Review: Not My Eastern Shore !!!!!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 10 19, 2012
I almost never write bad reviews  because I dont like to discourage authors but I havent even finished the book and am not sure I can. If this author lives in "Chesapeake Bay Area" she could not have lived here long or certainly does not live on the Eastern Shore.#1 Cayes are islands on coral reefs, they have them in florida but not anywhere near the Chesapeake Bay.#2 "Lagoon"? really? are we on Gilligans Island? No Lagoons on the Eastern Shore.#3 Topography, the way she described the lagoon to a small bay to a river to the Chesapeake???? NOT!!!!#4 Men on the Eastern Shore do not call women "sugar" I believe that is a southern thing but I know. it's Not an Eastern Shore thing.#5 Summer parties and cookouts with no mention of Steamed Crabs????#6 A keg of beer would not be propped up on blocks in the hot july summer but put in a tub of ice.#7 Local Native Eastern Shore people do not sail. They have power boats or work boats. Sailing is for "chickenneckers". She must live in Annapolis.#8 Know your lingo. We have creeks, commonly called "Cricks" generally small and shallow. A small "pier/dock" at a home would be called a Wharf.#9 What the heck is "spotting crabs"?I thought it would be  fun to read a book about a family on the Eastern Shore. I was born and raised here as were my parents and their parents. Sorry this author did not do her research.Beyond that the storyline was just okay. Good thing it was Free. Don't even ask me where the 5 starts came from. Must be friends of the authors.