Little Book Of Great Dates

Little Book Of Great Dates by Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley is literally a little book - pocket sized. It's very attractive and would make a great gift book for an engagement, wedding, anniversary, etc. It has a beautiful imprinted blue imitation leather cover and comes packaged nicely. The premise of this book is to strengthen your marriage relationship via regular dating. It includes a short introduction and then 52 brief date ideas that include a quote, a couple-paragraph devotional type writing, the actual date activity/idea, and then questions for you to discuss with your spouse while on the date. It also includes a "Notes" section in the back with some further resources you might want to delve into. I chose this book because my husband and I try to go on a date at least once a month and could definitely use some fresh ideas and activities to try. While some of the dates suggested were pretty obvious, many were different from activities we've ever done. I'm eager to try some of these new dates and have some fun! I also appreciated the "questions" section, as many couples who go out on a date tend to talk about the kids, stuff going on at home, etc. and not any deeper issues. Some of the discussion/question topics were deep and some were just fun "getting to know you better" questions, but I think they'll definitely give us plenty to talk about! I'm looking forward to putting some of these ideas into practice. I received a copy of this book from Tyndale House in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

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