Sexy Road Kill?

This description made me chuckle again. Authors sometimes painstakingly craft a person’s looks and attitudes. Here, Adams pulls it off in a sentence, but comparing two dissimilar things. As delicious as spoiled milk. As cuddly as a porcupine. As much sex appeal as a road accident. (Douglas’ description is better.)

I’ve been looking for some funny books of late–the kind that make you laugh out loud. They’re hard to come by. It takes more time to set-up the joke in literature than it does with quick visuals or physical humor seen in film and television. Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide had a few good laughs–mostly because of his dry wit and absurdity. You can learn more about Adams and his writing in GoodReads. And if you know of any books that made you laugh out loud, let me know!

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Gargling … and fighting wolves.

I found myself trying to replicate this. What would that sound like? Gargling is humorous an casual. Fighting of wolves might involve a terrifying mix of animal and human howling. because of that juxtaposition, I loved the description. Plus it let me use juxtaposition in a blog post!

I’ve been looking for some funny books of late–the kind that make you laugh out loud. They’re hard to come by. It takes more time to set-up the joke in literature than it does with quick visuals or physical humor seen in film and television. Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide had a few good laughs–mostly because of his dry wit and absurdity. You can learn more about Adams and his writing in GoodReads. And if you know of any books that made you laugh out loud, let me know!

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SRG is now available in Sioux Falls, SD at Barnes & Noble!

A HUGE thank you to Barns & Noble in Sioux Falls, SD for adding Suddenly Rural Girl to their inventory! If you live in the area or know folks who do, please stop by this great little Indie Bookstore! (We gotta support all local businesses–including those Indie Bookstores.) AND, if you’re not in Sioux Falls, you can still order SRG at BarnesandNoble.com.

Suddenly Rural Girl is available lots of places, including dannhurlbert.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Christianbook, and it’s an easy add for libraries and bookstores because it’s also available on Ingram and Bookshop! (ISBN 978-1-959681-33-5). And after you read it . . . don’t forget to write a review!

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Now Available in Brookings, SD!

From Alaska to New Hampshire to Michigan and South Dakota . . . Suddenly Rural Girl is making its way in to homes and bookstores! A HUGE thanks to The Nook on Main in Brookings, SD for adding our novel to their inventory! If you live in the area or know folks who do, please stop by this great little Indie Bookstore!

Suddenly Rural Girl is available lots of places, including dannhurlbert.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Christianbook, and it’s an easy add for libraries and bookstores because it’s also available on Ingram and Bookshop! (ISBN 978-1-959681-33-5). And after you read it . . . don’t forget to write a review!

SRG is now available in Boonsboro, Maryland at Turn the Page!

A HUGE thank you to Turn the Page in Boonsboro, Maryland for adding Suddenly Rural Girl to their inventory! If you live in the area or know folks who do, please stop by this great little Indie Bookstore! (We gotta support all local businesses–including those Indie Bookstores.)

Suddenly Rural Girl is available lots of places, including dannhurlbert.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Christianbook, and it’s an easy add for libraries and bookstores because it’s also available on Ingram and Bookshop! (ISBN 978-1-959681-33-5). And after you read it . . . don’t forget to write a review!

Beekeeper Next Door, a clean Christian Lit novel for Romantics

The Beekeeper Next Door is a clean and apprehensive romance; it’s also a casual stroll through small town life, where two adults with grown-up issues, like balancing finances and following their hearts, are trying to start anew. The back cover synopsis is concise and enticing, pulling readers in beautifully: “Facing his fear…Could give him the family he’s always wanted.” Simultaneously, the cover image makes a beeline toward the story’s foregone conclusion. We do know it’ll be a happy ending; Danielle Thomas’ bio indicates she writes happily-ever-afters. She’s good at it.  She weaves in a handful of well-written insights or descriptions, too.  Here are a couple:

“She glanced down at a finger and twisted an invisible ring.  With a jolt, Heath suspected she was widowed.”

“. . . [He] grabbed a trash bag to start on the coat closet.  When he opened it, a musty cloud of memories disguised as cedar and dust made his nose itch.”

If you enjoy the emotion of relationships intertwined with haunting memories and have a tendency to second-and-third-guess your own romantic instincts, this will be right up your alley. The Beekeeper Next Door is a sweet and comfortable read for those with an aversion to being stung by shocking surprises or terrifying twists. 

