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APOOO Book Club review below
All About Nikki: The Fabulous First Season by Shawn James is the second teleplay I have read. Mr. James also wrote the first one, where the main character, Nikki, was introduced to me briefly. Nikki was a fictional character being played by an actress named Marilyn Marie. Now Nikki has gotten a life of her own and she believes everything should be all about her and no one else.
After Nikki’s parents got a divorce, custody was awarded to her mother. However, her mother was all about business and money, so she sent Nikki to boarding schools. Due to the distance, Nikki and her mother’s emotional relationship suffered. When Nikki got kicked out of yet another boarding school, her mother sent her to live with her father in California. She thought she was punishing Nikki, but she could not be further from the truth.
Donald Desmond, Nikki’s father, was more than happy to take on the responsibility of raising his daughter. He used the time he was given to teach Nikki the right way to go about earning and giving respect. Donald wants nothing more than to change her from her stuck-up, disrespectful ways. However, it will not be as easy as he thinks. Will Donald have to use the old-fashioned belt to get Nikki to learn the proper way to treat people?
Mr. James provides me with a different type of reading experiences with his teleplays. I enjoy them and like being able to picture more of the scenes and the characters’ actions without the added inflictions from the author. With all that said, there were some errors that needed corrections. There was one thing that stopped me in my flow of reading, causing me to turn back to an earlier episode (instead of chapters there are episodes). That thing was a repetitive beginning to two different episodes. I almost did not read the second one because I was certain it was the same one with a different episode title. However, I pushed through and enjoyed the episode. That one needed a little more creativity for the beginning, otherwise the entire teleplay was entertaining and at times emotional and/or funny. I recommend All About Nikki: The Fabulous First Season to readers of plays, young adult books and sitcom watchers.
The author provided a copy of the book for review purposes.
Jennifer Coissiere
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Thanks for letting us share in one of the warmest and most effective reviews I've read lately. This is topflight YA stuff, and I wonder if you're going to do some of this. You really should. So many of our girls would find pleasure in reading it and profit from it.
ReplyDeleteMy hat's always off the you, Shawn, for taking the high road, but with respect for all.
As the youth of today say: Bring it on, Mr. James. They and I await your fine-featured writing.
Hey Shawn - I found your blog from googling brooks brothers clothes. i totally agree with your post - like you, i need normal suits/pants with a full rise. Fortunately, i found out that the nightmare is over. the newest stuff is back to a normal rise. still expensive for not bespoke suits, but at least it's decent quality and will fit a normal sized dude like me. and you, apparently.
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