None Were Teens Nor From Nashville
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But this is one most excellent version of it.

A British band from Weybridge, Surrey, England, The Nashville Teens bloomed in the summer of 1962 but didn't reach its one-hit-wonder fame until 1965's Tobacco Road was loosed upon the English-speaking peoples and scored a top-20 in the U.S.; a top-10 in the United Kingdom.

This up-tempo cover of the longtime blues song was unfortunately constricted by the standards of the day which believed no record longer than three minutes could possibly hold an audience's attention and the want of more from it really is about the only thing wrong with this Tobacco Road version.
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The book didn't have characters that seemed to have feelings.
3503171
Fair hair, light skin, taking no chances with an upcoming Florida trip.
4434704
A very well written mystery.  Set in Nashville, Tennessee yet not one mention of the music business, the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium or Opry House.  As one who has spent most of her youth growing up in and around East Nashville I recognized certain streets and other places mentioned in the story line.  The plot moved wonderfully without extreme violence or sexual content.  The characters were well developed.  The ending was amazing.  The murderer was not revealed until the last of the book.  There were enough red herrings to keep the reader working on just whodunit.  I like a good mystery and this one kept me turning the pages.  Now if you think I'll tattle and tell you whodunit....ha ha ha.  I don't give away endings.  Jenna Bennett put too much into the writing for this reader to tell all.  READ the book.  You won't regret it.
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A nice easy read for pre-teens and early teens.  The characters have traits that make them believable: the boys hate getting up in the mornings, they don't like studying, they fight and they tease each other.  The girls giggle and carry on just like young girls do.  There is no great tension, no thrilling mysteries and no unexpected twists and turns that will keep you awake at night.  Recommended for young fantasy fiction readers.
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The music on this was fine, good even.  The problem is there is no background singing either.  It would of been beneficial for the kids to keep on track with the song.  But as I mentioned the music and quality of the tracks were fine.
2674097
I was very disappointed in this so-called "Hip-Hop" Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Greatest Hits. You get only one artist, on all the songs, Stewart Michaels, who just talks the words to the songs, while music plays in the background. It is very mono-tone. What a let-down.

If you want some real "Country/Southern Rock Hip-Hop Rap", then I highly recommend anything from Colt Ford. Especially "Live from the Suwannee River Festival".
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Based on this album the only festival Mumford and Sons will be playing this year is Snoozefest.  Thank you Amazon for putting this on Prime Music so I didn't actually spend money on buying this album.  Boring and unoriginal.
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After reading all the five-star reviews, noting the blues quote chapter headings and downloading the blues field recordings, I was expecting a novel that perhaps integrated something of the spirit, if not the letter, of the early delta blues. Instead, we get minimalist chapter headings that, as far as I can see, have nothing to do with the novel, certainly do no imbue it with anything of the deep mystery and beauty of the blues, and one gratuitous reference to the infamous Highway 61. Nor did I find anything particularly moving about the writing. It was clear enough, simple and prosaic, but gave a sense that the book was addressed to teen readers. I was expecting something a bit more Southern, poetic perhaps, and darker. The two lead protagonists are so good and pure - and young - that I had the impression more of the Hardy Boys meet Nancy Drew than of 1938 Mississippi. And maybe I'm just a little bit warped by having read too much crime fiction, but this whole thing about teenagers wrapping up a murder and espionage spree, without resort to "the law" is just a little much. See Hardy Boys, above. If you want to get a truer, darker, more poetic picture of Depression era Mississippi, go to the blues. Check out the reissues on Yazoo and Document.
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I bought this Kindle book based on the reviews and the fact that the time and place setting in this book had Sarah, the main character, come of age in upper middle class suburbia at about the time I was entering my teenage years in a similar locale.  Unfortunately, I really couldn't relate to her or to any of the other characters in the book.  The prose was simple and lovely, but I felt like I really never came to know Sara or any of the other characters, and as others pointed out, nothing else really happens in the book.  Somehow Sarah's reactions to the things that happen to her seem very unlike the reactions a real teenager would have.  [Semi-spoiler alert!] For example, after her first sexual experience, the boy disappears from her life and she hardly even mentions him or thinks about him again.  This would not have been my reaction as a teenager, nor would it have been the reaction of any girl I knew when I was her age.  I never got a very clear picture of what Sarah's mother or father were really like.  There just seemed to be something missing from this story.
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Nothing happened. I kept waiting and waiting and waiting.  Just a bunch of boring whiners lost in the woods.  Maybe that swamp water should've turned that guy into a lunatic and really made it interesting.
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Couple of hang-ups with this book - the first is that in YA, it is difficult for an adult author to strike the right chord with dialogue, especially for male characters. Too often I see authors go way too far into slang territory - making characters who sound like caricatures of themselves. But this book has the opposite problem - multiple teenage characters sound ridiculously old and/or formal. Like this author has never spoken to an actual teen before. Having several teens in my life, I can promise you that not one of them sounds like Sadie, Jax or Marcus.

