The Skin Map: day one of the three day blog tour.
To describe my first impression of this book I must take you back in time to the year 1998. My wife had just taken a steaming pan of cupcake-like pastries from the oven, and I was irresistibly drawn to them, like a bug to a bug light. I slid one of the tasty morsels ever so delicately from the pan, and took a nibble. As the crumbly substance touched my tongue, I was instantly horrified. Not only was it devoid of any detectable sweetness, it was so dry it actually sucked moisture from my mouth. It was all I could do not to spit it out.
My wife looked over at me and smiled. "What do you think?"
John Hileman
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Find more information about Stephen Lawhead at his webpage HERE.
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Other stops on the Stephen Lawhead blog tour:My wife looked over at me and smiled. "What do you think?"
I responded honestly-- as is my way, "Honey, I'm sorry to say, but this may be the worst cupcake I have ever eaten."
Her face immediately scrunched up in response. "It's not a cupcake. It's a corn muffin."
As her words slowly bore into my thick skull, I felt the room grow large and tilt slightly. All I had understood about the universe was being called into question. Not a cupcake? Could it be true? I took a few more quick chews ... blinked, and said, "mmmm, good corn muffin!"
The Skin Map was not unlike my wife's corn muffins. I'll explain in tomorrow's post.
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Grace and Peace
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Find more information about Stephen Lawhead at his webpage HERE.
Or pick up a copy at Amazon: The Skin Map (Bright Empires)
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6 comments:
John,
Are you saying this book tastes like a corn muffin? You're supposed to READ it, not EAT it.
Looking forward to your review. This book sounds interesting.
Sue
I really really want this one!! Monika Page
That post made me laugh out loud. ;)
Yup, reminds me of the time someone in the family gave me a spoonful of sour cream when I was a kid. Worst taste ever! Especially when you're expecting ice cream. But now I like sour cream, and eat it on all sorts of stuff.
That's the way I read, too -- the bookshelves are full of eclectic reading material, some of which I had to warm up to and realize that my expectations were totally headed in the wrong direction.
Sounds like it would be a great book. The beginning of a good series.
Great post! I laughed. Thanks for sharing the story :)
I enjoy time travel stories and would like to read thid one. Please enter me in the drawing!
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