Booksantafe.info
  • Home
  • About
  • Santa Fe Bookstores
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
  • Santa Fe Bookstores
  • Blog
  • Contact
Book Santa Fe - We Help Authors




​Book Santa Fe Blog
​For The Love of Books

​

Book Review "The Beginner's Guide to Winning an Election"

3/12/2019

1 Comment

 
Buy the Book
Picture
I was drawn in to The Beginner’s Guide to Winning an Election right from the beginning. There were a few  things that pulled me in:

French’s descriptive writing made me “see” Brit as if I were watching the story unfold on the big screen.

Brit’s character was one every student can relate to – this may be a futuristic novel, but the scenarios could take place today (or 20 years ago when I was in school).  I particularly related to the feelings of loss and peer pressure surrounding Brit’s very first campaign.

I was drawn to the story from the very beginning, but the fast-pace kept me engaged throughout. There were pearls of wisdom I gathered while enjoying the adventure – wisdom such as:
  • Be careful not to let someone else’s attacks define you before you define yourself. (84)
  • Fighting back through positivity is the only way to fight back – though you can never silence the haters completely. (94)
  • Being clever and persistent are admirable. (119)
  • The whisper of truth ultimately is louder than the roar of deception. (198)
  • Most battles worth fighting were ultimately waged in the trenches. (260)
I love that Brit encountered the same types of troubles our teens today do – bullying, social media, cyberspace, finances, etc… and this story is expertly woven and tremendously believable. Whether you have a love or hate relationship with politics (or a love/hate relationship), there is a great benefit to reading and experiencing Brit finding her political voice   I admire Brit’s drive (med school, the election, etc…) and how she gives her whole self to everything she does. I imagine the author, Michael R. French, is much like his main character in The Beginner’s Guide to Winning an Election. This book is well written and the editing is spot on. There were no parts of the story where I felt the pace slowed. I was truly engaged from beginning to end. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone (including my middle school readers).

Crystal is a secretary, council secretary, and musician at her church, birth mother and auntie, babywearing cloth diapering mama (aka crunchy mama), business owner, active journaler, writer and blogger, Blog Tour Manager with WOW! Women on Writing, Publicist with Dream of Things Publishing, Press Corp teammate for the DairyGirl Network, Unicorn Mom Ambassador, as well as a dairy farmer. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and their five youngest children (Carmen 11, Andre 10, Breccan 5, Delphine 3, and baby Eudora who somehow turned 1 already), two dogs, four little piggies, a handful of cats and kittens, and over 230 Holsteins.
Picture
You can find Crystal riding unicorns, taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary, blogging, reading, reviewing, and baking here and at her personal blog - Crystal is dedicated to turning life's lemons into lemonade!
1 Comment
Michael French link
3/21/2019 01:37:44 pm

Crystal, thanks so much for reading and reviewing my novel Beginner's Guide. You're spot on that I share a lot of characteristics with Brit, my main character--particularly tenancity and trying to do the right thing, even when you make the inevitable mistakes. Your careful reading of the other characters and themes of the book are also right on. Thanks so much for the review.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Subscribe!
    Subscribe
    Picture

    Book Santa  Fe

    For the love of books!

    RSS Feed

    Blogarama.com - Follow me on Blogarama
    Have something bookish to say?
    Submit your piece to connect@artotems.com.

    Archives

    July 2022
    June 2022
    January 2022
    November 2021
    October 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    July 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    July 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016

    Categories

    All
    #50daysofbookcovers
    Acts Of Forgiveness
    A Killer's Grace
    Alicia Guzman
    Alzheimers
    Artist
    Artotems
    Art Student
    Arts Writer
    Art Tucker
    A Short Good Kife
    Authenticity
    Author
    Author Allen Long
    Author Hugh Fritz
    Author Michael R. French
    Author Philip Lister
    Authors
    Banged-Up Heart
    Bestselling Author
    Book
    Book Blog
    Book Bloger
    Book Blogger
    Book Covers
    Book For Children
    Book Presentation
    Book Reading
    Book Review
    Book Reviewer
    Book Reviews
    Books
    Book Santa Fe
    Book Santa Fe Blog
    Books Set In New Mexico
    Borges
    Burtrum Lee
    Childhood
    Childrens Book
    Claudette Sutton
    CocciCovid Virus
    Covid
    Covid Virus
    Crystal Otto
    Doctor
    Donald Willerton
    Elizabeth Seratt
    Eric Trant
    Eric Trant Author
    Fiction
    Fiction Book
    Fiction Writer
    Francie Healey
    French
    George R R Martin
    Ghost
    Great Gatsby
    Great Kuds Book
    Great Read
    Haruki Murakami
    Hugh Fritz
    Illustration
    Instagram
    Japan
    Jewish
    Jose Saramago
    Joys Of Writing
    Judging A Book By Its Cover
    Kids Book
    Laredo
    Laura D. Hays
    Lolita
    Loss
    Luisa Kolker
    Made To Be Broken
    Mari Angulo
    Mark Tiesha Becker
    Mary Maurice
    Matilda Gutierrez
    Mexico
    Michael French
    Michael R
    Michael R French
    Mona Balogh
    My Name Is Wonder
    New Book
    New Mexico
    New York City
    Norwegia Wood
    Novel
    Once Upon A Lie
    Poems
    Poet
    Public Display Of Aggresion
    Public Display Of Agression
    Publishers
    Reader
    Reading
    Reading Books
    Reading Fiction
    Rebecca Pott Fitton
    Renegade Oracle Press
    Risen Book
    Roberto Bolano
    Ronald Chapman
    Ron Chapman Author
    Santa Fe
    Santa Fe Author
    Santa Fe New Mexico
    Santa Fe New Mexico Book
    Santa Fe Nm
    Santa Fe University Of Art And Design
    Selfies
    Shirley Melis
    Spanish Reading
    Studio Arts
    Tangalene Dudt
    Ted Karpf
    Terra Nova Books
    Texas
    The Jealous Curator
    Thriller
    Virtual Book Reading
    Women On Writing
    World WR
    Writer
    Writers
    Writing
    Writing Characters
    Zinger In The Woods

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.