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Do It to My Mind
When the ordinary doesn't work . . .
After several years of marital futility, Sonia Buckner declares she’s tired of faking it with her husband Trent. She demands that he listens to her so that he might learn about why she’s in this rut. She lectures to him the woman’s mind is the pathway to her experiencing pleasure with him, and she poses suggestions to him that might help.
Trent thinks he’s listening to Sonia, but he finds out he’s far from making any progress. She reminds him that she still has several unresolved issues with him stemming from earlier in their marriage. This leads to him being cast into the Dog House Inn.
Determined to leave the Dog House Inn, Trent considers what Sonia has been telling him all along. But newer challenges creep up. Both are tempted by looking elsewhere to soothe their frustration with each other.
Will these nuptials figure out a solution themselves? Will their love for each other prevail? Or will budding interests outside their marriage lure them away for good?
* This title is an alternate selection with Black Expressions Book Club and a selection of Book of the Month Club2.*
After several years of marital futility, Sonia Buckner declares she’s tired of faking it with her husband Trent. She demands that he listens to her so that he might learn about why she’s in this rut. She lectures to him the woman’s mind is the pathway to her experiencing pleasure with him, and she poses suggestions to him that might help.
Trent thinks he’s listening to Sonia, but he finds out he’s far from making any progress. She reminds him that she still has several unresolved issues with him stemming from earlier in their marriage. This leads to him being cast into the Dog House Inn.
Determined to leave the Dog House Inn, Trent considers what Sonia has been telling him all along. But newer challenges creep up. Both are tempted by looking elsewhere to soothe their frustration with each other.
Will these nuptials figure out a solution themselves? Will their love for each other prevail? Or will budding interests outside their marriage lure them away for good?
* This title is an alternate selection with Black Expressions Book Club and a selection of Book of the Month Club2.*
362 pages, Paperback
First published July 14, 2013
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About the author
N. Wood Lane
4 books3 followersSince the age of 13, N. Wood Lane has dabbled in and out of writing.
Lane once aspired to live in Brazil and start a newspaper in Rio de Janiero. The closest Lane has ever visited the Southern Hemisphere destination point was by renting videos from Blockbuster featuring actress Sonia Braga. Lane’s affinity for Brazil also includes rooting for the country during soccer’s World Cup and its music—but to this day still does not know Portuguese.
Back in the mid-1990s, Lane aspired to write a novel after reading Connie Briscoe’s Sisters and Lovers and Terry McMillan’s Waiting to Exhale. That aspiration never became a reality until Lane was well past age 40.
These days, Lane considers writing a way of remaining mentally engaged since attaining AARP membership eligibility.
Lane currently resides in South Carolina and has been in the insurance industry since 2001, and is at work on a third fiction novel.
Do It to My Mind is an alternate selection with Black Expressions Book Club (for the 9.22.2013 mailing) and a selection with the Book of the Month Club2 (starting 10.4.2013.)
Lane once aspired to live in Brazil and start a newspaper in Rio de Janiero. The closest Lane has ever visited the Southern Hemisphere destination point was by renting videos from Blockbuster featuring actress Sonia Braga. Lane’s affinity for Brazil also includes rooting for the country during soccer’s World Cup and its music—but to this day still does not know Portuguese.
Back in the mid-1990s, Lane aspired to write a novel after reading Connie Briscoe’s Sisters and Lovers and Terry McMillan’s Waiting to Exhale. That aspiration never became a reality until Lane was well past age 40.
These days, Lane considers writing a way of remaining mentally engaged since attaining AARP membership eligibility.
Lane currently resides in South Carolina and has been in the insurance industry since 2001, and is at work on a third fiction novel.
Do It to My Mind is an alternate selection with Black Expressions Book Club (for the 9.22.2013 mailing) and a selection with the Book of the Month Club2 (starting 10.4.2013.)
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September 8, 2013
If You Can't Someone Else Will
Trent and Sonia Buckner are the average American couple working hard at managing their life. They try to balance careers and home life but early on they face the challenge of managing their marriage. In “Do It to My Mind,” readers walk into the intimacy of their bedroom and find out firsthand the struggle the couple faces. This trouble filters into other areas of their lives and both become vulnerable to outside forces.
