Going to Yale

     "Mama, I'm going to Yale and that's that!" Chad said, sitting across the table from her. "Now will you please stop making this a bigger deal than it has to be?"
     She stared at him, not blinking one time. "Chad, that's a Yankee school! We are Southerners!"
     "Mama, the war between the States ended almost a hundred years ago. I've been accepted with a full scholarship to Yale, and I'm not turnin' it down because you think we're still at war."
     "Don't you talk to me that way!" Fiona scolded him.
     "I apologize if you think I'm showin' you disrespect..."

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Of course, you now realize I was not making an announcement that I am going to Yale. Instead, this is a 100 word excerpt from the book I am currently reading: Disrupted Lives by author Brenda Youngerman. The excerpt was taken from page 49, chapter SIX.

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I invite you to share the book(s) you are currently reading by hopping along in my book blog hop, WoW Weekly 100 Words. Although this is a Wednesday hop, you are welcome to hop in at any time throughout the week. Just grab the button and link for your blog post where you share exactly 100 words from your current read(s) and add your post URL to the linky list provided at the end of this post. Feel free to share anything else you'd like on your post, especially book-related items. And be sure to visit and/or introduce yourself to others on the WoW lists each week.

I use The Word Count Tool to count my book excerpts. I type in the box provided, then once I have 100 words, I copy and paste it right into my blog post.

WoW Weekly 100 Words 12/15/2010

The hustle and bustle of this past week's ToDo's hasn't allowed for much reading time, so I've concentrated on only one book this week.

Today, for WoW WEEKLY 100 WORDS, I'll share from Son of My Soul: The Adoption of Christopher by Debra Shiveley Welch, from Chapter 6:

     "I recalled those halcyon days on the farm and the long stretches of time when I was happy. That is how it should be. A child should be allowed to be a child and to be free to learn, to play, to dream!

     I decided then, that night, that I would never give birth! I did not want the blood of my tormentors flowing through the veins of my child! My father was more of a mystery than a true father. He had visited only a few times, and had usually shown up drunk. Obviously, drink was more important to..."


NOTES: I was offered this book title by the author through Reviews4Reviews.com, where I am a registered book Reviewer. I'll soon finish this reading and post my official review.

And there you have it, my WoW reading share for this week! I can't wait to discover what words you have to share from the book(s) you're reading!



Hop along on the WoW WEEKLY 100 WORDS with me! Once you've created your post on your own blog, return here to ADD your WoW 100 post URL to the Linky list for this week and I'll be reading you!

WoW Wednesday! Weekly 100 Words 12/08/2010

It's time for my WoW WEEKLY 100 WORDS! On Wednesdays, I hope you'll be hopping along with me!

Today, I'll be sharing with you exactly 100 words from books I'm currently reading!

Book 1: Son of My Soul: The Adoption of Christopher by Debra Shiveley Welch, from Chapter 3:

     "I could hardly breathe. The ache within me was so profound, so all consuming, that there was no room for air, no room for hope, no room fo anything but this increible pain. I wanted my mother! I wanted her so badly that the weight of it almost crushed me. I sat there, cradled in the crotch of the tree, and cried. I wept until I could weep no more, until there was nothing left inside of me to release.
     Why would I long for someone who neglected me so horribly? What was it within me that made me crave.."

Book 2: ChristmaSin' by Ed Williams, 100 words from page 34:

     "We both laugh, and I take the opportunity to lean over and give Jenny a little smooch. She has to be the greatest kisser of all time, so anytime I can slip one away from her it's a true blessing. I even tell her after the smooch how thankful I am to get it, and Jenny laughs and says that I am in the perfect place to be giving thanks. I have to agree with her on that one, which starts me to thinking and then talking to her about a Christmas Eve experience we had at our house a..."

Book 3: Write Ways to WIN WRITING CONTESTS by John Howard Reid, 100 words from page 73:

     "Frankly, I'm a firm believer that mystery or detective stories should be written in the first person, in order to play fair with the reader. But otherwise your choice of a narrative point of view depends on what you think is the best way to tell the story with maximum impact.
     I'm often asked at writers' conferences and so-called "manuscript clinicx", how many characters are ideal for a short story? The conventional wisdom holds that you need only as many characters as the story demands. This doesn't tell us much. But obviously one hundred characters is far too many for..."


Notes: I won ChristmasSin' in a gather.com author chat and will soon be writing a review for this delightful book.

As for Son of My Soul and Write Ways, I was offered these book titles by the authors through Reviews4Reviews.com, where I am a registered book Reviewer.

Well, there you have it, my WoW reading share for this week! I can't wait to discover what words you have to share from the book(s) you're reading!

So, hop along on the WoW WEEKLY 100 WORDS with me. Once you've created your post on your own blog, return here to ADD your post URL to the Linky list for this week and I'll be reading you!

WoW Weekly 100 Words 12/02/2010

Here I am with my first post to launch my book hop:

WoW WEEKLY 100 WORDS

Today, I'll be sharing with you exactly 100 words from books I'm currently reading!

Book 1: ChristmaSin' by Ed Williams, 100 words from page 34:

     "Christmas can be special wherever you are, whether you're at home or at some other place, even if that place is somewhere far, far away from Juliette. Like a foreign country. And that's what I'm gonna tell ya'all about, a Christmas that I spent over in a foreign land..."
     I already figure from that alone that this would have something to do with Korea. You see, Ed Jr. served in the Korean War for about fifteen months in 1951-1952, and it's the only time he's ever departed from the United States. Hell, from what I can tell, it's one of...

Book 2: Write Ways to WIN WRITING CONTESTS by John Howard Reid, 100 words from page 61:

     The theme must appeal to the judge. It must be on his/her wavelength. If the judge is a lady, don't bother sending in your great story about professional wrestling or the annual re-union of Vietnam Vets.
     If there is even a slight suggestion that winning entries will be considered for publication, steer clear of Adults Only themes. Remember, all publishers like their books to be displayed and sold by book retailers far and wide. They don't like them to be hidden under the counter or lost from sight in the darkest corner of the store. They prefer them to...

Book 3: Mexican Autumn by John Howard Reid, page 47:

     Esmerelda Quinones had but one burning ambition in life--to leave Bahia de los Angeles as fast as possible. Her popular elder brother, Daniel, had already made the break and was now living frugally in San Felipe. But he intended to come back. Carefully saving up the pesos he earned from a multitude of odd jobs, Daniel's every desire revolved around returning to los Angeles and marrying his childhood sweetheart, Luisa Sanchez.
     For Esmerelda, however, that sort of life most definitely held no appeal. Once she made the break, she would never return--she'd make sure of that. She'd have money to...

Notes: I won ChristmasSin' in a gather.com author chat! I will soon be writing a review for this delightful book. You can learn a bit more about this book on my post: Summer Reading

As for Books 2 and 3, both by John Howard Reid, I was offered these book titles by the author through Reviews4Reviews.com, where I am a registered book Reviewer.

Well, there you have it, my first WoW reading share! I can't wait to discover what words you have to share from the book(s) you're reading!

So, hop along on the WoW WEEKLY 100 WORDS with me. Once you've created your post on your own blog, return here to comment and add your post URL to the Linky list for this week and I'll be reading you!

Submitted 12/05/2010
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