Friday, July 8, 2011

Review - Edge of Escape by Debra Chapoton

Edge of Escape kept my attention from the beginning. One of the main characters in this book is a special ed student. He was heartlessly tagged by classmates as Special Eddie. Life can be so cruel for these little ones with special needs. On top of that he had a very unhappy childhood. He dealt with a real lack of love from his mother and the death of his father.
As a child he falls in love with Becky a sweet little girl that gave him a smile that he never forgot.
I have a mentally handicap daughter so this really touched my heart. It is so hard to understand where their actions are coming from and why they do the things they do.
I normally don't like books that jumps back and forth from past to present but the way this was written it made everything clearer. You understood more of why some of certain things were happening.

Who holds responsibility for what happened? Eddie, his mother, classmates, teachers, counselor or was it the death of his father? Maybe all of them.

I highly recommend this book for the young and the old.

Patricia



BOOK BLOGGERS HOP

Book Blogger Hop

In the spirit of the Twitter Friday Follow, the Book Blogger Hop is a place just for book bloggers and readers to connect and share our love of the written word! This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, make new friends, support each other, and generally just share our love of books! It will also give blog readers a chance to find other book blogs to read! So, grab the logo, post about the Hop on your blog, and start HOPPING through the list of blogs that are posted in the Linky list below!!

The Hop lasts Friday-Monday every week, so if you don’t have time to Hop today, come back later and join the fun! This is a weekly event! And stop back throughout the weekend to see all the new blogs that are added! We get over 200 links every week!!

RULES:

Your blog should have content related to books, including, but not limited to book reviews.

1. POST ABOUT THE HOP ON YOUR BLOG (FEEL FREE TO GRAB THE LOGO AT THE TOP OF THE POST!)

SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE BOOK PARTY! THE MORE THE MERRIER!

IN YOUR BLOG POST, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION (NEW QUESTION EACH WEEK!).


This week’s question isn’t a question at all! I thought I would do things a little differently this week and give all of you a chance to promote a giveaway (or two!) from the blogosphere.

The catch?

IT CAN’T BE YOUR OWN GIVEAWAY!

Gotcha!

You have to find another blogger who is having a giveaway and promote their giveaway for them! If possible, promote a giveaway from a blogger doing the Hop (hey, you are visiting other blogs anyway, right?). Have fun with this one! It’s not an easy task this week!

It's Time To Read Mamaw's answer is:

Jen at Crazy For Books

http://crazy-for-books.com/2011/07/blog-tour-giveaway-storm-at-the-door-by-stefan-merrill-block.html

10 comments:

  1. What a great review, I'm going to have to read this book!!

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  2. Thanks for the review, Patricia. I appreciate it.
    Debbie at Edge of Escape

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  3. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

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  4. Thanks for visiting/following my blog! I follow you now too!

    Have a GREAT weekend!!

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  5. Hi Patricia,

    Thanks for grabbing my button. I'm posting yours too. :)

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  6. Thanks for stopping by my FF blog. Not sure why you were not able to see my GFC - it seems to be OK for myself and others.

    I'm following you now. Nice blog you have over here!

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  7. thanks for stopping by! you have such a nice blog.
    I must ask but what does GFC mean? I did not understand that :P

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  8. Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog and following. I'm following you on twitter (since GFC gadget seems to not be working at the moment) Enjoy your Sunday!

    PS: for Cecilia: GFC - Google Friend Connect gadget - which has some working issues again this weekend on some blogs:)

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  9. Thanks for stopping by my blog and I will return the follow as soon as GFC gets it together! Hope you are having a great weekend.
    NC
    Truly Bookish

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  10. This book is very intriguing, deep and dark. :) Thanks for visiting my blog.

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