Gotta Keep on Tryin': A Novel
by Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant
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Read in January, 2008
A Worthy Sequel
This novel is definitely well worth the 10 year wait! I thoroughly enjoyed playing catch-up with Gayle, Pat & Marcus. DeBerry and Grant allows us to revisit with the best friends turned successful business partners. We also get a peek at Pat and Marcus' marriage, which has more or less just become a comfortable co-existence, as they have ceased being the loving, "happily married" couple. And Vanessa has definitely grown up with a chip on her shoulder and the a...more
This novel is definitely well worth the 10 year wait! I thoroughly enjoyed playing catch-up with Gayle, Pat & Marcus. DeBerry and Grant allows us to revisit with the best friends turned successful business partners. We also get a peek at Pat and Marcus' marriage, which has more or less just become a comfortable co-existence, as they have ceased being the loving, "happily married" couple. And Vanessa has definitely grown up with a chip on her shoulder and the a...more
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Read in October, 2008
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A fellow doll collector
I read this book at the suggestion of a fellow doll collector. The backdrop of the main two characters' Ell and Me doll business piqued my interest. Gayle and Pat have been lifelong friends. They form a doll company inspired by Gayle's teenage daughter Vanessa, who could care less about the business or about her mother’s feelings. Gayle, a single parent, is troubled by her self-centered daughter’s rebellious nature and other issues. She copes with her troubles in a rather unhealthy manne...more
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Read in May, 2008
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anyone who read Tryin to Sleep in the Bed You Made
First, let me say, I had no idea this was a sequel to Trying to Sleep in the Bed You Made! Ha ha!
No wonder the entire time I felt like I had missed something. Now I have to go back and read the prequel before I can give a fair review of this book.
The story seemed a bit rushed. . .don't get me wrong there was a lot of stuff that took place, I think it spanned five years but it sped through the years and I didn't get the whole thing with the suicide/murder of the police detective.
I d...more
No wonder the entire time I felt like I had missed something. Now I have to go back and read the prequel before I can give a fair review of this book.
The story seemed a bit rushed. . .don't get me wrong there was a lot of stuff that took place, I think it spanned five years but it sped through the years and I didn't get the whole thing with the suicide/murder of the police detective.
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Read in April, 2008
This is why Oprah stoped having book choices for a while...she said no one is writing anything good. This is what she is referring to. This is a great example of how too much foreshadowing can ruin a story. I felt like the authors thought I was stupid. The biggest question I'm left with is why I read the whole thing? It was mind candy for when a vacation read is too intellectually demanding. Please don't read this.
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Read in September, 2008
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Other Adults
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Read in July, 2008
I only got through about first 50 pages of this book. I don't think it was terrible, but I didn't find either of the main characters to be particularly sympathetic, and a story of soldiering on in the face of life's cruel ups and downs just doesn't interest me.
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Read in July, 2008
First of all, how did I not realize this was a sequel to "Tryin' to Sleep In the Bed You Made" ?! I needed to read that again to remember where the hell it left off. This was kind of anti-climatic but a quick read.
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Read in August, 2008
I was not happy at all with this book. The prequel was soooo much better. I had to force myself to finish it.
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