
I love it! Please enter me!
Please enter me in this contest. Thanks
Please count me in. Thanks!
looks great!
Sounds like an interesting book!
Good golly be this book would be great. I hope it would have some part of (big word time but can’t think how to spell it) phyianitic why I keep my client home clean and organize but not mine.
Pick me!!!
Is this book about me???
Pick me!
Lisa
Sounds like a fun read. I’d love to win a copy.
This book sounds luck fun and helpful, too! I’ll add it to my blog so others can join in. My home used to be so organized, but the older I get, the more disorganized it seems. Help!
Please count me in too.
I would love to be included as well!!
I hope I am the lucky one!!
Yes please!!
I absolutely love to curl up with a good book!
How could you pass up chocolate recipes? Count me in please!
Count me in!
I’d love it!
Please enter me into this contest.
Thank you,
Mrs.Garcia
**AND ** chocolate recipes??!! Oh yeah baby, count me in!
Whoohoo!!
I think they were talking about me when they said “domestically challenged”. Please enter me!!
Wow….reading about the book…I’m ALMOST inspired to clean my house. Almost. QUICK! Someone gimme the book before all inspiration is lost…………
😉
thanks, count me in!!!
I’m in!
This sounds like the perfect book for me- and this website is perfect for me, too. Thanks for creating such a haven for busy, tired mommies looking for some inspiration and relaxation on the net!
Wow another? Thanx! 🙂
This book sounds really neat. Please enter me in your contest.
This book sounds great! Count me in :)!
Jen
This sounds like an interesting book please enter me in the contest.
Count me in!!
Looks neat! Count me in!
Love it! Enter me Please!
would LOVE to become Queen of my Castle!!
Oh how I NEED this book! Please count me in!
I so need this book it isn’t even funny!
This sounds like a really good book.
With baby # 5 on the way, I am definitely the “just plain too tired homemaker!!!” I NEED this book!!
This looks awesome. We could really use it around here.
can’t wait to read this one
Would love to have this to give to my niece; she and my nephew plan to have 10 children–at least that is how many they have names picked out for–and would love this book!
TM
Please include me!
I’d love to get my hands on this book!
Sounds great!
I really want to win! Pick me!!!!
For a soon to be mother of two I think I would love this book
This sounds great!!!
sign me up!
Oh, I could use this book… Enter me please.
This sounds like a book I need. Count me in.
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Jennifer- this sounds like an awesome book! Count me in!
I so need this!!
Sounds like the perfect book for this busy season of life that I’m in!
I need all the help I can get! Count me in!
enter me please!
wow! What a neat concept for a book:)
Boy, do I need this! I don’t feel like a queen, nor does my house look like a castle at the minute!
Sounds like a fun approach to a subject that sometimes is no fun at all…a refreshing change from books and sites that only make the non-queens like me feel more inept and guilty!
Wow do I ever need this book! Count me in!
That sounds like it would be so helpful to me! Count me in!
what a wonderful book
Sounds like this would be a wonderfully inspiring book!
Sure! Count me in!
This sounds fabulous!
Please sign me up.
I’m a domestic goddess here, hoping to win this book! 🙂
Would love this one!
I would love one!!
oooh books…..cool
I’ve put this book on my To Be Read list!
Congrats! I read about 16 blogs for household tips & you are the 1st to mention “Get Organized Week”
Would love to read this!
I love these kind of books! Linked to your giveaway on my blog!
This sounds like a really good book.
this looks right up my alley!
Sounds like a great book!
This sounds like a very practical, great book!
This sounds like a book I need. Please count me in.
Just the book I need!
I think its sounds like a good boo too!
I would love to have this!
Sounds great!
Do I ever need a book like this!!!
count me in!
Would love this book. Count me in. I’ll have a link on Tuesday for it.
Me please! 🙂
That definitely sounds like a book that would be useful to our household, please enter me!
Oh, I definitely need this book. I hope hope hope that I get picked.
Queen of the Castle…I love the title! Sounds like a great book!
I have been wanting to read this book for awhile now. I would love to be entered.
Sounds like a great book!
would love to have it. Count me in please!
I blogged about the contest!
HERE
I totally wanted to read/review this book when I saw it going around the Blogosphere awhile ago. Maybe now is my chance 🙂
Laura
Looks like a great book. This queen of her castle is feeling domestically challenged, mind you it may be the baby wake up call at 1 this morning. Count me in for the contest.
This sounds like a great book!
Count me in!
I blogged the giveaway too in my Monday Edition of Contests Galore
http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2007/10/monday-edition-contests-galore.html