"The Wednesday Letters" Book Review

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 So I just finished reading "The Wednesday Letters" by Jason F. Wright. First I will provide you with the overview from the back of the book:

"It ended almost forty years later, when Jack and Laurel Cooper died in each other's arms. But Before he took his last breath, Jack wrote his wife one final "Wednesday letter." When the Cooper children return home, they discover the thousands of letters left behind. As they read them, clues to a shattering family secret emerge-and they are brought face to face with a life-changing moment of truth. From Jason F. Wright comes a timeless story of love and forgiveness that will inspire us all to start writing our own "Wednesday letters."

Well, I bought the book that afternoon and by that evening I was finished with it. I was standing there trying to make up my mind between reading another vampire book or this one. I'm glad I chose to purchase this one. Not only because the vampire book was yet another part of another series but, because this book was an easy read and yet an emotional one. At 280pgs I knew the reading would go fast IF I enjoyed the book, and I was thankful I did. The book begins you out with the emotion of "Awww" and love. Then you will move to disgust only to be moved on to horror and shock. But, in the end you are surprised, taken aback by what conspires. I didn't even expect the ending, which usually, I'm pretty good at. For once in a long time I wasn't able to see how the book or even the chapters for that matter, were going to unfold.
The idea of a Wednesday letter is appealing and from what I gather from the book many people have begun to write Wednesday letters to thier spouses. Though from this book it is a man I can really only imagine women doing it, pouring thier hearts out. But, Jason proves me wrong there also. He states he has had many letters about those starting thier own Wednesday letters, and a lot of them are from men! Well, Kuddo's to you Jason! It's a great idea. Though I won't be writing Wednesday letters myself, I do keep a journal. (Though I honestly need to get in a routine with it.) So, for those of you writing journals or are going to start writing letters...remember to keep them. Your children will cherish them as you get older. They'll realize that you are not just a mom (or dad or whatever) but that you are a person with feelings, desires, and dreams just as they are (when they are older of course).

If you are looking for an emotional book (you know, the kind with some depth to it and that doesn't just sit at the surface begging to be delved into) then read Wednesday letters. Check out the website (which I found on back of his book...thank you again Jason for surprising me!) and you will be able to read the first chapter online and get a readers guide. www.TheWednesdayLetters.com

Kuddo's To Jason F. Wright!!! You get three stars outta four for your originality, your rollercoaster ride of emotion, for having such a short book and having so much depth to it, and for putting up a website and advertising it on the back of the book. Keep on writing! I'm going to keep looking for you and you are one of the very few I'll be doing that for!

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