New Reader Comment about HOP
This is my latest reader-comment about HOP: Tracker on the Trail of Life
When I was asked to read “HOP: Tracker on the Trail of Life,” I agreed to give it a try even though fiction, historical novels, and the like are not my normal choice of reading material. However, I was pleasantly surprised as I read “HOP.” This book grabs your attention and leaves you wondering what the next page or the next chapter will bring. At the same time, it has an easy pace, making it a good read on the surface.
There is another aspect to “HOP” that I find very compelling. Beneath the stories in his book, J.M. Hopkins subtly touches on the very soul of life in the South during the 1900’s. Being a “somewhat fictionalized account,” we know that some of the events are true, some are embellished, and some may be completely made up. But everyone who reads these stories can see themselves, their families, their friends and neighbors, and even their enemies in a story. Each reader has heard a similar story or lived a similar event in their own lives. You cannot read through “HOP” without saying, “You know, that very same thing happened to my Uncle Robert,” or “That’s the same way we were raised to deal with that situation.”
As you read this book, you will be touched by the varied emotions, the trials, and the triumphs and failures that the Hopkins family endured. They are the same as what your family or you have also gone through. Through it all, you will see the attributes that made America the greatest country on Earth; the perseverance, the faith in God, the desire to do the best that you can, and the love of family, friends, and neighbors. In our fast-paced, digital, and highly immoral world, we would be wise to heed the simple lessons of life that “HOP” teaches us. If we would but do so, then we could also call ourselves “trackers on the trail of life.” That sounds like a good reputation to have!
Enjoy your read!
Baxter Watkins
Air Traffic Control Specialist (Retired)
When I was asked to read “HOP: Tracker on the Trail of Life,” I agreed to give it a try even though fiction, historical novels, and the like are not my normal choice of reading material. However, I was pleasantly surprised as I read “HOP.” This book grabs your attention and leaves you wondering what the next page or the next chapter will bring. At the same time, it has an easy pace, making it a good read on the surface.
There is another aspect to “HOP” that I find very compelling. Beneath the stories in his book, J.M. Hopkins subtly touches on the very soul of life in the South during the 1900’s. Being a “somewhat fictionalized account,” we know that some of the events are true, some are embellished, and some may be completely made up. But everyone who reads these stories can see themselves, their families, their friends and neighbors, and even their enemies in a story. Each reader has heard a similar story or lived a similar event in their own lives. You cannot read through “HOP” without saying, “You know, that very same thing happened to my Uncle Robert,” or “That’s the same way we were raised to deal with that situation.”
As you read this book, you will be touched by the varied emotions, the trials, and the triumphs and failures that the Hopkins family endured. They are the same as what your family or you have also gone through. Through it all, you will see the attributes that made America the greatest country on Earth; the perseverance, the faith in God, the desire to do the best that you can, and the love of family, friends, and neighbors. In our fast-paced, digital, and highly immoral world, we would be wise to heed the simple lessons of life that “HOP” teaches us. If we would but do so, then we could also call ourselves “trackers on the trail of life.” That sounds like a good reputation to have!
Enjoy your read!
Baxter Watkins
Air Traffic Control Specialist (Retired)
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