Because Rene Asked...

I've found a fellow Prison Break obsessie in Rene Lyons. Seriously, people! If you're not watching this show, get thee to Blockbuster and watch the first season so you can keep up with the second season.

And because Rene told me to read a book in a week (she's under a deadline, I think, though I am trying to finish a novella this week too!) -- I did!!



I shouldn't admit this -- being a Southern Lit freak -- but I was disappointed in Joshilyn (Miz) Jackson's debut gods in Alabama. I loved the tv commercials for the book, loved the reviews, LOVED the first line (There are gods in Alabama -- Jack Daniels, high school quarterbacks...) but once I inhaled it, I was left with this little piece of empty when I knew I should have been shouting its praises to all my friends. From the moment I first discovered Ms. Jackson's blog, (it's to right over there, y'all <-- data-blogger-escaped-and="" data-blogger-escaped-description="" data-blogger-escaped-for="" data-blogger-escaped-her="" data-blogger-escaped-hooked="" data-blogger-escaped-i="" data-blogger-escaped-read="" data-blogger-escaped-was="" data-blogger-escaped-website="" data-blogger-escaped-when="">Between, Georgia, well, I was in Southern Lit Heaven.

I started Between, Georgia over the weekend and I wasn't getting it. I wasn't happy or completely immersed in the characters so I knew (I just knew) I was in for disappointment when I reached 'The End.' Not so, ladies and germs. The very next chapter flipped-flopped, and I could NOT put this book down. (I think it was about Chapter 13 or 14.) I mean, it was like someone shot me and despite the fact I was bleedin' to death, I didn't stop reading. When I finished last night around...I cannot remember what time...I was so sad to see the book end. I wanted to stay in Between (ha!), to see what the future held for Nonny and the Fretts and Crabtrees. That's what I consider the hallmark of a great book -- when you hate to see it end. And Between, Georgia certainly did not disappoint this little Southern gal!