November 2015 BOTM ~ Review: Ruby's Choice by D.F. Jones

Deniseburdette1994 · Post by **Deniseburdette1994** » 02 Oct 2015, 21:04

I usually stick with the heavy paranormal but that was such a fabulous review i cant wait to pick this book up what really sold me was that u said u had a smile plastered on your face for so much of the book...ive read for so long and so many romance not to mention being jaded from personal experience that i search and pray for a book that encites emotions like that from me thank u for stoking my interest

bluemel4 · Post by **bluemel4** » 03 Oct 2015, 13:08

Deniseburdette1994 Thank you for the kind words.

Acwoolet · Post by **Acwoolet** » 05 Oct 2015, 20:54

Thanks for the great review! The book sounds very interesting!

bluemel4 · Post by **bluemel4** » 05 Oct 2015, 21:02

Thanks Acwoolet! The author did a great job.

Bryan Koepke · Post by **Bryan Koepke** » 05 Oct 2015, 22:01

Sounds like a good read for anyone interested in Romance. I enjoyed the detail of your review.

FoxyReader1988 · Post by **FoxyReader1988** » 06 Oct 2015, 02:46

I am no so much for romance novels. I will defiantly be looking at the reviews of this book, but I am not sure if I will be able to withstand the genera long enough to enjoy the authors writing. Good luck to those who like romance.

bluemel4 · Post by **bluemel4** » 06 Oct 2015, 10:19

Thanks! @Bryan Koepke There are also some supernatural elements in the book.

brandy29b · Post by **brandy29b** » 06 Oct 2015, 10:48

Your review seemed very well thought out and well articulated. I like how you provide specific details to back up your points that the book is a good read. The way you wrote it is just enough to pique a prospective reader's interest without giving too much away. Nice job.

bluemel4 · Post by **bluemel4** » 06 Oct 2015, 10:57

Thank you so much! @brandy29b

Acwoolet · Post by **Acwoolet** » 06 Oct 2015, 21:17

Thanks for the review! I'll have to add this one to my to read list!

Deee · Post by **Deee** » 13 Oct 2015, 19:11

Great review bluemel4! I have to admit I haven't read anything like this before but thanks to your review, I'm definitely going to. Great job.

bluemel4 · Post by **bluemel4** » 13 Oct 2015, 19:17

Thank you! @Deee I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Ejgard91 · Post by **Ejgard91** » 20 Oct 2015, 11:58

Great review! I appreciated your comment on how the dialogue was genuine. When the characters start talking in ways that make me roll my eyes, I don't take the book seriously. Good to know that the characters are as real as can be.

bluemel4 · Post by **bluemel4** » 20 Oct 2015, 15:25

@Ejgard91 That is only one of the great aspects of this book.

Ramona · Post by **Ramona** » 20 Oct 2015, 20:45

Thank you for an interesting review, bluemel4. I like the colorful elements you talk about.

There are fun elements that add to the novel’s overall success. For example, each chapter is named with a 1970s song. The time period is honored through references that are iconic to the 1970s, such as Charlie's Angels, Suntan oil, and battery powered transistor radios.

The characters’ feel realistic because the dialogue is genuine. Jones uses great judgment by using accents sparingly. The reader is told that the majority of dialogue is in an accent or southern twang. The characters’ funniest moments came from the creative ways Jones works around curse words.

I like the 70s approach to the book and how you reviewed the book, bluemel4! I also wonder just what you mean when you talk about how the author got creative around curse words. Did the author create "new" unoffensive curse words, or add other words with them, or did the author just literally have the characters talk around them by using some good creative writing without actually using curses and yet at the same time allow the characters to express strong emotions very creatively?

I'm just curious. As a former high school Engllsh teacher, I always told my students to "expand their vocabulary" when they wanted to use curse words in their creative writing assignments. They said, "But they're only words." I figured if they weren't allowed to SAY those words in the classroom, then they didn't need to WRITE them in their assignments. By telling them to expand their vocabulary, I encouraged them to learn to express strong emotions with words that COULD be said on schoolgrounds. Maybe they'd have to go to a thesaurus to find that special word that they needed. And it doing so, they would really be expanding their vocabulary in a way that would work in any situation that they might find themselves in where curse words might not be appropriate.