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The Warmest December
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"Vivid" hailed the New York Times Book Review of Sugar, Bernice L. McFadden's bestselling debut novel. This beloved new writer returns to the Brooklyn of her childhood in The Warmest December, a triumphant coming-of-age novel.
Childhood can be rough, but for Kenzie growing up in the Lowe home means opening the bottom drawer of her father's dresser to choose which of the three belts coiled, waiting like snakes, she wants to get whipped with; trips to Bee Hive Liquor for her father's vodka; and dreaming of the day she can escape apartment A5. Buoyed by the graceful voice that has become McFadden's trademark, The Warmest December is the incredibly moving story of one family and the alcoholism, that determined years of their lives. Narrated by a young woman reminiscent of Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John, and moving from the Brooklyn of the 1970's to 90's, Kenzie Lowe discovers as she visits her dying father that choices she once thought beyond her control are very much hers to make.
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DEPRESSING CONTENT BUT A FACT OF LIFE.......2006-09-15
First of all, this book is a difficult book to read, not because of the writing style but the subject matter itself. It tells the story of physical, verbal and emotional childhood abuse. Hy-lo is Kenzie's and Malcolm's father, and I use the term "father" very loosely because he is everything a father should never be. He is a controling, raging alcoholic who takes out his insecurities on his wife and children. "The Warmest December" is a work of fiction but, unfortunately, the story happens all too often in the real world. As Hy-lo lies dying in a hospital, Kenzie sits by his side recalling flashbacks from the past, the pain, the suffering and the horror. In the end, she discovers that her father's childhood was one similar to her own - the cyle continued. However, she does find forgiveness and in doing so, sets herself free to reclaim her life.
The only reason the book lost a star was the plot. It was not a novel one and can be found in many other books, both fiction and memoir. On the positive side, the book was a real page-turner and kept the reader on the edge of their seat from start to finish. Also recommended by the same author is, "Camilla's Roses."
Too depressing.......2006-03-24
This book explicitly details the negative and dark world of alcoholism and the abuse associated with it. The author is very detailed with different abuse incidents and as the reader you feel your are right there witnessing it yourself. However, this book was far too depressing for me. Mc Fadden is one of my favorite authors but I can't say this was one of my favorite books.
Spellbinding and Shattering........2006-01-03
Kenzie Lowe is the adult daughter of an abusive alcoholic father, Hyman Lowe, called Hi-Lo throughout the book. She has grown up to be an alcoholic herself and, after starting out with a promising career because her grandmother Mabel helped her escape to boarding school, she has thrown it all away and finds herself living again in the projects with her mother Della. They are now on welfare and Kenzie is 6 months into a recovery program. Her father is laying in a hospital dying of liver disease, and she is forced to confront a painful past that she has been trying to run from for so many years.
It's just as Kenzie said, though; no matter where she went, she saw Hi-Lo, in may different colors and social statuses, so she was never truly far from home in her own mind. An incredible journey of a woman who must not only relive the pain of a man who broke ribs, killed a beloved cat, made Kenzie use white towels for showering after discovering her interest in boys, and was almost directly responsible for brother Malcolm's death among other tragic situations, but must learn if she can forgive the man responsible for ruining so many lives in order to win her own personal war.
This book runs a gamut of emotions. There is anger, shock, sadness, disbelief, and sometimes touches of warm humor that make the topic of alcoholism and abuse, though nothing new, an experience that is eye opening and sobering as if for the very first time. A highly recommended read, no matter what your life's experiences are.
Five stars for the writing and the healing/and thanks.......2005-07-24
For anyone who has had an abusive childhood with parents both feared - and sadly - loved at the same time - this book is a great healing. I happened upon it at my library, as a beautifully-read book-on-tape (Recorded Books, Inc.) and was enthralled from the beginning. Strangely, it was exactly what I needed to hear at that moment. I have a story like the narrator's and was grappling with issues of addiction, rage and forgiveness, too. It helped me to understand, and yes, to let go. I recommend this book for anyone who needs to forgive the "grown-ups" who "ruined" their lives. They may just find that, like the author, they are stronger than they think. Thanks to Ms. McFadden for a great piece of literature...and the healing.
The hole in the heart.......2005-04-05
A painful, honest and encouraging look at the complexity of abusive relationships. Reminiscent of Toni Morrison...well worth the read.
