Dear Marcus - McGill

Jerome "Jerry" McGill was barely a teenager in the 1980's when, walking through his Manhattan Lower East Side neighborhood, he heard a crack. The next thing he knew, he was laying on the pavement unable to move. In a heartbeat, his dreams of being an athlete or a performer were shattered. His life was changed forever.

Using "Marcus" as a nickname for his assailant (who was never caught or changed), McGill speaks as if to a friend, explaining what occurred that fall evening from his own point of view.  He expresses his guilt at having manipulated his single mother to allow him to stay out far beyond reasonable hours, his anger at having to spend months in the hospital missing out on his "normal" life, and the frustration of how his paralysis effected his own and his family's future.

With brutal honesty and grace, Dear Marcus shares McGill's road to acceptance, forgiveness and ultimately a future that is made brighter by the hardships he has endured. Well written and touching, this memoir is worth a read.



3/5- Good. Read it, have a good time and move on. Or not.

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Tuesday Tunes - 07/30/13

A great lyric is like a great book...

You're So Vain

Carly Simon, Artist & Writer

You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot

You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed
That they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and....

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave

But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams
They were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee and....

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

Well I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun

Well, you're where you should be all of the time
And when you're not you're with
Some underworld spy
Or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and....

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

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Mondays - 07/29/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.

Now Reading:
With or Without You, A Memoir (Domenica Ruta)
Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not? (Thompson Square)

Just Finished:
My Lost and Found Life (Melodie Bowsner)

On Deck:
Many...

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Heads in Beds - Tomsky

Armed with a philosophy degree and not much more, Jacob Tomsky grabs the first job he can find after college. He quickly finds himself on a career path he never anticipated or wanted.

Accepting a position as a valet at a local hotel, he finds he can actually make good money while having fun. Through the years, he moves up in the ranks to supervising the housekeeping department, manning the front desk, and convinces a manage that he himself is management material.  But hospitality never his goal, he never seems to take the job seriously.  He even makes a move from New Orleans to New York to try to break the cycle, but eventually finds himself returning to the field to secure a regular paycheck.

Eventually, , he seems to just accept his fate and utilize the system to benefit himself. He steals items from minibars and supply cabinets, works the customers to ensure maximum tips and "off-the-clock" gifts, and eventually reaps the ultimate benefit, this memoir Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality.

Entertaining, funny, and more than a bit cheeky, Tomsky's book is a good read.


3/5- Good. Read it, have a good time and move on. Or not.

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Tuesday Tunes - 07/22/13

A great lyric is like a great book...

We Didn't Start The Fire

Billy Joel, Artist & Writer

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye"

Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

CHORUS:
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

Roy cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"

Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez

CHORUS:
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"

Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide

Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no go

U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo

CHORUS:
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say

CHORUS:
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon, back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide,
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore

CHORUS:
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it...

We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...

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Mondays - 07/22/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.

Now Reading:
With or Without You (Domenica Ruta)
Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not? (Thompson Square)

Just Finished:
My Lost and Found Life (Melodie Bowsner)

On Deck:
...

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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - Strayed

Cheryl Strayed is just a tender twenty-two when her mother suddenly takes ill and passes away from cancer seven weeks later. Strayed is not only heartbroken, but completely shattered. Her already tenuous family (a brother, sister and stepfather) quickly falls apart despite her efforts to hold it together. Her marriage, barely a baby itself, quickly falls apart. Eventually she gives up not only on the family, but herself as well.  She finds herself embroiled in a dangerous relationship with a junkie and a heroin habit. With the help of her ex-husband, a true friend, she realizes she has to do something and soon.

One day, she passes a book at a cash register: a guide to the Pacific Crest Trail, an Appalachian-like trail running from Mexico to Canada. With no backpacking experience or training, she impulsively decides to hike a good portion of the trail,    from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to the Bridge of the Gods near Portland. Though she seems to hope the journey will take her away from the pain and loss, ultimately she finds healing and hope.

Expertly told with warmth and humor, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail can't help but move you.

4/5- Great. Push it on your friends and family.

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Mondays - 07/15/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.

Now Reading:
My Lost and Found Life (Melodie Bowsner)
Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not? (Thompson Square)

Just Finished:
Dear Marcus (Jerry McGill)

On Deck:
So many on my list!

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June ReCap 2013...

 
June 2013 Update

June had been just as busy as May was, perhaps more so. Five more shows of Steel and a smattering of PV gigs thrown in over the weekend...I was literally running from one show to the next! Then I spent the third week of June in an exhausted stupor. I am finally getting my feet under myself once again and reading and blogging has picked up. Hopefully the rest of the summer holds great things!


