More great reviews of HOOKED. I loved this one!

Review:
By Author Dave Diamantes Dead Pen Pals
I usually read mysteries, thrillers and historical fiction. I decided to take a break and read something lighter and more fun. Boy, did I find a fun read! Jim Baugh is a modern day mix of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. The son and grandson of prominent Virginia attorneys and judges, I’m surprised that Child Protective Services hasn’t tried to retroactively, put him into foster care– even if he is over 50. At times, I almost forgot I was reading, and felt I was sitting at the kitchen table with Jim over a bottle of Scotch

HOOKED is the irreverent autobiography of Jim Baugh, the host, producer and director of Outdoors with Jim Baugh, Ski East, Classic Fishing. Fishing Virginia and, RV Times. Jim’s outdoor columns have appeared in major national Magazines. Jim grew up in the home of a prominent Charlottesville attorney and judge. He spent weekends on the “rivuh” in Gloucester, Virginia, boating, fishing and crabbing, while the adults were busy with “boats, booze and booty.” 

HOOKED takes you from Jim’s childhood, and escape from his mother’s mental illness through learning to play keyboard instruments and become a magician, to producing and starring in a successful outdoor television series. The cast of characters reads like a comedy. From being caught skinny dipping by the 100 passenger Okracoke Ferry (while trying to pull a splinter out of his girlfriend’s butt), to beings surprised on a first date by his “older woman” date, who was decked out in BDSM gear, Jim kept me laughing.

Jim pulls no punches in the book. He mentioned in an email that he’s ruffled some feathers. Anyone who refers to his stepmother as “THE BITCH FROM HELL,” in all caps has to expect some pushback. Jim takes us from childhood, through fatherhood and his failed marriage, and dating as an adult. I laughed as he described asking his crew “can you swim?” as their boat was sinking, and all they did was shake their heads. His descriptions of a little boy’s reaction to his mother’s bouts of severe mental illness were gut-wrenching. HOOKED is a perfect read for a late season visit to the beach. I had planned on doing just that, but broke down and read it during Hurricane Irene. I’m glad I did.
Dave Diamantes

More reviews at
 http://hookedthebook.wordpress.com/reviews-of-hooked/

New E Book Special, only $4.99!

CLICK HERE to order from Amazon



New "HOOKED" web site!

Hi folks! We have the site up now for "HOOKED". We have had request for sample chapters, Preface, and a few others things. This gives us the room to do it. We will be updating it regularly as well as ths blog.
CLICK HERE to visit the new HOOKED site! Have Fun!

"HOOKED" Gets a five star rating!

**Order HOOKED on E Book or Paperback now! 
Make your summer vacation a real treat. Everyone will wonder why you are laughing so hard by the pool!

HOOKED has recieved a five star rating from Solstice Publishing and is the featured

BOOK OF THE MONTH for July 2011

REVIEW:“Fishing, booze, girls, booze, fish, water, crazy times - yep, more booze - all are part of the lives of most anglers. Jim Baugh blends them together well in this intoxicating and humorous look at his life on and around the sea.”

"HOOKED" has some super funny stuff, a lot of it that had me thinking “wow, that’s very familiar. I remember when I……”

“That’s one of the things that’s really good about HOOKED, these are stories people can relate to. Reading this book will have you remembering things you may have forgotten about or hadn’t thought about for a long time. A great book to read with your feet in the sand.”
Lee Tolliver, Virginia Pilot Newspaper

REVIEW:"For anyone who's ever watched a favorite outdoors show and wondered what it would be like to seek one's fortune fishing or hunting, Hooked is a revelation. The life is everything one dreams – only crazier. Jim Baugh's account of the boat world – and of the men and women attracted to it – reads like a guidebook to a parallel universe.

 As a former Floridian, I was aware of some of this craziness, but not what it meant to be carried along in the stream 24/7.  In Baugh's world, fishing and life are inextricably one and the same. I was immediately hooked by his adventures and misadventures."

Author, Joe Jackson 

Leavenworth Train

New Release  Info and interview from Solstice Publishing



Where to buy Hooked

SOLSTICE PUBLISHING &

BOOKSTRAND

ALL ROMANCE

SMASHWORDS

EFICTION BOOKESTORE

AMAZON

NOTE: New for HOOKED on Amazon is the new "Look Inside Feature" for Hooked. Check it out, CLICK HERE