A little bit about what you'll find reviewed here

A little bit about what you'll find reviewed on this blog: I believe the best books involve characters you wish you could read more about long after the book is finished. Recently, I've been searching for hidden gems from the past. I read mostly fiction, and I'm a bit of a prude. I don't normally enjoy books with sex or excessive language.

Who I am:
I raised two wonderful girls, and I'm super proud of them. I enjoy reading (of course), sewing, cross stitching, photography and writing. I live in the high desert portion of Washington (which I didn't know existed until my husband and I decided to move here) and have really enjoyed my time out here. I am excited to see what God has next in store for my life!

Friday, December 16, 2011

Twas the Night - Sandra Hill, Kate Holmes & Trish Jensen

Another Christmas book and I really wanted to like this one.  It had the potential to be a great book.  In the early parts of the book, I could tell that there was more than one author involved.  Later on it was a little less obvious.  I quit about 45% in.  And that was due to my prudish sensibilities.  I'm sure that there are many people out there that wouldn't have had an issue at that point, but I just couldn't get past the sex talk.  The characters weren't having sex, but they sure were thinking about it a lot...

Sam, Kevin (JD) and Stan are in their way to a wedding.  Labeled as throw aways as kids, the man getting married is someone who was instrumental in them turning their lives around.  Sam is a Blue Angels pilot (cool!) and finds out that the girl he was so in love with as a young man is available again.  She's not quite as fast to forgive and forget, so he's all about trying to win her heart by any means possible.

JD (which stands for juvenile delinquent) is a bounty hunter (cool again!) and is on the trail of a witness who failed to appear for court.  He finds her posing as an Amish person and wants to get to the bottom of why she's so important to the case that a bounty hunter - one of the best - is sent to capture her and bring her back.

Stan is a football quarterback (another cool!) who was involved in an accident and now has some major healing to do.  His football career is over and it wasn't even a football injury.  He's stubborn and bitter.  He ends up picking up a forest ranger to ride together to the wedding.

A blizzard brings all these people together on the Santa Brigade bus, the only thing getting through the blizzard.  They bring toys to children, perform shows and feed hungry people.

As I said before, I really wanted to like this book.  I read enough about their thoughts of sex to guess where it was probably going.  I thought the story line was unique, but it was ruined for me with all the sex nonsense that wasn't necessarily important to the story.  I won't recommend this if you're at all prudish.

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