{"id":4644,"date":"2025-05-15T19:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=4644"},"modified":"2025-05-15T19:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:08:03","slug":"book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=4644","title":{"rendered":"Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/copy-for-Blog.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/copy-for-Blog.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4645\" width=\"88\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some people believe they are on this Earth because they lost a bet with God. Some believe they are here as a messenger <em>for<\/em> God. And some don\u2019t have any idea why they\u2019re here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If David Randal falls into any of these categories it\u2019s probably the latter, but in the process of trying to figure out why, he\u2019s collected an abundant supply of observations about life. Luckily, he\u2019s chosen to share those observations through his first novel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading his book, <em>Kelsey\u2019s Crossing<\/em>, you\u2019ll not only witness his ability to make the plain elegant, you\u2019ll possibly be inspired to sharpen your own view \u2014 maybe even change the way you view life.<br>I found his writing style engaging and the book to be a well-crafted novel. I was impressed at how the plot unfolded and the characters seemed real \u2014 I felt like I knew them personally and got attached to them very quickly. His descriptions were vivid and added to the story without slowing it down.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I won\u2019t spoil the plot for you, but it addresses on-going problems that we face in the US. I think the book should be required reading for our current leaders in Washington.<br>Reading the book was like being taken on a journey. It was a compelling story \u2014 well paced and satisfying. I read the book in 3 sittings.<br>\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people believe they are on this Earth because they lost a bet with God. Some believe they are here as a messenger for God. And some don\u2019t have any idea why they\u2019re here.&nbsp; If David Randal falls into any &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=4644\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4644"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4646,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4644\/revisions\/4646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}