This month I read:
Total Read: 21
YTD: 18
Adult: 3
YA/children's: 0
Abandoned: 0

Including:
One Breathe Away - Heather Gudenkauf
Heads in Beds - Jacob Tomsky
A Masque of Infamy - Kelly Dessaint

Abandoned:
None
 
Favorite Book(s) of the Month:
One Breathe Away - Heather Gudenkauf


Challenges Update:
Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge = 18 of 58
A-Z Book Challenge = 13 of 26
Library Reading Challenge = 18 of 36
E-Book Reading Challenge = 6 of 25
What's in a Name 6 Challenge = 4 of 6 

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One Breathe Away - Gudenkauf

All too real and scary in this day and age, One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf is a multi-layered story of a town taken hostage by an unknown gunman, when he walks into the local school one snowy day and holds a classroom of third graders hostage.

Told in brief chapters, the story unfolds the lives of several locals:

Evelyn, the lifelong teacher trying desperately to ensure her students' safety, even at her own peril;

Will Thwait, a local farmer entrusted with the care of his two grandchildren despite a rocky relationship with their mother;

his tragically injured daughter, who has survived a fire and sent her children "home" despite never wanting to return herself;

and Officer Meg Barrett, a local police officer who struggles under the weight of having the town's children's fate in her hands, while thanking fate that her own daughter happened to be out that day.

The story builds as the unknown gunman's identity is desperately sought and the town's "dirty laundry" is bared in the process, a mayor's cheating husband, a violent husband known for domestic abuse, and a local, prize winning reporter willing to stab anyone in the back to get a good story. Only by facing her own past can Officer Barrett try to end this stand-off without someone being hurt or killed.

A quick and easy read. Not a "Moby Dick" classic, but certainly entertaining.

3/5- Good. Read it, have a good time and move on. Or not.

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Tuesday Tunes - 07/9/13

A great lyric is like a great book...

See You Again 

Carrie Underwood, Artist

George Jones, Anthony Woods, Tony Harrison, Jacob Underwood, Writers

Ohh Ohh Ohh
Said goodbye, turned around 
And you were gone, gone, gone  
Faded into the setting sun
Slipped away 
But I won’t cry   
Cause I know I’ll never be lonely  
For you are the stars to me
You are the light I follow 

I will See you again, oh 
This is not where it ends 
I will carry you with me, oh 
Till I see you again  
Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh
 
I can hear those echoes in the wind at night  
Calling me back in time  
Back to you 
In a place far away  
Where the water meets the sky  
The thought of it makes me smile  
You are my tomorrow

I will See you again, oh  
This is not where it ends 
I will carry you with me, oh 
Till I see you again  

Sometimes, I feel my, heart is breaking  
But I stay strong and I hold on cause 
I know ...

I will see you again, ohhh  
This is not where it ends  
I will carry you with me, yeah yeah  

I will See you again, ohhh  
This is not where it ends 
I will carry you with me
Till I see you again

Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh  
Till I see you again

Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh  
Till I see you again, Ohh  
Till I see you again 

Said goodbye turned around 
And you were gone, gone, gone...



R.I.P. Robert Frye (1962-2013), always a fan of great music!

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Sunday Salon - 07/07/13

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July is here and my summer has finally begun!  Two weeks of vacation has been heavenly!!

Hope everyone had a great fourth! Sorry for not stopping by, we decided to paint early in the week...despite the 20+ people we had invited for a 4th celebration! Needless to say, it was a bit crazy around here for a few days.

Life

We did get some house work done this week! We finally painted the living room and front hall, just eggshell - but its still several shades lighter than the years-old off-white that was there.  There's still much to be done, but its be excruciatingly hot and humid so we limited ourselves. Also, hubby has decided he will remove the wall between the dining room and the hall, opening the whole thing up, before we move forward with the rest of the painting and rug removal. I'm cautiously excited...and bummed that I have to live with these rugs any longer. But, at least he is motivated to get stuff going before summer's end!

I spent much of my two weeks of vacation doing website work, more than expected! Turns out a good section of the site was unfinished and I hoped to get it done. No luck, there's still more to accomplish...but for the most part its looking much cleaner and is definitely more useful for a theater.  

I did go, or I should say we went, out over the weekend for a drive around New Hampshire and photo taking. You know you've got a great guy when he'll drive around and scout shooting locations for you! It was a nice day hanging with hubs and I got some nice shots.  You can check it out on my Facebook page:

PhotoLAgraphy

Please stop by and say hello!

Its back to work tomorrow, oh well...

Books and Blogging
Vacations always seem to render me useless, I clearly didn't get a lot of blogging done. But that's ok, I've been busy enjoying my down time. I have been reading a bit and plan to get the blog back into shape this week.


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Tuesday Tunes - 07/02/13

A great lyric is like a great book...

