Thanks to Bruce, Adrienne, and the group!

[Rachel-K]

Please help me to give great thanks to Bruce Machart for letting us get this early read of Wake of Forgiveness!

Bruce, you've been wonderful this month. Thanks for sharing so much of your time, your warm intelligence, and your work with us!

Thanks to Adrienne for all of your attention to our questions and comments, for sharing what your work is like, and especially for getting Wake of Forgiveness out of a dusty box and onto the shelves! 

I would like to thank the group for all of your readings and your insightful posts. The atmosphere in the group is thoughtful, frank, and respectful, and that makes our discussions both challenging and welcoming to everyone. A pleasure!

Rachel

[pen21]

This book was great for promoting a lot of discussion.

I really enjoyed this book. It was one of those books that really cause you to think about hardships and cruelty.

Thanks to Bruce and Adrienne for joining us.

Luanne

[Bruce-Machart]

And thanks to you all!  To Paul and Rachel and all of the wonderful readers that this forum has brought together.  I will never forget the experience, and I would SO like to meet some of you while I'm on the road in the coming month to promote Wake!  Please come out and introduce yourselves!  I have some special bookmarks for VIPs like you!

Warmest regards, and thanks by the bucketful,

Bruce

[Paul_Hochman]

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Bruce-Machart wrote:

And thanks to you all!  To Paul and Rachel and all of the wonderful readers that this forum has brought together.  I will never forget the experience, and I would SO like to meet some of you while I'm on the road in the coming month to promote Wake!  Please come out and introduce yourselves!  I have some special bookmarks for VIPs like you!

Warmest regards, and thanks by the bucketful,

Bruce

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Thanks Bruce for your time and your wonderful book!

[dhaupt]

Thank you Bruce, it was a most excellent and enjoyable read

Thanks Rachel and Paul and all the members for a truly memorable First Look

[camibones]

Yes, thank you all for letting us have the opportunity to read and discuss this book!

[CAG]

Thank you Bruce, Arienne and all of the discussion group. This was such a rewarding experience for me. I truly appreciated the thoughts of everyone and the book was remarkable.

[salander_9277]

This was my first First Look experience and it was amazing.  Thank you for providing this opportunity!

[FireRaven9]

Thanks to Bruce and to Barnes & Noble for the opportunity to be an Advanced Reader. I enjoyed being a part of the group.

[maxcat]

Kudos to Bruce,etc. for putting out a work of art. The images created by Bruce were so believable as to put the reader there in Texas in those time periods. I enjoyed the book and I hope it is a stunning success.

[coffee_luvr]

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Rachel-K wrote:

Please help me to give great thanks to Bruce Machart for letting us get this early read of Wake of Forgiveness!

Bruce, you've been wonderful this month. Thanks for sharing so much of your time, your warm intelligence, and your work with us!

Thanks to Adrienne for all of your attention to our questions and comments, for sharing what your work is like, and especially for getting Wake of Forgiveness out of a dusty box and onto the shelves! 

I would like to thank the group for all of your readings and your insightful posts. The atmosphere in the group is thoughtful, frank, and respectful, and that makes our discussions both challenging and welcoming to everyone. A pleasure!

Rachel

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I enjoyed the book.  Looking forward to reading more from Bruce in the future. 

[Madgy]

Bruce,

Thanks so much for sharing your book with us.  I really enjoyed it and so appreciate having been a part of this group.  Looking forward to more from you Bruce!!!!

Thanks again,

Madgy

[mv5ocean]

Thanks so much for what has once again been such a rewarding experience.  It's so nice to actually be privy to the author's insight and to be able to discuss the book with others.  Each time I come away with so many different thoughts and ideas that never even crossed my mind when I read a particular passage so it is like reading the same book 20 different ways! Thanks Bruce, Adrienne and BN for such a great read!

[babzilla41]

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Rachel-K wrote:

Please help me to give great thanks to Bruce Machart for letting us get this early read of Wake of Forgiveness!

Bruce, you've been wonderful this month. Thanks for sharing so much of your time, your warm intelligence, and your work with us!

Thanks to Adrienne for all of your attention to our questions and comments, for sharing what your work is like, and especially for getting Wake of Forgiveness out of a dusty box and onto the shelves! 

I would like to thank the group for all of your readings and your insightful posts. The atmosphere in the group is thoughtful, frank, and respectful, and that makes our discussions both challenging and welcoming to everyone. A pleasure!

Rachel

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Thank you so much for the opportunity to preview TWOF.  Bruce, if your book tour brings you towards central NY, I'll be sure to see you there!  Best of luck to you and Adrienne - hope to see you on the best seller list.

Thank you, once again, Barnes and Noble for the awesome read.

b

[DSaff]

Many thanks to everyone involved in this discussion. Bruce, best wishes with your book! Adrienne, thank you for your time and responses. Thank you, Paul for book selection, Rachel for your excellent questions, and everyone at B&N for the opportunity to have First Look. Group, thank you for your participation! I have enjoyed the discussion immensely. See you next time. 

[Deltadawn]

I would like to add a great big thanks to Bruce, Adrienne, Paul, Rachel, B&N, and of course all of the First Look members!

[JaneM]

Thanks to First Look and B&N for the opportunity to read a great book.  Thanks to Bruce for sharing so much of himself to help us understand how and why he wrote this particular book, and also thanks to Bruce for slaving over every phrase - it paid off!  Bravo!

[nfam]

Thanks so much for another enjoyable First Look experience. I thoroughly enjoyed the group, Bruce's comments and Rachael's excellent questions. 

[MSaff]

Hi Bruce and Adrienne, and Everyone in First Look,

  I wanted to take this opportunity to Thank You for allowing us to read "The Wake of Forgiveness."  It was a little out my normal genre, and you allowed me to expand my thoughts.  Bruce, you have a special way with words.  Good Luck and I hope that "The Wake of Forgiveness" does well. 

  It was a pleasure both reading and discussing the novel with everyone.  Thank You All.

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Rachel-K wrote:

Please help me to give great thanks to Bruce Machart for letting us get this early read of Wake of Forgiveness!

Bruce, you've been wonderful this month. Thanks for sharing so much of your time, your warm intelligence, and your work with us!

Thanks to Adrienne for all of your attention to our questions and comments, for sharing what your work is like, and especially for getting Wake of Forgiveness out of a dusty box and onto the shelves! 

I would like to thank the group for all of your readings and your insightful posts. The atmosphere in the group is thoughtful, frank, and respectful, and that makes our discussions both challenging and welcoming to everyone. A pleasure!

Rachel

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[bookowlie]

Thanks to Paul and Rachel for your hard work in managing this latest First Look discussion.

Thanks to Bruce and Adrienne for allowing us an early look at TWOF and joining in the discussion.  Bruce, thank you for sharing your "baby" with us.

To my fellow FIrst Look members, thanks as always for a lively and thoughtful discussion.  This book was outside my comfort zone and not exactly my cup of tea.  However, being part of this group forced me to look at different angles of the story, which is always a rewarding part of reading.

Carolyn