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Started this discussion. Last reply by Eliza Tucker Jan. 21, 2008.
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- about me:
- Hello, I love reading. At one point I was a member of 4 face-to-face book clubs. They all dwindled down except for one, Jus Sistahs which meets at Half-Price if you happen to be in Dallas. However, aside from African American books, I enjoy mysteries and a little fluff here and there.
So here is the big question - I am an avid audiobook fan - in fact, I now write reviews for Audiofile magazine. So I am assuming I can participate in the challenge, even if most are audiobooks?
- books I want to read this year:
- Lovely Bones, Almost Moon are the only titles that rush to mind but authors include: Stephanie Plum, Nora Roberts, Sue Brown, Walter Mosley off the top of my head.
- my blog address:
- http://ilivetoshop.typepad.com/
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My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans. My debut novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com, and I am writing because I was hoping you might be willing to read it and post your thoughts on Amazon.com (or some of the other book review sites). If you're interested, I'd be more than willing to send you an e-book version by e-mail. Just let me know. I've included a summary of the novel below:
Dirty Little Angels
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
If you'd like to read the first chapter before you commit, feel free to visit my web site:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id=894
Thanks so much,
Chris
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Christopher Tusa
Department of English
Louisiana State University
Editor, Poetry Southeast
http://www.christophertusa.com
mail@christophertusa.com
And The Lovely Bones was a very difficult read for me, but WOW. Best book I read last year, I think.