Salvation Army had a book special!

Sending this on in the Birthday RABCK to Melydia. I hope she likes it!

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I am releasing this book as a RABCK in the March birthday ring. Notice that it's not March anymore....yup, it's late. And I feel HORRIBLE!! I was tickled when I got my RABCK on MY birthday, and then I left town and completely forgot to send this. I am so so sorry. I am going to include another RABCK along with this one in hopes that Melydia is not too sad with me!

This came in the mail today as part of my birthday present for the March RABCK. I've never heard of it but I like historical fiction and can't wait to read it. Thanks so much!

Will Tweedy was 14 years old and living in Cold Sassy, Georgia, in the summer of 1906 when his grandpa came home one day to announce he was marrying a woman half his age, not three weeks after the death of his first wife, Will's grandmother. The town, of course, is scandalized, and continues to be so as the story wears on. This is more of a "slice of life" depiction than much of a story - the author starts with a setting (the town of Cold Sassy) and a premise (Grandpa's new bride), and meanders through clever little anecdotes and asides for a while until the author decides it's time to end the story and starts killing off characters. This is not a bad story, just a fairly standard one. I don't have very strong feelings about it either way. The constant backcountry dialect got kind of old, but I feel that way about all books narrated in dialect so that's not exactly serious criticism. On the other hand, I could hear all the characters in my head with no problem. In the end, if you like this era of historical fiction, you'll enjoy the feeling of living in Cold Sassy; if you prefer more plot-driven stories where everything happens for a reason, you might want to skip this one.

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I'm bringing this to the meetup tonight. If nobody claims it, it will go on the bookshelves by the register.

Recieved at last months Bookcrossing meetup. Will be leaving it at a Maryland hotel Saturday.

RELEASE NOTES:

Releasing at the Marriot Hunt Valley Inn, probably in the lobby while I am there this weekend for the Farpoint sci-fi convention.