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Bernice L. McFadden is the critically acclaimed author of the National Best seller " Sugar" The Warmest December is her second Powerful nover praised by the author "Tony Morrison" for it's "searing and expertly imagined scenes. Twenty years after leaving home , Kenzie is still haunted by memories of her abusive father. She remembers choosing which belt to be whipped with, seeing her mother's teeth get knockedout, and taking endless trips to the store for the liquor that feeds her father's addiction. When she learns that this brutal amn is dying, she is shocked by her own desire to be with him as the end approaches and with each visit she delves deeper into a search for heeling. McFadden's Book is a shocking tale of the legacy left by violent alchoholic parents that is tremendously moving and avoids sentimentality. Myra Lucretia Taylar Narrates the emotionally staggering story with grace and compassion.
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This fast-paced medieval romance not only offers Catherine Coulter's trademark thrilling romance, but features characters from her new bestseller.
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'Taken back in time to the England of 1277, readers meet Hastings of Trent and Severin of Langthorne, two strangers joined in marriage. Hastings is an heiress and Severin is the warrior whom the dying Earl of Oxborough has selected to assume his title, properties, possessions, and his daughter. It is Severin's duty to sire children, to bring new strong blood to the line, and keep Oxborough powerful. Both are in for a surprise in this strange place called Rosehaven. On sale date of May 13,1997. HC: Putnam. (Fiction--Historical)
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Marital rape romance?.......2007-08-03
Historical romances are almost always anachronistic - that is, people of the past are depicted as behaving more like modern people to be more appealing to modern readers. Rosehaven is both disturbingly authentic and yet anachronistic. The arranged marriage that turns into true love is a historical romance convention. Rosehaven is the first historical romance I've read where the marriage that turns to true love is consummated by force (quite authentically I'm sure). The anachronistically spunky heiress wife dismisses the idea that she was forced by reminding herself that her groom used salve to ease the way. It's like reading "The Taming of the Shrew" with sexual details. My reaction: bleah!
I'm not as familiar with Catherine Coulter as with other genre authors, but the sex scenes are good (once the couple decide to make love not war). The historical milieu is weak and is not bristling with period details.
In the end I can't decide whether the author is anti-feminist (where the definition of "feminism" is "the radical notion that women are people") or just showing how two stubborn people can only find love through hot sex and one person giving way first.
Horrifying "hero"..!!!.......2007-04-14
I would have rated this book with no star if I could. Severin was such a horrific character. Forget about the rape scene, what about the one where Severin punished Hastings for being jealous of Lady Marjorie by tying her to the ground and made her eat on the floor with his dogs in front of everyone in the dining hall????!! Is that supposed to be romantic? This is suppposed to be a romance novel, not strictly historical fiction. As such, there has to be some romantic element to the story, but I found nothing romantic whatsoever between Hastings' and severin's relationship.
This is definitely the worst book I've ever read bar none!
Stay away from this book!.......2006-04-08
This was my first Catherine Coulter book and my last. MAYBE, the author was trying to portray life during those times, but rape scenes between the hero & heroine isn't exactly what I'd call romantic...
One other little quirk I had was during her pregnancy...so..her husband pushed her down like a boulder, got stabbed in the side by a knife in the process, husband's ex-lover kicked her in the belly during a cat fight, fell off a cliff and hanging down on that cliff and STILL managed to keep the baby!?!?!
Nothing made sense in the entire book.. from the characters, to the plots, and to the title...nothing made sense! Like one reader was saying, its so bad its good.
ABSOLUTLY WONDERFUL!!!!.......2006-01-20
This is my first read by Coulter and I love it. I love books about long ago and this is wonderful. Yes in the begginning you hate the hero. But as Hastings does you learn to love him. I love that it shows women that a little bit of niceness goes a long way. Many women have forgoten how to be soft. This is wonderful at first she is cold and hates her new hubby but she takes some good advice from 2 other women and follows it and she is surprised it actually works. Women of today would do themselves a GREAT service to read this book and then act as Hastings did and see their marriage come alive. Women dont be closed minded learn something new let the divorce rate in America drop. Take this as a teaching tool and learn how to be a wife to your man. I adore this book.I see many of you disliked the book but I thought it wonderful. Hastings not only learned that lovemaking was wonderful but she learned that just being nice could get you so much joy. Read this book with an open mind not with the mind of todays women. Although He feels he is lord we see that Hastings is the one who is in charge and she knows it. Its all how you make him feel.
