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Friday, October 29, 2010

Somewhere Along The Way by Jodi Thomas - book review and giveaway CLOSED

I had the great pleasure to read the second book in the series Welcome to Harmony by Jodi Thomas.  Somewhere Along The Way is a wonderful story that picks up right where the characters of Welcome to Harmony left off.  This time around there are more characters brought into the story as well as a little bit of romance and alot of mystery and intrigue.
Jodi Thomas is a superb story teller who's characters come to life.  Thomas has the ability to make you feel like you are in Harmony, Texas smack in the middle of a snow storm.

From Jodi Thomas:

Thanks for asking me to drop by and tell everyone about my thirtieth novel and what I think is the best one I’ve ever written. These characters came alive for me and I hope they will for you. So, lets step into the second book about a small town in Texas, Harmony called SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY.
In my new book I had a great time creating characters. In truth it was more like meeting them. I felt like they were so real, I just had to get them down on paper, nothing more.
The first one who talked to me was Gabe. He was a man shattered by what he saw in war and now only wanted to live lone without anyone, but he met Liz and couldn’t stay away. She was everything he wasn’t in life. She completed him and surprisingly, he did the same for her.

A few lines from Liz and Gabe’s story:
“You have any idea whose blue Mustang that is?” He pointed at a car parked on the side street halfway between the front and the back of the building. “Could be a stalker. That parking spot allows whoever’s in the car to see both stairwells. You should really park out front, Elizabeth. It’s safer.”
Liz slammed the trunk. “This conversation is over, Mr. Smith. Stop trying to frighten me.”
He grabbed her arm to stop her retreat, then let go an instant later as if realizing his mistake. “I didn’t mean to. I came to say I’m sorry about what happened the other night. I . . .”
Liz waited several seconds before she realized he wasn’t going to continue. “Let me make it easy on you, Gabe. Let’s try a multiple-choice question. A. You’re sorry you kissed me. B. You are sorry you stopped. C. You’re involved with someone else and figured your wife and kids wouldn’t approve. And of course, D. We should just be friends.” She moved away. “Oh, wait, we’re not friends in the first place, so forget D.”
He followed her, standing just behind her as she opened her car door. “B,” he said as she backed into him trying to open her door. “I’m sorry I stopped.”
She turned to face him. “Let me get this straight. You don’t want to be friends. You don’t want to talk or hang out. You just want to drop by now and then and kiss me.”
He was so close she could feel his breath. “That’s about it,” he said as he shoved her door closed and backed her against her car. “You interested, Elizabeth?”
“You’re nuts,” she answered.
He moved away. “Yeah, you’re right, but I’ve lived alone for so long, one kiss a week is all I can handle right now, and you’re about the most kissable woman I’ve ever met.”
He turned and walked into the shadows close to the building. “I had to give it a shot. No hard feelings.”
Liz had to hurry to catch his arm before he started up the stairs.

Another character who almost danced across my desk to get me to notice her was Martha Q.
Martha Q Patterson had been considered the town slut for so long she’d learned to embrace the title. When she was in her teens she’d take any dare. In her twenties and thirties, folks claimed she married half the eligible men in town and slept with the other half.
Which wasn’t true, Martha liked to remind everyone. Two of her husbands were from Bailee and one from Oklahoma City. But in the twenty years she considered her “marrying phase,” she did marry seven times, if she counted Bobby Earl Patterson twice, him being both her second and seventh.

Thanks for letting me drop by and thank you for reading. Writing is a fascinating journey, but if it wasn’t for readers coming along with me it wouldn’t be any fun.

Jodi Thomas

I highly recommend reading Jodi Thomas' books and I can't wait for book three of the series to come out!  I just had the opportunity to watch the trailer on youtube and hope it gives you a sneak peak at what the book is about:

About the Author:
Jodi Thomas is the NY Times and USA Today best-selling author of 31 novels and 8 short story collections. As of July 2006, she was the 11th woman to be inducted in to RWA Hall of Fame. She is also currently serving as the Writer in Residence at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.

Somewhere Along the Way will be available starting in November, but 1 of my readers will have the chance to win a copy of their own!


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This giveaway is open to US residents only. The winner will be chosen using Random.org. The winner will be notified by email and have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen.
This giveaway will end on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 10 PM EST.


***Disclaimer*** I was not paid for this post. I was sent a copy to review. A big Thank-you to Jodi Thomas and her PR company for sending me the giveaway copy.

13 comments:

SavannahsSmiles said...

My favorite author is Karen Kingsbury.

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My favorite book is Gone With The Wind. I swear nothing can beat that one for me, but I keep reading looking for more. :) Thank you for the giveaway.

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