To learn more about Daniel Thorne & her writing, check her out in GoodReads. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2920974.Danielle_Thorne

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SRG is now available in Ashland, Oregon at Tree House Books!

A HUGE thank you to Tree House Books in Ashland, Oregon for adding Suddenly Rural Girl to their inventory! If you live in the area or know folks who do, please stop by this great little Indie Bookstore! (We gotta support all local businesses–including those Indie Bookstores.)

Suddenly Rural Girl is available lots of places, including dannhurlbert.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Christianbook, and it’s an easy add for libraries and bookstores because it’s also available on Ingram and Bookshop! (ISBN 978-1-959681-33-5). And after you read it . . . don’t forget to write a review!

The Great Barrington Declaration drew my eyes to this town…and now SRG is available at The Bookloft!

A HUGE thank you to The Bookloft Team for adding Suddenly Rural Girl to their inventory out in Great Barrington, MA! If you live in the area or know folks who do, please stop by this great little Indie Bookstore! (We gotta support all local businesses–including those Indie Bookstores.)

Suddenly Rural Girl is available lots of places, including dannhurlbert.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Christianbook, and it’s an easy add for libraries and bookstores because it’s also available on Ingram and Bookshop! (ISBN 978-1-959681-33-5). And after you read it . . . don’t forget to write a review!

SRG is now available at Fireside Books in Chagrin Falls, Ohio!

A HUGE thank you to the folks at Chagrin Falls, Ohio for adding Suddenly Rural Girl to their inventory! If you live in the area or know folks who do, please stop by this great little Indie Bookstore! (We gotta support all local businesses–including those Indie Bookstores.)

Suddenly Rural Girl is available lots of places, including dannhurlbert.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Christianbook, and it’s an easy add for libraries and bookstores because it’s also available on Ingram and Bookshop! (ISBN 978-1-959681-33-5). And after you read it . . . don’t forget to write a review!

SRG is now available in Michigan at Schuler Books!

Support your local Indie Bookstores . . . and here’s another we support! A HUGE thank you to Schuler Books in Grand Rapids and Okemo, Michigan for adding Suddenly Rural Girl to their inventory! If you live in the area or know folks who do, please stop by this great little Indie Bookstore!

Suddenly Rural Girl is available lots of places, including dannhurlbert.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Christianbook, and it’s an easy add for libraries and bookstores because it’s also available on Ingram and Bookshop! (ISBN 978-1-959681-33-5). And after you read it . . . don’t forget to write a review!

SRG is now available in West Fargo at Ferguson Books!

A HUGE thank you to Ferguson Books in West Fargo for adding Suddenly Rural Girl to their inventory! If you live in the area or know folks who do, please stop by this great little Indie Bookstore! (We gotta support all local businesses–including those Indie Bookstores.)

Suddenly Rural Girl is available lots of places, including dannhurlbert.com, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Christianbook, and it’s an easy add for libraries and bookstores because it’s also available on Ingram and Bookshop! (ISBN 978-1-959681-33-5). And after you read it . . . don’t forget to write a review!

“One of the quirkiest premises I’ve read for a young adult novel, and I’m all for it!”

As a a new author, I’ve begun to see the value of the review. Lots of people are reading Suddenly Rural Girl…and we want to give a HUGE thanks to those who are taking the time to add a review on Amazon, GoodReads, Barnes & Noble, Christianbooks.com, and more. It means a lot!

Here’s another one:

This is one of the quirkiest premises I’ve read for a young adult novel, and I’m all for it. The author is very skilled in using sensory descriptions and writing in the voice of a character in a specific setting, in this case, it’s easy to make assumptions about Dakota’s character, background, and mindset from the very first page.

The author is also very skilled at describing rural settings, making it come alive with vivid descriptions of what it’s like to be there, especially from the urban-born point of view, but also avoiding stereotypes for the characters in the story.

–Sebastian, on Amazon

If you’ve read Suddenly Rural Girl, we’d be grateful to hear what YOU thought of it, too! Just send us an email . . . or better yet, log into Amazon & leave a review there! Thanks in advance, and God Bless (He does)! –dann

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