12th Century England tale.......2005-11-01
You have to check the cover of this book to make sure the author is Catherine Coulter, because the story doesn't sound for one second like the Catherine Coulter whose stories I adore in so many of her other books especially the FBI series.
Rosehaven is mentioned only briefly in the story when Severin and Hastings along with their soldiers journey to the estate and find Hastings' mother and a brood of unknown sisters sired by her father who had "allegedly" murdered her mother for her infidelity. Once this is discovered about 2/3 of the way into the story, Rosehaven and the inhabitants are scarely referred to again in the rest of the story. It left me puzzled.
Additionally, there are many subplots that were left dangling and unanswered while the author focused upon brutality, rape and sodomy in this vulgar story. Now, in fairness, that may have been how 12th Century England was, but I would prefer not to have a blow by blow pornographic recounting of it as this story unfolds. All in all this is not a well written story and not at all the style that this author has exhibited in so many other of her well written books. I'll pass on this one.
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The adventures of super-sexy space-stud Kelric Garlin continue, as he comes back from the dead in Ascendant Sun, the fifth--and so far raciest--installment in Catherine Asaro's popular Saga of the Skolian Empire series (which kicked off with 1995's Primary Inversion). But Kelric needs to keep his miraculous resurrection hush-hush: presumed dead after crash-landing on Coba 18 years ago in Last Hawk, love-prisoner Kelric endured and finally escaped the lusty attentions of the planet's swoony ruling matriarchy. Back at last, the bronze-god telepath finds that his world has been turned upside down: The galaxy-uniting psiberweb has collapsed, the Allied Worlds of Earth control the Skolian Empire, and his family, the Ruby Dynasty, are all either dead or held hostage, leaving him as the sole and long-lost Imperial Heir, a man nearly everyone in power would see imprisoned or assassinated--if they knew he was alive.
Harvard-trained physicist Asaro continues to astound by straddling the SF and romance genres so adroitly, alternating between chin-rubbing speculations on quantum theory and blushingly steamy sex scenes with all the skill of an accomplished ballet dancer (which, coincidentally, she also is). Surely junior-high kids will get their paws on this title tout de suite (and quickly skip to the "good" parts), but Asaro's award-winning prose, her knack for high-adventure story-telling, and her equal expertise in both science and romance make this a worthy read for any fan of either genre. --Paul Hughes
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Ascendant Sun is the direct sequel to The Last Hawk, in which Kelric, heir to the Skolian Empire, crash-landed his fighter on the Restricted planet of Coba. He was imprisoned by the powerful mistresses of the great estates--women who, over time, fell in love with him. After 18 years of living in their gilded cage, Kelric finally made his escape.In Ascendant Sun, Kelric returns to Skolian space, only to find the Empire in control of the Allied forces of Earth. With little more than the clothes on his back, Kelric is forced to take work on a merchant vessel. But when that vessel enters Euban space, Kelric finds his worst nightmare realized: he becomes a slave to the cruel Aristos--humans who use torture and sex as the ultimate aphrodesiac.
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Surprisingly erotic.......2007-09-09
Read this novel after you have read "The Last Hawk." I was surprised by the erotic scenes in this book, but I must say that they were well done. Catherine's Skolian Empire novels are all inter-related and it is pleasant to see allusions to other novels in each story. It's a parallel group of sequels rather than a series of sequels. The thread branches out and several of the novels occur at overlapping periods in her greater time line, so it's quite entertaining to read one novel and then read another and get a different viewpoint on the same events that I read about in the novel I read previously. It's even more fun when I read five or six of them within a week or so of each other.
This is a romance, not sci-fi.......2006-02-18
Perhaps I am getting old. When I was a kid I read science fiction from every era and could not get enough. I remember looking forwards to the unfolding careers of David Brin and Orson Scott Card along with whomever else might come along. The last thing that I would have predicted would be this swamping of the medium by romance writers.
Maybe I have just not been looking in the right places but authors like Asaro, McCarthy, and Bujold have been raking in the awards over the last decade. Whenever I pick one of these books up I am flabbergasted by how formulaicly romance oriented they are. It's not that I am highly anti female writer here either because one of the shining lights of sci-fi today in my opinion is the author Connie Willis who wrote 'Doomsday Book.'
