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Wednesday, July 28, 2010Book Review: Word Gets Around by Lisa Wingate
It's kind of a push-pull, isn't it? We all love those books we can't put down, but at 4 in the morning the eyes get heavy and we start thinking about the next day at work....and eventually, you just have to put it down. Unless you only have about 20 pages left. In that case, always keep reading. Ha!!
I'm in the middle of one of these books now. Word Gets Around by Lisa Wingate. I became a fan of Lisa's with Texas Cooking, and this book doesn't disappoint, either. I like the quiet spirituality of the book, I love the tension between the hero and heroine and I love the setting - Texas, horse ranch/movie set.
The book came out a couple of years ago, and it's been languishing in my TBR pile, but if you can find a copy definitely pick it up. While you're doing that, pick up the other two books in the series.
I like that Lisa has given both the hero and heroine some very deep-seated issues to work through and they are doing it, not just paying lip service to what has happened to them. Here's one paragraph:
All these years, I'd been battering the same barriers over and over and over, thinking that the answer lay in breaking through and leaving the past behind. I'd looked for the answer somewhere outside - my work, my house, my car, my name in the credits...But every time I came up empty. The answer wasn't there. One the way back to the hotel, it dawned on me: Maybe the answer isn't in getting beyond where you come from but in learning to accept the things that went into your making.
I like that paragraph. I like the emotion, I like the idea of moving forward because of the past. I just really like it, as a person and as a writer.
As a writer, I want to dig this deep and bring the reader thisclose to the characters...isn't that what we all want? A little direction now and then, even in the form of fiction?
What are you reading now? How is it affecting your sleep (or lack of sleep)? Are the books you can't put down the books you keep?
Posted By: Kristina Knight @ 12:20:04 AM