I may have preferred to read this rather than listen to it. Although the author's accent does add flavor, she read so slowly that it diminished the experience; 7 disks should've been 6 or even 5. This was my first Sweet Potato Queens experience & I see how she turned it into a "movement". Parts...
Read her other books and enjoyed them more but do read this. You will belly laugh with the SPQ's tales of Walmark shoppers & driving the Penn Turnpike in a motor home (gah! a nightmare in daylight in fine weather....but read her frantic chapter) and keep laughing!The chapter telling of the deat...
The One Sentence ReviewCharacterization: Prepare to meet a lively bunch of characters but to not necessarily get to know any of them or their motivations, etc…well. Setting: Set almost entirely in Jackson, Mississippi, a love of the South and the lifestyle that entails is important to this nov...
I listened to this on tape and laughed out loud. She is so irreverent and funny. I guess it's a southern thang.--hr From Publishers WeeklyGrab your Fat Mama's Knock You Naked Margarita mix, a bag of Fritos, a pan of Chocolate Stuff and turn off the phone, because Browne is back with a sassy a...
Isn’t she won-der-ful?” sang the incredibly handsome, broad-shouldered man sitting next to me at the Diabetes Association Annual Fashion Fling. Sadly, I was the not the inspiration for his serenade. His dark blue eyes were fastened on Tammy, who was strutting down the makeshift runway in the midd...
Or perhaps they’ve had the feeling that they were just looking too damn smart and are just looking to “dumb down” their appearance as much as possible. In 1979, Bo Derek did the impossible: she ran down a beach—in slow motion—in a very revealing swimsuit—in broad daylight, no less—in front of a M...