At this point of time it would not be far fetched to say that the medium of Sci Fi looks pretty bleak. Fantasy is going strong, but even the once bright authors Nivin, Brin, and Card are hacks in comparison to their earlier selves. How could the medium move so far away from the brilliant templates of Phillip K Dick and Robert Heinlein?
So all of that aside, I will say that Ascendant Sun is not so dense that it is unable to get the reader to turn even a page. I found myself pushing along to see what would happen next. The subjection of males here is Freudian to the extreem. Asaro plays the neat trick of taking every concievable female stereo type and placing them ontop of an otherwise Herculian male figure. Is that what woman's lib is about? How sad.
Pass this book by. Try Willis. 'To Say nothing of the Dog' is one of the best sci-fi books written in the last 20 years. Try that one instead. It's a slow and unasuming book, but I assure you that if you were to give it a chance instead of 'Ascendant Sun' you won't regret it.
Kelric shines.............2005-10-25
Ascendant Sun: Book 5 Skolian Empire by Catherine Asaro
This novel picks up where The Last Hawk left off in the story of Kelric. I like Kelric, he is an interesting and complex character. He is large and sweet and very cute and sexy-my kind of man. Kelric has escaped from Coba leaving behind his wives and children. He returns to a Skolia in ruins. The Skolian Empire is fractured and Kelric decides not to announce his return. His sister, Soz-the last Imperator of Skolia-has just perished in her fight with the Eubian Emporer Jaibriol II taking him with her into death. Now Kelric is the new Imperator of Skolia, if he can only find his way to the Skolians to let them know. He gets stuck on Delos and decides to find out what he can about the state of affairs between Skolia, Eube and the Allieds before allowing the powers that be to know who he really is. He ends up working as a part of a crew in Eubian Territory and being captured and sold as a "provider". This novel introduces Tanquil Iquar as a character as well as the concept of Eubians who no longer wish to "transcend" through the pain of their providers. Ultimately Kelric escapes from his Eubian owner-who he likes more than he should and falls in love with one of his recuers. He is also dying, after his years on Coba his system was already denigrated and badly in need of repairs he could not afford in the new Skolia regime. I like Kelric and his stories seem to follow a theme with him as the prize being fought over by powerful women with lots of political power.
Not my favorite book in the series nor the best book, but well placed in the series.
I hate Kelric.......2005-02-22
I loved Catherine Asaro's two books Diplomatic Immunity and Radiant Seas. Coincidentally, both focussed on Soz, one of the many characters in Asaro's Skolian Empire series. All the other books I've read in her series, including this one, fall flat. I think it has something to do with Asaro's inability to effectively manipulate with gender stereotypes (though she loves to do this). Additionally, her over-use of soft-porn, "fabio-like" lovemaking scenes leaves me turned off.
I can't stand the Kelric character. There is something so unrealistic and wimpy about him. I think I would like him better if the cover art wasn't so damn cheesy. My god. I could bearly pick up the book, but thought I'd give it a try, hoping it was as good as Diplomatic Immunity and Radiant Seas. It wasn't.
Asaro at the top of her game.......2001-05-24
_Ascendant Sun_, another in Catherine Asaro's "Skolian Empire" series, features Kelric (who was freed from his captivity on the female-dominated Coba at the end of _The Last Hawk_) and now finds himself heir apparent to the Skolian Empire. The trouble is, everybody thinks he's dead, and his "jagernaut" biological enhancements are failing. But of course, he seeks to regain power, although turns out to be yet another of Asaro's reluctant heroes (they always do what they have to do but they're seldom happy about having to do it) as he tries to pick up the pieces left by the destruction of the radiance war (told in _The Radiant Seas_).
Asaro writes like an outfielder who makes catching fly balls seem easy. About three-fourths of the way through the novel, Kelric seems to have completed one part of his quest when, at the end of a chapter he apparently stares into the face of his enemy (how _did_ he get there??!!). A sentence later, at the beginning of the next chapter, he thinks otherwise, and then discovers the truth--which turns out to be the key to the whole novel. Asaro does all this in half a page. Half a page!
