The Kari AnnAlysis

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Books Read:
Gatecrasher
2 in the Hat
Running from the Devil
Infinite Days
Crepe Makers’ Bond
Majix: Notes from a Serious Teen Witch
Love Remains
Diary of a Beverly Hills Matchmaker
Click here to check out the reviews on all of these books

Pages Read:
2280

Bookmarks Given:
1 bookmark: 0
2 bookmarks: 1
3 bookmarks: 1
4 bookmarks: 3
5 bookmarks 3

Favorite Book:
I would have to say this is a tough decision for me – I had a couple of books that I really liked, but I’ll have to give this month’s award to Running from the Devil.  It was a great, great read!

Least Favorite Book:
My least favorite book was Gatecrasher. I really loved the Sophie Kinsella books and think I had too many expectations for this.

Goals for August:
Honestly, I have nothing major in the pipeline for August. I have a few books on NetGalley that I need to get through, a couple that just came out this week. I want to make sure I get on a better schedule with them and get to them before they are released. I also have some books coming to me from the Crazy Book Tours. I have found a lot of new bookish websites lately. A post on this is in the pipeline!

Now, I did put a book in the grave yard this month, which I hate to do. I started Stephen King’s Duma Key. I think I was just intimidated by the length of it. It’s like a million pages long. LOL Not really, but I was also concerned about getting some of my galley’s done in time and just had a lot on my mind. I heard if I keep at it, it will pick up, I just couldn’t get into it.

Oh, I did finish my one challenge I am taking part in this year. The Crepe Makers’ Bond put me at 25 YA Books for the year so far. I was more of Chick Lit girl last year and wanted to branch out. I thought 25 would be tough. I guess I underestimated myself. Not sure if I can double it or not though by the end of the year.

Aside from reading, I kind of had a big month, with personal accomplishments. I started writing in May and actually finished up the first draft of my book in July. I am super excited about it, although I know I still have a lot of work to do on it. I am going to go back through and add quite a bit of scenes and spice it up a little. I am trying not to get TOO excited, because I know how hard it is to get a book published, but I am just happy to say that I sat down, started writing and did it!

What did you guys do this month??

Marla went to Beverly Hills to become an actress, why else to people move to Beverly Hills? But she ended up behind a desk, trying to match the filthy rich men of Beverly Hills with women 20 years younger and a few notches prettier. This book goes through a period in Marla’s life where she is writing her second book, contemplating getting out of the matchmaking business to become a full time writer and trying to prove to people that she’s good at her job and knows better than they do what kind of relationship will work best for them.

I didn’t realize when I first signed up for this book on Crazy Blog Tours that is was a  memoir. I have a bad habit of seeing a cute cover and a catchy title, and jumping right in. After I read the few page, I realized that the author’s name was Marla and so was the name of the main character in the book. Then I found on the first page, it said the book was based on true events. For some reason, I immediately started liking it more.

Even though Marla and I aren’t in the same business, I feel like I really connect with her. We both deal with crazy people. Throughout her book are emails laced with conversations with clients that I totally related to. I actually started keeping track of conversations that I have had with viewers because they were the ones that made you say, “You can’t write this stuff.” I am hoping that I’ll get enough to eventually put together for a book, but here’s one of my favorites:

7/16/09 Me: WSAZ…
                   Caller: Who’s this?
                   Me: Kari
                   Caller: Did I talk to you before my doctor’s appointment?
                   Me: No
                   Caller: Well I had a good physical… what’s half of 29?
                   Me: 14 and a half
                   Caller: That’s what I thought. Thanks!

Seriously! What kind of conversation is that? I think it could be a best seller! What do you think?

Anywho, back to the book I am reviewing lol. I also feel like I can relate with Marla on writing. I started writing a few months ago and don’t get to do it nearly as much as I would like. I would love to wake up in the morning, write all day and churn out a book like crazy. But that’s not the reality for me. Granted, Marla has a few under her belt, and I’ve just finished the first draft of my first ever book. She’s quite a bit ahead of me, but I know how she feels just wanting to write all the time and putting everything else behind her.

I caught myself laughing at the ridiculous requests through the emails in this book and loved the I Love Lucy references between Marla and her husband. I normally don’t go for memoir books. I like fiction and the line of almost real, but not really. But this definitely pushed those limits. Marla’s life is one of stories that most people couldn’t write.

I will definitely be looking up her other books.

I give Diary of a Beverly Hills Matchmaker 4 bookmarks.

And may I suggest you check out Crazy Book Tours?