What Your Husband Isn't Telling You: A Guided Tour of a Man's Body, Soul, and Spirit by David Murrow

 

 

When I saw the title of this book, I was intrigued. I wanted to read it and find out what does make my husband tick. While I may be delusional, I think my husband and I have a pretty good marriage. We usually communicate and we love to hang out with each other, for the most part. But I'm always looking for books that can help me understand this man I married, or books that can help me see ways I can personally improve our marriage. I am so glad I read this book.

 

I read this book in about 24 hours and I really haven't had a chance to test or talk to my husband about my new-found knowledge of the inner-workings of his mind, so for all I know this book was way out there and doesn't relate at all to how my husband thinks. But this book was very clear and insightful on how men, in general, think.

 

For the most part this book just describes what is going on in a man's mind, or body, or soul and doesn't really give anything applicable to us wives. Notice, I said, for the most part - the last portion of the book specifically deals with how we as wives can relate to our husbands.

 

I really enjoyed the insights and the reading style was extremely easy to read. The book goes into details, but not too deep of details on some parts - enough for you to know what is going on, but not too much to be super graphic.

 

This book is written from a Christian perspective which as a believer who is married to another believer, I really appreciated. I would highly recommend this book to any wife. I was going to qualify that statement, but I'm just going to stop there. If you are a wife, read this book! It really will help you understand where your husband is coming from.

 

 

In conclusion, I received this book for free from Bethany House in exchange for an honest review, I was under no obligation to give a positive review. All the opinions are my own. 

 

Sexperiment: 7 Days to Lasting Intimacy with Your Spouse by Ed & Lisa Young

When I saw that this book was available for review I thought it sounded like an interesting twist on your typical marriage help books and I was eager to read it. While I sincerely believe that my husband and I have a very good marriage, I figured that there would still be something that we could gain from this book. I started reading the book and it did not disappoint. While yes, the book does definitely focus on having an intimacy with your spouse - it goes beyond that! It covers so many excuses that we let crop into our lives that lead us away from "becoming one" in our marriages.

One of my favorite chapters was actually the first chapter because it covered the differences between men and women and how we think. I couldn't believe how accurate it was! I guess I shouldn't have been too surprised since this is written from a husband and wife team that have been married for over 30 years, but it still amazed me.

I think that this book would be very helpful for any marriage. Even if you have a solid marriage - it will help to solidify your marriage. If your marriage seems to be shaky - it can help you to get it back on track. This book even has a section at the end of each chapter called "Action Steps" for couples that are reading this together and are getting ready to embark on the "Sexperiment". While this book is written for married couples, it also has a section at the end of the chapter called "Before You Do" for engaged couples and "The Yoke is Not a Joke" for those that are still dating. I really appreciated the fact that over and over in these sections they made a point to say that this experiment is only for you once you are married, but there are things that you can consider before you are in that situation.

I received this book for free from FaithWords in exchange for an honest review. I was not required to give a positive review. All words and thoughts in this review are my own.