The whole novel is filled with the same kind of faultless, seemingly effortless technique--you'll find in it good science, good sex, good adventure, and sassy AI's, to say nothing of good old plot, character, and action.
Like all the books in the series _Sun_ has an electric charge to it. This is what science fiction should be and seldom is any more. Grab it.
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Teri King's Complete Guide to Your Stars: A Unique Combination of the Ascendant and the Sun Sign
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This entertaining guide takes readers beyond sun-sign astrology and explains the importance of another key influence in the horoscope: the ascendant or "rising sign." Sun-signs only consider the date of birth; the ascendant takes into account the exact time and place of birth. By combining the two, King offers more accurate and in-depth understanding of yourself, your friends and your family. It includes instructions for finding your ascendant, sample birth charts, revealing personality traits, insight into love, career and health.
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From the cover:.......2002-11-05
This is the sort of book you can pick up regularly to read about a new acquaintance, friend, potential lover, boss, etc.
Each of the 144 possible sun and ascendant (rising) sign combinations which an individual could have is discussed in this work. Every description includes information about personality, appearance, health, likely vocational areas, interests, and attitudes. The chart of a well-known individual with that sun/ascendant blend is also a part of each description.
This work can serve as an excellent introduction to the field for the novice astrologer and is useful even to the pro.
Joan McEvers is one of the authors of the best-selling "Only Way to Learn Astrology" series.
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This Audiofy audiobook chip packs a full 12 hour reading of "Ascendant Sun," narrated by Anna Fields, on a tiny memory card. A single Audiofy audiobook chip, hardly larger than a stamp, holds a complete digital audiobook, and saves the last listening position automatically, unlike CDs. With an SD memory card slot or adapter - like those for digital cameras - this Audiofy audiobook chip can be played on Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh desktop computers or laptops (Microsoft Windows XP/2000/Me/98, or Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above) or transferred to Apple iPod media players. Audiobook chips also move seamlessly to most Palm OS and Pocket PC handheld PDAs with SD expansion slots, as well as Treo and Windows Mobile "smartphones" (Palm OS 5.2 or Windows Mobile 2002 and above)... Ascendant Sun is the direct sequel to the Nebula Award finalist The Last Hawk. Kelric returns to Skolian space, only to find the Empire in control of the Allied forces of Earth, thanks to the upheaval of the Radiance War. With little more than the clothes on his back and with his family imprisoned by the Allieds, Kelric is forced to take work on a merchant vessel. But when that vessel enters Euban space, Kelric finds his worst nightmare realized: he is auctioned as a slave "provider" to the cruel Aristos, who subject slaves to torture and sex to provide their ultimate telepathic emotional drug.
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Sun ascendant rulerships: their influence in the horoscope
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Sun Ascendant: A History of Sun Life of Canada
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The definitive history of one of Canada's most prominent financial institutions, the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada.
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Unlike other solar return books which list only one to six rules, this one details 31 different predictive rules which govern the passage of the solar return. These rules, each with its own chapter, are supported by a variety of real life examples, providing a true sense of how each of these rules works. This is a book for beginning astrologers as well as a thought-provoking work for those well into astrology and wishing to expand their awareness.
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This newest work from renowned astrologer Nance McCullough provides insight into one of the more significant times of life - when the Sun returns to the place in the heavens which marks our time of birth. Why are Solar Returns significant? What happens, what can happen, and why? These are questions that are answered in this warm and easy-to-read book. Nance McCullough details 31 different rules which govern the passage of the solar return. These rules, each with its own chapter, are supported by a variety of case studies - providing a real and practical sense of how each of these rules works. This is a book for beginning astrologers as well as a thought-provoking work for those well into astrology and wishing to expand their awareness.
About the Author
Nance McCullough was listed in the 1991 Monarch Press' Who's Who in the United States of America. Ms. McCullough has taught astrology at the local college in Corpus Christi, Texas, since 1971. She is also the author of two other books on astrology, as well as two audiocassette tapes.
Book Description
When a soccer field complex springs to life seemingly overnight in the sleepy community of Skary, Indiana, and the local coffee shop begins offering computer access along with its suddenly overpriced beverages, goosebumps start popping up all over town. Has soccer mom Katelyn Downey hatched a diabolic plot to turn their slow-paced town into a den of hip suburban iniquity–or is this the perfect solution to the community’s financial woes?