N. Wood Lane used third person omniscient to convey Trent and Sonia’s story. This POV was awkward because in the beginning we were introduced to Trent and Sonia, and after reading the back cover, one would assume the novel would concentrate on the couple and their issues. This was only partly the case. A lot of the book focused on other characters. By using third person omniscient it allowed readers into their minds as well. This was distracting and caused the pace to become sluggish.
It was obvious that Lane wanted to avoid using profanity. There is nothing wrong with that. However it was extremely obvious. Lane also wanted to portray a couple that had a Christian background so there were prayers and scriptures and church lingo inserted in conversations, but it was as if it was done with an air of evasiveness. It seemed the author didn’t want to come off as a religious fanatic, but the way this was written was apparent that the author didn’t want to come off that way. When an author uses a moral code as a writing compass, it is difficult to pull off the flow of certain conversations between characters. It has been done before and done very well. This was not a good example of that writing style. Some of the conversations weren’t seamless enough.
The cover was tastefully done and invited readers to open up and read. There were a few typos and sentence structure issues but nothing that would hinder the read. The structure of the story needed to be constricted a bit. Lane focused on too many characters that didn’t really add anything to the story.
I would read another book by this author because it is obvious that the talent is there and I also appreciated the fact that the author addressed an important topic that should resonate with many married couples.
Reviewed by: Trenika
Trent and Sonia Buckner are the average American couple working hard at managing their life. They try to balance careers and home life but early on they face the challenge of managing their marriage. In “Do It to My Mind,” readers walk into the intimacy of their bedroom and find out firsthand the struggle the couple faces. This trouble filters into other areas of their lives and both become vulnerable to outside forces.
N. Wood Lane used third person omniscient to convey Trent and Sonia’s story. This POV was awkward because in the beginning we were introduced to Trent and Sonia, and after reading the back cover, one would assume the novel would concentrate on the couple and their issues. This was only partly the case. A lot of the book focused on other characters. By using third person omniscient it allowed readers into their minds as well. This was distracting and caused the pace to become sluggish.
It was obvious that Lane wanted to avoid using profanity. There is nothing wrong with that. However it was extremely obvious. Lane also wanted to portray a couple that had a Christian background so there were prayers and scriptures and church lingo inserted in conversations, but it was as if it was done with an air of evasiveness. It seemed the author didn’t want to come off as a religious fanatic, but the way this was written was apparent that the author didn’t want to come off that way. When an author uses a moral code as a writing compass, it is difficult to pull off the flow of certain conversations between characters. It has been done before and done very well. This was not a good example of that writing style. Some of the conversations weren’t seamless enough.
The cover was tastefully done and invited readers to open up and read. There were a few typos and sentence structure issues but nothing that would hinder the read. The structure of the story needed to be constricted a bit. Lane focused on too many characters that didn’t really add anything to the story.
I would read another book by this author because it is obvious that the talent is there and I also appreciated the fact that the author addressed an important topic that should resonate with many married couples.
Reviewed by: Trenika
October 1, 2013
Sonia Buckner is a beloved wife and mother at home and a respected supervisor on her job. She and her husband Trent have been married for about 8 years and have known each other for almost twice as long, but all is not peachy keen in their bedroom. She's a frustrated wife who wants better with Trent but he doesn't quite get it.
As much as I'd want to like and sympathize with Sonia, she's far from perfect. She's dogmatic and hypocritical. The things that make her human in Do It to My Mind are also what make this book such a pleasantly surprising change of pace for me. It's the kind of book that I would recommend to a reader wants something spicy but not at the expense of burning their insides or feeling guilty afterward because it has a few extra calories. I look forward to future works by this author.
As much as I'd want to like and sympathize with Sonia, she's far from perfect. She's dogmatic and hypocritical. The things that make her human in Do It to My Mind are also what make this book such a pleasantly surprising change of pace for me. It's the kind of book that I would recommend to a reader wants something spicy but not at the expense of burning their insides or feeling guilty afterward because it has a few extra calories. I look forward to future works by this author.
September 8, 2013
So often we read books with lots of profanity and explicit sexual connotations but Do It To My Mind was tastefully written. At the core of the book is a topic that not many women openly discuss. Sometimes we cry out for help but most often we mask our pain. In this book, Sonia did both. The author created a broad view of Sonia and Trent's life just like most of us experience. Family, work, church, friends, disappointments, love, betrayal, forgiveness...etc. The author connected the dots and portrayed a realistic story that keeps you emotionally engaged. I like the author's style and would read other books by him.
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