He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back

This was generously mailed to me by Bestsellersworld for review.

It is 1979 and NASCAR racing is not a sport that most of the country is watching on TV. On a very snowy Sunday in February, the country is pounded by winter weather and a lot of the major sports are not having games because of that. CBS decides to broadcast the Daytona 500 to fill up their time slot.

The fans are treated to the whole race, where in the past they were given highlights only. The end of this race was exciting, as a fight ensued between 3 of the good ol' boys, Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison & Cale Yarborough.

This started a trend in the sports reporting field to cover more of these races, because it ended with such a fanfare. In fact, NASCAR still uses this coverage sometimes to advertise itself. Who knew that auto racing could get so physical? Reporters were flocking to each race now wondering who would get into a fist fight with whom.

This book was definitely written for the veteran NASCAR fans. Most of the names that are written about in this book are either gone or retired and really not part of the sport anymore.

Mark Bechtel writes about the season and is very generous with the tidbits about the competitiveness of this sport and the personalities involved. Only a hint of today's NASCAR is exposed, as this is before it became the second most popular sport.

Well written and pretty interesting. Again, definitely written for the veteral NASCAR fan.

FROSTBITE

Rose and Lissa are continuing their education at St. Vladimir's and Rose is continuing her training as a guardian. She is scheduled for a test with a very prominent guardian when horror strikes. The Strigoi are on the move. They are mixing with humans to eliminate the royals.
This book was slower building than the first one, but once you are involved, this is the book that will make you want to continue reading the series. Rose grows so much in this book, both mentally and emotionally. Strong character, but we can see that she has a lot of heart also.
The bond between her and Lissa is not as strong in this book, but the action taking place is outside of that connection in this book.
Was a little lost at the beginning half of the book, was going to put it down and start something different, but glad that I did not. Very good book, and again, will definitely keep reading the series.

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Tell Me Something True by Leila Cobo

I was given a copy of this book from Bestsellersworld for review.

We are joining Gabriella on her annual visit to her deceased mother's native country of Colombia, where the social classes are extremely seperate. Her Nini (grandmother) is very wealthy.

On this visit, Gabriella finds a diary written by her mother for her specifically. She finds things out that make her question her mother's and her own self worth.

Gabriella then proceeds to date a man who is the antithesis of everything that her mother's family is about. She falls in love with him and almost parallels the actions of her mother.

In my eyes, Gabriella was a little selfish and I thought that the ending could have been different. As well-written as the book was, I didn't really feel compelled to like Gabriella. She was just not that strong of a character.

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