Friday, May 22, 2009

I GOT THE MOTTS!



I forget that the Editor is so much younger than me sometimes. He doesn't know what I mean when I say "I got the Motts" because he doesn't remember the commercials. When I was a kid, Motts ran this series of commercials where children would trade things for Motts applesauce. So when I get something valuable (like directions to somewhere we're going, or tickets, etc.) I always say -- I Got the Motts. Do you guys remember this commercial?

Thursday, May 21, 2009

BOOK RATING

TITLE - THE BRAMBLE BUSH
AUTHOR - CHARLES MERGENDAHL
ON A SCALE OF 1 THROUGH 10 =
10
This book was written in 1958. This book had so many twists and turns.....it shoved me to the left.....it shoved me to the right....finally, at the end of the book, it spit me out. It was about a small town -- skeletons in closets. I didn't think at first I was gonna like it but Charles Mergendahl's writing drew me in. It was like watching a train wreck...I really didn't wanna keep going but I couldn't stop.
I wanted to think about the book a bit before leaving a book rating. Here's what I've decided. The same kind of life changes that happen now happened in the 50's...it's just that back then, they were not accepted in society and nobody talked about it. This book had everything in it....love, hate, jealousy, pornography, lust, adultery, etc. I wouldn't want to read this book again....it wore me out.....but I'm really glad I read it.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

QUOTE FROM A BOOK

TITLE - THE BEST OF THE BUBBAS OF THE APOCALYPSE
AUTHOR - SEVERAL AUTHORS (SHORT STORIES)

"Cousin Merv got towed off fer sleepin' with cousin Yerlin. Never did understand why she didn' have ta go ta jail, too. Jim Bob said it had somethin' ta do with her bein' sixteen an' underage.
Till then I didn' know there was an age limit on sleepin' with yer cousin."









Tuesday, May 12, 2009

EXCERPT FROM A BOOK

TITLE - THE BRAMBLE BUSH
AUTHOR - CHARLES MERGENDAHL

There was no point in arguing with his wife. She had lived her entire life by the stars – had even married him because her horoscope had convinced her he was the right man. That had been years ago now, and he'd been the wrong man all the time. Everyone said he'd married her for her money. No one knew it had been her decision, and a wrong one, and someday her horoscope would prove it to her. Then she'd probably leave him penniless – a crippled old man who had been made wealthy, then poor again, all by the sign of Scorpio.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

BOOK REVIEW


TITLE - SMART WOMEN
AUTHOR - JUDY BLUME
ON A SCALE OF 1 THROUGH 10 =
6
This was a hard read for me. I didn't like this book until the last chapter. I was determined to finish it and I did like the ending. This was the third of the three adult books she has written. I reviewed the other two earlier on this blog. The first one, Summer Sisters, I loved. The second, Wifey, I really disliked. So I read this one in the hopes that it would be more like Summer Sisters. Alas, it was not. A book about women who have gone through divorce, are dating, and the effects their actions have on their children. I wouldn't want to read this book again.

Friday, May 8, 2009

BOOK RATING


TITLE - REVAMPED
AUTHOR - J. F. LEWIS
ON A SCALE OF 1 THROUGH 10 =
8
This was the second in a series. I enjoyed reading it. Loved the Mustang "Fang" that turned into a vampire. Fang would drive over animals and people....eat them while they were under him and deposit the bones in the trunk. he he he

Thursday, May 7, 2009

QUOTES FROM A BOOK


TITLE - REVAMPED
AUTHOR - J. F. LEWIS
This is the second in a series about a Vampire named Eric. In this book, Eric's Mustang becomes a vampire. The Mustang's name is "Fang" and below are two bits from the book that I found pretty funny:
When Fang ran over a possum and it didn't come out the other side, I actually laughed.
Was I the only one in the world who had ever eaten an animal cracker feetfirst because it would theoretically hurt more?