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Decateur Thoms reviews B.S. Incorporated by Jennifer Rock and Michael Voss

Hey, everyone out there, what's up?
Ah, whatever...

Just to let my readers know, I am no longer living in the basement at my mom's house. Yeah, things kind of got ugly over the last few months. Apparently the two part time jobs I have weren't enough to convince her that I was getting ready to pay some rent. But whatever, in the meantime I'm staying at my sister's place, in their spare bedroom, until I can smooth things out with my mom.

But enough about me. What is important, though, is the book the FSRI asked me to rreview. The book is B.S. Incorporated (Wise Ink Publishing, 2016) by Jennifer Rock and Michael Voss. Now I'm going to be candid with you when I say that this book might be one of the best books published in the last ten to twenty years. It's got a lot of action and some serious plot and a bunch of characters that all work together to make for a compelling story. Here's a few examples of stuff in the book:

1. There was a scene where Will (he's the main dude) and Anna (she's the main woman) are at a bar talking about how they're going to save the company, and they come up with a bunch of ideas about how they'll save the company and the workers.

2. There was a scene where Will brings Anna to the old warehouse where he used to work and Anna stumbles and breaks the heel off one of her shoes.

3. In one scene Will fires one of the dudes on his team. The company was laying off a lot of people and Will wasn't happy that he had to lay off his own guy!

4. Finally, there was a scene, at the end of the book, when the corporate big shots rally the workers to keep the company in business. They decide to sell copy machines, like they did when the company started, and everyone cheers and claps and the book ends. Will and Anna seem like they'll get together after it all, but questions remain...

So there you have it. I give this book a full five stars out of six. So go and order it or pick it up at your local book store. You won't be disappointed. And if you don't like it, I'm sure Jennifer and Mike will give you a full refund.

All right, that's it for now. Sorry about not posting in a few years. Things have been kind of tough. My PS II broke down and my car's transmission was screwed. But all in all, things are okay. See ya...

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