May 26 2008
Skid by Rene Gutteridge and a giveaway
What do you get when you mix a pig, a dead lady, a diamond thief, and a quirky pilot?
Just the funniest book I have read in a long time!!!
Blissfully unaware that Atlantica Flight 1945 from Atlanta to Amsterdam is about to make aviation history, First Officer Danny McSweeney focuses his energies on navigating the turbulent personalities of an eccentric female captain, a co-pilot with a talent for tactless comments and conspiracy theories, and a lead flight attendant with an outsized attitude that definitely exceeds the limits for carry-on baggage.
On the other side of the cockpit door, the unscheduled in-flight entertainment includes a potbellied pig, a jittery diamond courier, and the recently jilted Lucy Meredith, whose personal mantra of “What Would Oprah Do?” will be challenged by the sudden appearance of her ex and his new traveling partner. On her left sits Hank Hazard, whose unusually polite but constant requests–prompted by his covert role as a spy for the airline–test the limits of the crew’s customer service.
But as Lucy and the rest of the crew discover, Hank’s odd behavior is linked to a quiet faith that may play a key role in the fate of everyone on board. Especially when an unexpected traveler sets this already bumpy flight on a course toward the unfriendly skies.
I do have to admit when I first picked up the book and began to read it I was wondering what kind of strange book I was reading, but I had faith in Rene Gutteridge. I am SO GLAD I did not put the book down, in fact I finished it in one weekend. One page had me laughing out loud.
Rene Gutteridge is the author of twelve novels, including the Boo series, the Storm series, and the novelization for The Ultimate Gift, as well as Scoop and Snitch, the first two Occupational Hazard novels. She lives with her husband, Sean, and their two children in Oklahoma City. (by the way Boo series is one of my favorite reads also!!)
Seriously this would be a PERFECT summer book. I believe that so much, I am giving one of my readers a copy of Rene Gutteridge’s book SKID for free.
Leave a comment here to win a copy of SKID by Rene Gutteridge. You have until 10:00 pm, May 28th to enter. It is a short contest because I will be going out of town, I will announce the winner by midnight May 28th.
