A Better Ending | Book by James Whitfield Thomson | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster
Although I've never published a post endorsing a book before I've finished reading it, I'm thrilled to be doing so this time. Why? Because the author is a friend; friends support each other. At minimum, I'm hoping many of you will open the Simon & Schuster link above, read the brief description, and then take six minutes to listen to Fred Parker's narration of the first chapter.
If you then decide to take more steps on this particular reading journey, whenever you do, I'd welcome hearing your reactions. For the more competitive, i.e., those interested in keeping pace with me, know this to start. I'd already listened to Parker's narration before attending a bookstore event last night to hear my friend Jim read his prologue. Those two small out-of-order tastes made it easy for me to know I'd be returning to Jim's book at chapter two (page seven) as soon as I completed my other commitments today. And that moment will arrive after I ... 1.) publish this post; 2.) eat dinner. With that in mind, here are required steps for those who hope to keep up with me. Beating me is highly unlikely unless you are both a reckless driver and a very fast reader:
* Proceed immediately to your local bookstore (most close around 9:00) and buy Jim's book. Yes, I'm ahead of you on that step as well.
* Stay up for as long as it takes you to get through 282 pages, not counting the brief prologue.
In the meanwhile, all of you know where you can find me tonight.
P.S. When you click on the Simon & Schuster link, a large circle will appear asking you to sign up for something. You can avoid doing so by just clicking "MAYBE LATER" at the bottom of that circle. Doing so will take you back to the S&S page from where you can read the book description and click the link that says "LISTEN" at the top left.
Hi - I need some time to look into this. The link from the email doesn't put me into the post only the link from the bottom of the page into the "blog-o-sphere" or whatever it is called nowadays. Very confusing. Just wanted to let you know. Ines. P.S. I couldn't even get into the comments the way I normally do. Something different about this post.....
ReplyDeleteInes; Thanks for heads-up. When you click the S&S link and that circle pops up asking you for your e-mail, look down and click "maybe later". That should take you back to the S&S screen where you'll see the description of Jim's book AND a tab that says "Listen" at the top left of that same screen. Sorry I didn't mention this in the post. I'm going to add a P.S. right now so others don't struggle with this. As for the difficulty with commenting on my blog itself, for that I have no explanation.
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