Book Reveiw - Summer on Blossom Street By Debbie Macomber

Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I don't just jump in the middle of a book series and read/listen to it, but I made a exception for this one. If you listen to audiobooks and you love the radio host Delilah you will love this book. Needles to say, that is way I had to read/listen to this book.

Delilah as a reader was nice and soothing to listen to and was very dramatic in her voice that it made it fun to listen. Only thing that I am said she didn't do well was that her voice seemed to be about the same for every person, but once you get use to it it is okay. Also her voice had enough acting to it so when she had to laugh and talk it was well played and when she had to cry and talk; things like that she was unmatched.

This book is a Delilah book, a lot of things that happen in this book are things that she helps people with when they call into her show. This story was very believable for me, for more then once did I think that she was on her show and trying to help someone.

There are at least 4 different stories going on in this book. A Women who is trying to adopt, A women who's adopted child's unknown parent comes back in her kids life, a woman who is trying to have a child, and a woman who is trying to pick up her life after a bad break-up.

The Women trying to have a child was rarely seen for the book focused mainly on the other 3 women more. It was okay in the long run for I like their stories more then her. With the one who is trying to adopt near the end of the their story I laugh so hard I cried with the sound of Delilah!

The strongest stories that made me laugh and/or cry with those of the Women who is trying to adopt and the women who's adopted child's unknown parent comes back in her kids life. Those two stories were my favorite and I feel the strongest and Delilah was unmatched in them. Surly she was thinking of her own kids when she was reading for you could hear the love and humor in her voice when it came to these two women.

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Mind Readers 'n Dinner

On the way home one night I turned on the radio and tuned in for the John Tesh Radio Show. A show that I have found I love and, if I could, would listen to religiously. He has SO many interesting facts and titbits that makes a person look at thing in a new light!

So, while I was listening to him he was talking about waitresses and how they are being trained to "mind read" or as they call it, "Table Reading". All it is is being able to read the body language of the customers so
change you plan of the survive they give. To me, it sounded like the game Dinner Dash in real life!

So when as the "table reading" goes, if you are out on a date how does the waiter know who to give the check to and not seem rude with the growing economy of women paying for things now? Simple. The give it to the person holding the whine menu. At first I didn't think that was true, but I just had a date where I never touched the whine menu and just said, "I will have the same". So yeah that was very right.

Another is what made me think of Dinner Dash, when there is a group of people they tend to stay longer so the waiter/ess will offer more drinks and appetizers to the group were as if there is someone on the phone or has their computer out they will usually skip the appetizers and go strait to the meal. And lastly, you on on your date and the atmosphere is a little heated between you and your date they will tend to say VERY little and only check up when needed and not bug you like they would a group of people out for a good time so they don't make you more mad then you are now.

So summing it up, you have the Teenie Boppers who like to stay long and ask for tons of things, the Business Wo/Men, who are on their phones, and want to be in and out pronto. At one point or-another they all come in as a group! So if you want a glimpse at what it is like to be a waitress, play Dinner Dash it sounds like.