This is also something I'd never give to a teen girl, given how explicit the "love" scenes are. When Sadie gets her very first kiss, it quickly escalates into a Very Adult situation. Which made me sad for her that she didn't get any stages in her courtship - just straight to the extreme physical. The author never managed to convince me that the teens were actually in love, rather it plays like a case of extreme lust.

It was okay. I didn't actively hate it, but I'm not interested in continuing on with this series. Just didn't really enjoy it.
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This book was okay, but unremarkable in every way. It is THE epitome of a 'teen girl' fiction. You could see what was coming a mile ahead, like a train bearing down on you. Each girl has their own little 'crisis' that is set up from the very beginning.

I didn't relate to the characters at ALL. Keep in mind, I'm a 16-year-old girl. If not me, who are they looking for? I found all the characters one-dimensional, foolish, and they each had one neat character cliche to fit into.

The whole thing was fake, obvious, and contained all the cliches that could possibly be stuffed in.

It was on easy read-if you're used to the chatspeak-and mildly entertaining, when I wasn't busy being annoyed by how ridiculous it all was.
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MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS: Minus one star because we still don't know why Los didn't make the move to Nashville with the rest of the Original crew.
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3LW was never really a strong group. However their highly immature, Disney channel ready debut album spawned two successful singles and sold over 1.3 million units. The girls took all their time to promote their music on Nikelodeon & other kiddy stations, and then completely flipped the script for their sophomore release. Instead of being the cute little girls that sung corny songs to adolescent children, they know are trampy teenages that are trying to cross-over into the sex market, which is ruled by females like Britney Spears, Lil' Kim & Christina Aguilera.
The album's first single "I Do" features the men of the minute, Bad Boy records rapper/producer/CEO Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, and Harlem World rapper Loon. Many other rappers show up here too, including a not so surprising appearence from Lil' Kim on "I Need That" & Lil Wayne on the album's second single "Neva Get Enuff". 3LW follows down the same road of failure as other 'ghetto RnB divas' Olivia, Truth Hurts & Sharissa, by imputting tracks like "Ghetto Love & Heartbreak" on the album. The girls all just turned 16 what the hell do they know about Ghetto Love or Heartbreak, especially since they all admitted to being single.
The album though is heavy on sappy little love numbers and mediocre tracks, such as "Crazy", "One More Time" & "More then Friends". The slutty pop star movement needs to be shut down, because its just stupid. None of them have been able to put out a decent album. They should see how women like Mary J. Blige & Faith Evans drop hot albums, keep their clothes on and are respected more then the trampy girls are.
In music now-a-days its all based on the look, the acts don't even carry real talent anymore. 3LW doesn't have the talent, they don't have strong voices & their lyrically talents are very slim. They will sell based on the look alone, which is really what they are shooting for. I can't have respect for girls like that when there are girls like Mystic who have albums worth listening to that can't get noticed because they have self respect. I hope people get back into liking music for the actual music, instead of the sex appeal & appearences.
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I read the last Midnight Crossroads book so I gave this second one a try.  I borrowed both from my local library.  I am never giving another penny to Harris after the Southern Vampire Mysteries debacle.

The characters are so one dimensional in this series and I don't cheer for any of them.  Each one has his/her own supernatural ability which he/she rarely uses, if ever.  None of them are very likeable.  They're just "there".  Even when they stay in touch or act as a team, I don't feel the friendly neighbour vibe at all... and you never get any feeling about their physical environment. I imagine that Texas is very warm and dusty and green with lots of wildlife.  Nothing is mentioned at all to set the place.  They just walk from one building across the street to the other, or look out a window to see what is happening across the street.

The mystery was lame.  There was no evidence against Manfred. Police had no case whatsoever.  There is no way he'd get questioned or hassled by police.  You'd think a mystery writer could come up with a better plot.

Did not care for the crossover characters coming over from the other series.  They seemed like deadbeats here.  I don't know what has happened to the author's talent but everything feels wrong all the time now, like that a ghost writer is being used, or that she is still so angry with former fans that she is doing everything in her power to destroy all positive memories from the other series.
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Here's the thing:  this story didn't say anything.  It had a dozen possible plotlines, none were followed.  Seriously.  None.  Wolf shifters from oil-encroaching tundra - goes nowhere.  Billionaire and the school teacher - goes nowhere.  Homeless being fed in Central Park - goes nowhere.  Beautiful assistant who is nasty to the heroine, shifter pack and family somewhere in the countryside, charter school in NYC, students who could have issues and needs, the homeless dude ... and all of this just goes nowhere.  There's not even a big I Love You scene because the characters don't know each other.  The hero who is supposedly a billionaire Alpha has no substance, no balls, and apparently has never seen a woman he likes.  The heroine appears from nowhere, goes nowhere, and seems to be made from cardboard.  Honestly, this ebook was such a disappointment.  Two thumbs down.