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I would like to share Drunk Log (A Day in the Life) by Mark E. Scott (Author) a book I received in exchange for this review
The information on the back of the book drew me in and I knew I needed to read this book to see how someone else deals with a child’s death. Like the Author after Suzzane died all I wanted to do was drink but I didn’t go to a bar I stayed home and my binge lasted more than 8 hours. Through the book I leaned I wasn’t the only one to feel like I was the reason for my daughter’s death.
I enjoyed learning about Cincinnati and suspension Bridge spanning the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky which Charlie and I can study in his Homeschool Class. Like me the character in the book carries a Dollar Store notebook which he keeps notes in while drinking which I use mine for work.
The book is full of dark humor which even though I don’t usually care for drew me in because of the romance. The characters Jack and Aria keep us on our toes and I was excited to find out there will be other books following Drunk Log (A Day in the Life). A Bar crawl like the main character went on would be a great way to get to know your City just don’t drink so much you end up not being able to get home.
About the story:
If all goes according to plan, tonight will be Jack Current’s last. The young engineer is at the end of his emotional rope and plans to take his own life. But first, a bar crawl through his downtown Cincinnati neighborhood is in order.
Accompanying him during his final hours is a dollar store notebook. The Drunk Log. In it, he documents the evening, ruminates on his existence and remembers his 7-year-old nephew, who died exactly a year earlier. It is a loss for which Jack feels responsible—a lapse in judgement for which there is no forgiveness. Buckling under the weight of oppressive guilt, Jack plans to jump off the scenic suspension bridge spanning the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky.
Drunk Log, is a darkly humorous, deeply introspective exploration into one man’s attempt to find peace in the face of unrelenting pain. Told with a fast clip, the entire book covers about 8 hours and deftly avoids becoming an ominous dirge through relatable—and flawed—characters, unexpectedly funny situations, a budding romance and the wobbly balancing act of a man who must remain sober enough to write in his journal and finish what he started, but drunk enough to jump off a bridge.
About the author: Mark E. Scott
Born in the small manufacturing town of Galion, Ohio, Mark E. Scott lived in various burgs in Ohio and Michigan before joining the Navy, thence spending four years traveling the world aboard the USS Mount Whitney. Upon returning home toSouthwest Ohio, he enrolled at Miami University and completed a degree in Education, only to become a banker soon thereafter.
Mark now lives happily in a condo in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. In his free time Mark enjoys writing, finding new and creative ways of tricking his children into answering their phones, and anything related to travel and outdoors, including tumbling down snow covered Mountains whilst dragging otherwise perfectly good skis behind him.
His new book, Drunk Log, is available now.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
