Hosted by Allison

Each Saturday You will post the answer to these questions. The number indicates the number of answers you will provide.

1 Book you read and/or reviewed this week
2 Words that describe the book
3 Settings it took place or characters you met
4 Things you liked and/or disliked about it
5 Stars or less for your rating?

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1.) Dirty Little Angels by Chris Tusa
2.) Short but interesting.
3.) Slums of New Orleans
4.) I think the story should have been expanded on.
4.) 3 and a half stars.

1. Plans and schedules are pretty much out the window when you have children.

2. I’m happy when things are quiet.

3. The last thing I drank was water.

4. One of the most valuable things in my life is my family.

5. I like ham and pineapple on my pizza.

6. Dear November, I hate you. Your friend, Kelly .

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to spending time with my husband, tomorrow my plans include running errands and laundry and Sunday, I want to watch football and read!

Which do you prefer? Biographies written about someone? Or Autobiographies written by the actual person (and/or ghost-writer)?

I am so torn by this. I guess it would depend on the person the book is written about. Take Palin’s new book, now I know I am not a fan of hers, and I am not even a Republican, but with her being so controversial and such a subject of ridicule, you know that if you read her book the entire purpose of the book would be fluff and bias. Of course, that would be the same for anyone in the controversial spotlight I suppose.

With that said, my favorite book growing up that was autobiographical was “All Creatures Great And Small by James Herriot”. (Plug plug plug, a must read if you are an animal lover) No one else could have told his story but him.

So, I guess what I am trying to say is it just depends.

It’s very hard to review this book, given it was a light read at just under 200 pages, but let me give it a shot.

Hailey Trosclair is a 16 year old teen living in New Orleans and dealing with personal demons raging war across her family. Her mother, Lena, having had a miscarriage a few months earlier and is now bedridden with her own grief and depression, her father, Jules, a laid off alcoholic who is hiding an affair rather unsuccessfully, and her brother, Cyrus, who just can’t seem to stay out of trouble and wouldn’t even if he could; these are the characters that set the stage.

Cyrus has recently come into the acquaintance of a man named Moses
who while in prison got the idea of opening a drive-thru style church with the idea that people could drive up in their cars and get handed scripture. He had amassed some followers, mainly troubled youth, and Cyrus was more than happy to go along and cause a little mayhem.

One night their antics went a little too far and while Moses and Cyrus were beating up a pedophile they were trying to teach a lesson to, it seems he suffered a brain injury and died a few days later as a result.
That’s when suspicion, betrayal, paranoia, and a breakdown of mental stability come into play.

I read this book was compared to literary classics such as To Kill A Mockingbird but frankly, I didn’t see it. I would almost compare it to a shortened and water downed version of Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, just with less social posturing.

With that comparison made I do not want to make it sound like the writer isn’t talented enough to tell a riveting story, he just didn’t give me enough time to get involved with the story and it seemed like the story he was trying to tell didn’t quite fit into the number of pages he allowed himself. However, for a fast read it did stand on it’s own.

Final Rating: 3 and 1/2 Stars

Thank you everyone for entering! Here are the winners:

I will soon be making a book review policy as I have been contacted by several authors to review their work.

This policy will be up in a few hours and will cover several basic details including genres of work that I will and will not review.

Thank you.

Current Mood: Surprised

I have now received all the responses from the winners of The Historian and The Bible Salesman! I just sent everyone’s addresses to the publisher.

Thank you guys for answering me so quickly!

What an awesome group of winners I had. It makes me even more excited to host these.

Thank you everyone for entering! Here are the winners:

Current Mood: Happy

Thank you everyone for entering! Here are the winners:

A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant. His message is clear: remember your manners or suffer the consequences! For some, it seems that the rich are finally getting what they deserve. For New York’s elite, it is a call to terror.

Only one man can tackle such a high-profile case: Detective Mike Bennett. The pressure is enough for anyone, but Mike also has to care for his 10 children-all of whom have come down with virulent flu at once!

Discovering a secret pattern in The Teacher’s lessons, Detective Bennett realizes he has just hours to save New York from the greatest disaster in its history. From the #1 bestselling author comes RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, the continuation of his newest, electrifying series.

This giveaway is for 5 copies!

Contest ends November 12th!

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