Book Review Club - November 2020

In the interest of full disclosure, the book I'm reviewing this month is a re-post of a review I wrote in October 2007.  I've read only two books since our last meeting and both were political in nature and while I would have quite a lot to say about the books, I think we've all had enough politics to last us a while.  So, instead, the book I will be reviewing is you had me at halo by Amanda Ashby.  In the review I said I would be keeping an eye out for future books by her and I did - and I've loved all of them.  I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Ashby at the RWA conference in San Francisco in 2008 and she was as nice as she could be (I was her official stalker at the conference - it's okay, she agreed to let me stalk her in advance! 😀).

 

It's been thirteen years since I first read the book but it remains one of my all time favorite books to this day.  It's light.  It's funny.  It's sweet.  On a scale of 1-5, I'd give it 10 stars!  💓 

And now, below is what I wrote about the book thirteen years ago.  And for more reviews go to https://barriesummy.blogspot.com/index.html .

 

 

There is an author who occasionally "promotes" other authors' works. She does nothing more than say this book is out and then give the blurb, which suggests she may not actually be reading the books. At least that's the approach I take when I see a book "promoted" on her blog. Anyway, she recently had Amanda Ashby's debut book, you had me at halo (it's not capitalized on the cover either ;-) ). I thought the title was fun, the cover okay and the blurb "interesting". So I googled Ms. Ashby to find out more. I read the first chapter and wanted to read more, so I ordered the book. I read the whole thing this afternoon. It was fun. And sweet. It's one of those books where when you're done, you realize you have this big smile on your face because it's just that kind of book.

I will definitely keep an eye out for future books by Amanda Ashby.

And now, the blurb:

Holly Evans has just seen her body laid to rest. Now she would like to move onto the afterlife. But apparently she has some mortal baggage to unload first, starting with the matter of how she died. Her heavenly shrink isn't buying that she didn't kill herself and says she must return to earth to straighten things out. The thing is, she needs to borrow the body of computer geek Vince Murphy to do it. Oh, and although Vince was supposed to have vacated the premise, he apparently never got the memo.

Now, Holly has forty-eight hours to resolve her issues while sharing arms, legs, and...other things...with a guy she barely noticed while she was alive. But the real surprise is what life has to offer when you have only two days to live it.