Wake (also...a bird crapped on my book!)

For f'ing real.
A bird crapped on this book.

I was sitting on my patio. The sun has gone down. Jolene and Sue Ellen are sleeping on my lap. I am squinting trying to read by the light of one bare lightbulb while the sound of my neighbors Latin music drifts across the fence making me crave Mexican food. It is amazingly peaceful.

Then I hear (in this order) *flap* *flap* *flap* *caw* *splat* *flap* *flap* *What the?..mother f###### s### a## bird!*

Stupid kamikaze bird flies under my patio to crap on me.

I continued to yell *sh#t* *sh#t* *sh#t* while Jolene gives me a look that says *yeah..its sh#t. Bird sh#t. Does this mean we are going to have to get up?*

White runny bird sh#t on my book. And on my blanket. And on my arm.

So...if any of you want to borrow this book you should probably buy your own copy. Or well..wait a couple of days. Im sure I will have Amazon send me another.

Amazingly..I still went ahead and finished this bird sh#tty book. Because the book was fabulous.

Wake by Lisa McMann
Product Description
Not all dreams are sweet.

For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.

She can't tell anybody about what she does -- they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can't control.

Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant....




9.5/10

So you know how I made everybody read Twilight? This will be the next book I force on everyone for their own good. I read it in one sitting (not counting the shower I had to take after the bird sh#t incident).

If BOA paid me more money I would be mailing this book to Amber, Meghan, Charlotte, Julie, Ryan (not the brother Ryan!), Richie and William. But...no can do. Sorry.

Okay..so I could go on and on about how much I liked it...but maybe I should mention the few negatives to be fair.

There wasnt a whole lot of meat to the story. It was kinda like a chips and queso appetizer....you know that the steak you ordered thats coming next (or for Meghan..the black bean burger) is going to be amazing...but damn those chips are good. (And if that makes zero sense: there is a second book coming..and it will be steak) (how funny is it that I dont even like steak...but beside the point)

And the little twist with Cabel was a little predictable. But still...I havent felt this way about a main guy character since Edward. And he is no Edward...but I liked him.

Its a short book. 210 pages. But a very good 210. I will pbly bug everyone until they read it.