Book Review
of Blue Monday
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Blue Monday by M Thomas Long
Virtual Book Tour October 1 - October 26, 2012
Blurb
:
Matt
McAllister is the pastor of the fifth largest church in his state. He was a
very public opponent of the lottery. When he accidentally purchases a ticket,
he is stunned but his children are elated.His plan: throw the ticket away,
protect his position as a minister and avoid wrestling with the very real
temptation to take the money and run...even if the odds are millions to one.
His children's plan: rescue the ticket from the trash, wait for the drawing and
start deciding on cars, vacation homes, and travel destinations.
Long before
the drawing takes place, Matt struggles to deal with the responsibilities and
challenges of being a pastor, a father, and a husband as he deals with a long
list of people and circumstances ranging from eclectic and funny, to
frustrating and sad.
Matt begins
each day determined to put the situation with the ticket behind him. The harder
he works to deal with it, the bigger it gets. Every effort to avoid the
potential damage the situation could cause makes it spin out of control even
faster as new circumstances unfold.
Then the
drawing takes place.
Suddenly, there's at least 186 million reasons, some hilarious,
some tragic, that Matt's life, family, friends, and church will never be the
same.
About the
Author:
m thomas long has been a writer, speaker, trainer, husband, and father
for over 25 years. He and his wife live just outside Nashville, TN. He has one
daughter, and as of last spring, a new son-in-law.
A genuine love and excitement for life drives him. As an avid reader, he
loves a great story. Blue Monday marks his entry into the world of fiction
writing, something he will tell you has been on his life list for many years,
but he just never took the time to make it happen. During a near fatal incident
a few years back, one of the main regrets he felt was that he had never written
the books that were inside him wanting to be written.
In Blue Monday, his first fiction novel, he draws from a rich and varied
background that includes designing and performing as a concert stage lighting
designer with Grammy award winning artists, working alongside many pastors and
celebrities, and traveling the country working as a Microsoft technical
trainer.
His hobbies include reading, writing, golf, motorcycles, drawing,
running, guitar (ok, a little guitar), songwriting with his daughter, and
traveling with his wife.
Contacts:
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Book Review:
This
was a sweet story. I enjoyed the
wholesome family-valued storyline. It
was nice to read a story that I am comfortable giving my children or foreign
exchange student to read. I loved seeing
the side of the pastor that most people don’t see where they are frustrated,
stressed out, and generally annoyed. I
have several pastoral friends and I know that this is a side that they
generally don’t let people see because of the whole “Pastor” mentality that
some people seems to have. After all
pastors are people too.
I give
this story 4 out of 5 clouds.
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