It's Midnight Cinderella
Garth Brooks, Artist
Garth Brooks, Kent Blazy and Kim Williams, Writers

(Note...this video is not actually Garth singing)


 

It's midnight Cinderella but don't you worry none
'Cause I'm Peter Peter the Pumpkin Eater
And the party's just begun

I guess your prince charming
Wasn't after all
'Cause he sure seemed different right after the ball
I guess more than horses are turnin' into rats
And by the way he's walkin'
I can guess where your slipper's at

It's midnight Cinderella time that you should know
There's gonna be some changes in the way this story goes
It's midnight Cinderella but don't you worry none
'Cause I'm Peter Peter the Pumpkin Eater
And the party's just begun

I'm gonna help you get over
Bein' under that spell
You're gonna learn to love midnight
Inside this pumpkin shell
I gotta few new magic tricks
Your godmother can't do
I'll show you what it means to
Bip, bip, bip, bip, boppity boo

It's midnight Cinderella time that you should know
There's gonna be some changes in the way this story goes
It's midnight Cinderella but don't you worry none
'Cause I'm Peter Peter the Pumpkin Eater
And the party's just begun

I'm Peter Peter the Pumpkin Eater
And the party has now begun

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Mondays - 07/01/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.

Finally done with the busy crazy part of June, I am now enjoying a couple weeks of vacation (some reading, quite a bit of website maintenance, and perhaps a little home improvement...I'm hoping!) and looking forward to spending July 4th with family, friends, and fireworks! 

Now Reading: 
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not? (Thompson Square) 

Just Finished:

One Breathe Away (Heather Gudenkauf)

Heads in Beds (Jacob Tomsky) - finally got this and finished those last few chapters!

A Masque of Infamy (Kelly Dessaint)

On Deck:

Who knows?

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Steel Magnolias - Harling

Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling is one of my all-time favorite plays. When I discovered that my theater  club was going to do it, I had to sign on. I produced and, by the time it was over, stage managed, ran lights, handled publicity, and pretty much anything else that needed done!

The story of six Louisiana women in the 1980's, Steel Magnolias is set in the imaginary Chinquipin Parrish. Friends Truvy, Ouiser, Clairee, M'Lynn, Shelby, and newcomer Annelle gather on Shelby's wedding day to prepare. We learn on this first meeting that Shelby has diabetes. The story progress through two acts, four scenes total, telling the story of Shelby's welcoming a child, the discovery that the birth irreparably damaged her kidneys, and finally the group's acceptance of her death.

As sad as that sounds, this show is hysterical.  Seriously, hilariously funny! We lovingly called it a TRAGE-COMEDY. You should read it...and then read it again, because I guarantee that you missed something funny. I worked on the show, saw tons of rehearsals and six actual performances, and each night I laughed at something new.  Every. Single. Night!

Many of you will likely recognize the show from the movie version with Sally Field, Julia Roberts and Daryl Hannah. More recently, you may have seen the Lifetime version with Phylicia Rashād, her actual daughter, Jill Scott and Queen Latifah. Whichever version you choose, keep in mind that both movies expanded on the original script including additional locations and characters - which in my opinion, despite fabulous performances, took away from the real talent and skill needed to create these six characters.

But, the original is a masterpiece set only in a one-room beauty parlor with only six women.  Hysterically funny and heartbreaking, its definitely worth a read!



4/5- Great. Push it on your friends and family.

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Blog Tour: A Masque of Infamy: A novel of teenage rebellion and punkrock salvation - Dessaint

*This book was an advanced reading copy sent to me, free of charge, for my honest review and opinion.  All comments in this review are the honest opinion of the blogger.

Book Description:

A Masque of Infamy: A novel of teenage rebellion and punk rock salvation by Kelly Dessaint is a horrific and raucous story of teenage rebellion. But instead of "What d'ya got?" fifteen-year-old Louis Baudrey knows exactly what he's fighting against…

After moving from Los Angeles to small town Alabama in 1987 with his father, his younger brother and this guy Rick, a friend of the family, Louis tries to fit in at the local high school, but the Bible-thumpers and the rednecks don't take too kindly to his outlandish wardrobe and burgeoning punk attitude. At home, he defies the sadistic intentions of Rick, who rules the household with an iron fist. As Louis begins to lose all hope, he stumbles upon indisputable proof that will free him and his brother from Rick's tyranny. But just when he thinks his troubles are over, he's locked up in the adolescent ward of a mental hospital, where he must fight the red tape of the system to realize his dream of being a punk rocker.

My Opinion:
This was a surprisingly good book. Billed as autobiographical novel, it reads extremely entertaining. Louis is a very believable hard-assed, yet naive teenage boy struggling with a crappy family situation. Dad is a pervert, Mom is a basket-case, and "family friend" Rick is a nut-case.  Louis does what he feels will produce the best situation for himself (and in turn his little brother), but also feels guilt at not being able to change the situation and confusion as to how to deal with things that have happened to him in the past. Despite being a bit of a self-centered shit, you can't help but feel for him being stuck in his crazy life.

