Review: An Interesting Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 25, 2011
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for my review.  I enjoyed The Thousand Hour Club.  It follows the story of Tom, the most unlikely person you could ever think of to do well in the military.  Tom is a young man who just kind of floats through life; hanging out with the wrong crowd, drinking and doing drugs.  After he drops out of college, he receives a draft notice.  He gets picked to go into the Air Force and after basic training receives orders to study Arabic.  The story is well written in the first person and I liked the fact that every once in awhile, Tom would say something and then say something like "but I'm getting ahead of myself" and that would hook me into reading some more to find out the details.  Tom was a bit of a screw up in the beginning but started turning himself around while in the military.  The story was full of great descriptions of his surroundings and the people that he met.  It is well worth the time spent to read the book.