[Guest Reviewer] June Book Review: Exit 22 By p.m. terrell

June 2009 Book Review
Exit 22 By p.m. terrell
with Guest Reviewer Author & Artist Pamela June Kimmell

As a fan of her work, I can honestly evaluate this book and say without hesitation that P.M. Terrell has gone above and beyond with her latest thriller, Exit 22. She already demonstrated in her previous work the ability to create wonderfully believable characters and situations. Her latest novel simply demonstrates that just when you think she's the best she can be, she gets better.

This is a "can't put it down" type of book. Partly because of the tightly knit, well paced plotline but also because these characters are so real you find yourself pulled immediately into the riptide of suspense as you "live" the action. If you are like me, and enjoy a book that holds your interest, you will stay there until the very last paragraph and only then can you catch your breath.

Don’t you just love that feeling?

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May Book Review: World Wide Rave By David Meerman Scott

May 2009 Book Review
World Wide Rave By David Meerman Scott
with Guest Reviewer Stacy Lukasavitz

Whether the systematic “rules” will work for everyone, I don’t know, but it’s certainly worth trying, and this book is certainly worth reading at least for inspiration. It’s a quick read, can fit in your purse (albeit a hardcover), and it’s eye-pleasing and funny. -Stacy

What is a World Wide Rave, you ask?

It’s telling just seven people about your product and setting the world afire with buzz.

It’s the one teenager with cancer that created a movement for kids his age with cancer across the globe.

It’s the writer who got turned down by every publisher she approached, then ended up with a best-seller by self-publishing, tenacity, and believing she had something of value.

It’s when people come to you and are interested in your products, not the other way around. It’s when they talk about you and your ideas in a good way, without you trying to “sell” them anything. It’s contagious enthusiasm about your ideas, and it’s fueled by harnessing the social web to spread them.

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April Book Review: Gordon Ramsay The Biography By Neil Simpson

April 2009 Book Review Gordon Ramsay The Biography by Neil Simpson

Reviewed By Jacqueline Wilson, The Book Blues

We Give It: 4 stars (for the interesting factor, NOT the writing.) Interesting look into one of television's most famous chefs. Covers background information that many people may not know (his professional football career, losing several important people in his life in tragic ways, his family and his involvement in charities). The writing leaves a little to be desired, but worth the read just to understand what made Gordon Ramsay who he is today. British author, British spelling. You've been forewarned.

In the fairness of full disclosure, I have to admit: I have a bit of a crush on Gordon Ramsay. I know it doesn't make sense, but crushes rarely do. He's not that great looking. He's rude to women. He shouts and swears like a sailor. It's just one of those Ethan-Hawke-singing-Violent-Femmes-in-Reality-Bites crushes. I can't explain it. It just is. Which is why I was a little conflicted about reading Gordon Ramsay The Biography by Neil Simpson. Exactly what I thought would happen did happen.

But we'll get back to that later.

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