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Review: The Mad Days of Me: Escaping Barcelona (and a Giveaway)
A couple of weeks ago, I won the book: The Mad Days of Me: Escaping Barcelona, a novel by Henry Martin. (Thanks Breeni! )What attracted me to the book (besides the fact that it was free) was the title. I love traveling and the fact that Barcelona was in the title made me curious.
I really had no idea what the book was about. Now that I have read it, I am conflicted about how I feel about it. Overall, the main character, comes through a horrendous ordeal and manages in the end to get out of the situation he has become mired in. Along the way he sees some of the worst attributes of humans and gets glimpses of good attributes. The novel is 172 pages long. There are some 'shocking' scenes in this book and if you don't want to read about personal violence and violations, you probably don't want to read this book. But if you like to read about how people overcome terrible situations and keep going, then you may very well like this book.
BTW, the book is signed by the author. So I am going to pass this book along to a lucky reader! If you are interested, simply place a comment below. I will have a random drawing on September 15th. If you really want to win the book, you can earn yourself an extra chance by placing a link to my blog on your blog. Be sure to let me know you have done that so I can give you an extra chance!
Good luck!
Melissa, thank you for bringing attention to my title. I hope that, although "conflicted", you enjoyed the read and I am looking forward to finding out where the book lands next. By the way, you have some very interesting posts here.
September 6, 2007 10:38 PMHenry, I find myself still contemplating events that took place in the book. My husband and I long ago decided that if we are still thinking about something the next day, then it was worth our time.
Thanks for stopping by(and for your kind comments)!Good luck in your future writing endeavors.
September 7, 2007 6:25 AMSounds like a really interesting book. I'd love to check it out!
September 7, 2007 3:00 PMSounds interesting! Count me in.
blurb on my blog about the contest can be found at:
Friday Edition of Contest Galore
September 7, 2007 5:56 PMI would love this book!
September 7, 2007 8:58 PMI don't have a page to add this link but I would love to be included in the giveaway. Thanks!
September 8, 2007 1:20 PM