Even as concerned residents take sides over their town’s future, many are dealing with changes of a more personal nature. Novelist Wolfe Boone can’t seem to find the right niche for his post—horror writing efforts, and his new bride Ainsley–known for executing complicated events with penache and perfection–is bewildered by her inability to control something as seemingly simple as scheduling a pregnancy. Frustration turns to envy when her wacky friend Melb discovers, to her utter terror, that she and husband Oliver are expecting a baby.
Through its quirky characters and winsome humor, Boo Hiss offers unexpected insights into the various ways people respond to change and demonstrates that growth often occurs amid the most difficult–and hilarious–circumstances.
Customer Reviews:
One of my favorite books!.......2007-07-18
I've been a fan of the entire "Boo" series. I think the idea of a horror novelist turning Christian is absolutely brilliant. The characters in the series are so likeable - and quirky. But I think my favorite thing about the books is Rene's sense of humor. And it's out in full form in "Boo Hiss." She has a two-headed boa constrictor lose in town this time, creating panic amongst Skary's residents. She sets up some scenes that are totally hilarious. This is one of the few books I own that makes me laugh out loud. Keep 'em coming, Rene!
A fun light read.......2007-03-21
Some of my friends said they didn't like this one as much as the first two, so my expectations were low. But to my surprise, I liked this one much better than Boo Who. I laughed a lot more out loud while reading this and found the snake situation amusing. Another reason for liking this book was the humor poked at the book publishing industry, secular vs. Christian.
There was less Ainsley & Wolfe and more about the other town characters. A few things were wrapped up that had been hanging since the first book; the pastor finding his niche, Melb becoming responsible, Ainsley's dad's realtionships, the town's survival, etc. But of course a few things were left open and probably enough to write another book.
This is a great book to read when you want something light, funny and quirky. There is also a Christian message, but it's not overly stated or preachy. It's how people live out their lives in spite of their crazy circumstances!
Hmm... a snake and the end of Skary... BOO HISS sums it up pretty well!.......2006-09-28
OK OK! I admit, I did enjoy this final installment of what started out as simply, "BOO". I just hate to see something so good like this end so quickly. Being a fan of this, I really had a problem with seeing so little of my favorite character... Thief! In the first 2 books, Thief always cracked me up. I saw more of Goose and Bunny than I did of my favorite cat. Hey, I'm sorry, but he absolutely made me HOWL, and my name really IS Wolfe, so that's saying something, amen?! In this one, you get a glimpse of him, and then his name comes up once or twice. Oh well. This was STILL worth the time well spent.
So what's going on in Skary this time? New lady, with possible new plans for the church? Melb gets pregnant and Ainsley doesn't. And on top of that, there is a 2 headed snake on the loose, and a 19 year old boy wants him back. And what's up with the Sheriff? The sucker's in LOVE!!! But somebody else is in love too, and Sheriff Parker is gonna have himself some competition. And what're Wolfe and Butch up to these days? You'll have to find that one out yourself.
I figured that with all that stuff going on, that this would have made a grand finale. But at times it got silly enough to the point that it resembled a soap opera. It got on my nerves a couple of times, but it was still acceptable. Ok, it was a good read! But still love my Skary, and I still say BOO HISS to an ending like this. It just gives me an excuse to find more by Rene Gutteridge and find her other talent!
Whimsical town of Skary, Indiana is back for more fun!.......2006-08-03
Boo Hiss by Rene Gutteridge appears to be the last book in the series, but what a ride it's been! Dustin, the bookstore nerd, has lost his rare two-headed rosy boa constrictor, and the town of Skary, Indiana is turned on its ear during the search. This series is so full of whimsy and eccentric characters, it's almost guaranteed to bring a smile on each page. While Wolfe and Ainsley are each struggling with their own troubles, they, and the rest of the town, come to realize that God is in control, and sometimes you just need to let go. I did miss Missy in this book. There was a spark that she brought to the books that was missing a little in this one. Gutteridge is a terrific writer of humor, and I hope that she writes more of it in the future.
COME BACK TO SKARY!.......2005-11-16
Run straight to the bookshelf and pick up this book. (And if you haven't read its cousins be sure to read BOO and BOO WHO.)
You will be delighted with the fun small time eccentricities and the charming humor that Ms. Gutteridge brings to this small town. A must for your fall reading list!
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