But after buying into this kid's life, the writer leaves you high and dry with no resolution to any of the situations - and not in a "sequel will be coming soon" sort of way. He just up and leaves...and you are left to wonder, "Seriously, that's it?!" Frustrating, at least to me. 

Otherwise this is a good book, worth a read if you like the young adult genre. The writing is good, the story realistic.

My one major complaint is that the manuscript has more than one (read this "quite a few") errors (spelling, grammatical, or otherwise). Call me the "editing-Nazi" but I HATE THAT! If someone spends months, or years, writing a book...the least they (or their editor) could do is proofread the thing before it's released! 

Seriously, if that drives you as crazy as it does me...you may want to skip this one.

Author Info

Kelly Dessaint was born and raised in Los Angeles. At fifteen, he moved to Alabama, where he ended up in state custody, an experience documented in his autobiographical novel A Masque of Infamy. After graduating from the University of Alabama, he lived and traveled across the country, working odd jobs and gathering material for the stories he has published under various pseudonyms in small press magazines and his zines, Vagabond Review and Piltdownlad. In 1998, he founded the publishing company Phony Lid Books, which released titles by numerous prominent small press authors. He lives in LA with his wife and three cats.

Links:

The Phony Lid page for the book:

http://www.kellydessaint.com/phonylid/masque.php 

The FaceBook page for the book: 

https://www.facebook.com/amasqueofinfamy

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Tuesday Tunes - 06/25/13

A great lyric is like a great book...

The Man in The Mirror
Michael Jackson, Artist
Glen Ballard & Siedah Garrett, Writers

I'm Gonna Make A Change,
For Once In My Life
It's Gonna Feel Real Good,
Gonna Make A Difference
Gonna Make It Right . . .

As I, Turn Up The Collar On My
Favourite Winter Coat
This Wind Is Blowin' My Mind
I See The Kids In The Street,
With Not Enough To Eat
Who Am I, To Be Blind?
Pretending Not To See
Their Needs
A Summer's Disregard,
A Broken Bottle Top
And A One Man's Soul
They Follow Each Other On
The Wind Ya' Know
'Cause They Got Nowhere
To Go
That's Why I Want You To
Know

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change)
(Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah)

I've Been A Victim Of A Selfish
Kind Of Love
It's Time That I Realize
That There Are Some With No
Home, Not A Nickel To Loan
Could It Be Really Me,
Pretending That They're Not
Alone?

A Willow Deeply Scarred,
Somebody's Broken Heart
And A Washed-Out Dream
(Washed-Out Dream)
They Follow The Pattern Of
The Wind, Ya' See
Cause They Got No Place
To Be
That's Why I'm Starting With
Me
(Starting With Me!)

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Ooh!)
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change)

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm Asking Him To Change His
Ways
(Change His Ways-Ooh!)
And No Message Could've
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make That . . .
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make That . . .)
Change!

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror,
(Man In The Mirror-Oh
Yeah!)
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Better Change!)
No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make The Change)
(You Gotta Get It Right, While
You Got The Time)
('Cause When You Close Your
Heart)
You Can't Close Your . . .Your
Mind!
(Then You Close Your . . .
Mind!)
That Man, That Man, That
Man, That Man
With That Man In The Mirror
(Man In The Mirror, Oh Yeah!)
That Man, That Man, That Man
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Better Change!)
You Know . . .That Man
No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah
(Oh Yeah!)
Gonna Feel Real Good Now!
Yeah Yeah! Yeah Yeah!
Yeah Yeah!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah
(Ooooh . . .)
Oh No, No No . . .
I'm Gonna Make A Change
It's Gonna Feel Real Good!
Come On!
(Change . . .)
Just Lift Yourself
You Know
You've Got To Stop It.
Yourself!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
I've Got To Make That Change,
Today!
Hoo!
(Man In The Mirror)
You Got To
You Got To Not Let Yourself . . .
Brother . . .
Hoo!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
You Know-I've Got To Get
That Man, That Man . . .
(Man In The Mirror)
You've Got To
You've Got To Move! Come
On! Come On!
You Got To . . .
Stand Up! Stand Up!
Stand Up!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Stand Up And Lift
Yourself, Now!
(Man In The Mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Gonna Make That Change . . .
Come On!
(Man In The Mirror)
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know . . .
(Change . . .)
Make That Change.

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Mondays - 06/24/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey.


Been busy, two weeks until my show goes up, so not much reading going on here....

Now Reading: 
Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not? (Thompson Square)

Just Finished:
A Masque of Infamy (Kelly Dessaint)

On Deck:

Who knows?!

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