Emailing an Author

I am on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/, and decided to email Troy Soos about the Mickey  Rawlings series.  The response I received was very quick, and I suspected it was "canned."  Well, I sent a very different message to Troy Soos today, and I received the same exact response very quickly after the email was sent. My suspicion was confirmed.  That is really, really cheesy, Troy Soos.

re: The Mickey Rawlings Series
message:	I'm delighted that you're enjoying my books, Joyce! Thanks so much for letting me know. Best regards, Troy

Review of Unbroken

Review of Unbroken, A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption http://laurahillenbrandbooks.com/. 

I almost never do reviews.

Wow, this is an amazing book. I saw the movie, so I knew the basic story, but there are so many details in the book that could not be included in the movie, understandably.  This is an amazing story.  And it reads like a "page turner" every page leading the reader to the next page. The author's talent in telling this story enhanced it to beyond imagination.

I read "Seabiscuit" by Ms. Hillenbrand, and it was a marvelous book. This was better. I am looking forward to Ms. Hillenbrand's next book.

Unbroken

I saw the movie, Unbroken http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809398/ so I knew some of what to expect from the book Unbroken, A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption http://laurahillenbrandbooks.com/.  Or so I thought. And, I was right about the basic story. But this book was so much more, I am reeling, I am amazed.  I do not generally find biographies and non-fiction to be "page turners" but even though I knew the bottom line outcomes, I found myself wanting to continue on to the next piece, the next segment, the next story.

Louie Zamperini was an amazing man.  And, it takes an amazing author to tell his story.  Thank you to Mr. Zamperini, now deceased, for participating in the telling of this story.  And thank you to Ms. Hillenbrand for her marvelous writing!