Blue Christmas

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Summary: Bold, amusing and ALL TRUE
Review: I rarely post on the Internet because it starts too many rumors, but I have to reply to the review by John from CA. Not only is BLUE CHRISTMAS a bold and amusing book of anecdotes about my life, but it is all true. I do haunt the hallways of the Original Heartbreak Hotel in Memphis, and I do on occasion don a Santa suit and sing 'Can't Help Falling in Love' on street corners. Although I am officially retired and lead a much quieter life, I want readers to know that Elvis is alive and well. The problem is that everyone is looking for me at Graceland. Read BLUE CHRISTMAS and you'll learn where I'm really spending my jumpsuited golden years. Thank you very much.

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Summary: Elvis and Memphis at Christmas! You can't go wrong!
Review: I very much enjoyed these stories! My interest in romance and Elvis combined! You do not see that everyday. This was a fun book that had me flying through the pages to see what would happen next! I really thought the added details that linked all the stories was wonderful!

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Summary: King of Romance
Review: OK, you know what? *I'm* Elvis & these beautiful, poetic ladies have done great justice to my life and times! I gotta say, I resent people assuming it ain't true!!! Although I don't remember meeting this girl at a diner, I DO tend to pork out sometimes, & maybe I was just nodding. Anyway, good stories, good book, good authors.

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Summary: A FUN READ, BUT. . . .
Review: This was a fun read, really a hoot in many ways. I read short story collections to find new authors to try out. I picked this one up becasue I have read Sandra Hill and really love her stuff, (for one of the funniest time travel romances you'll ever read, try and also because I was raised in Memphis and thought the whole premise to be fun. Amy Elizabeth Saunders' I CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was just great--Flying Elvi!! But two things kept me from really appreciating this book. One, the authors in mass never mentioned the River at all in their works. And you don't know Memphis unless you understand that the River is a major part of any native's collective consciousness. Especially since Bealle Street, where a lot of the action took place, is all of 6 blocks or less from it. With all these people in the stories coming to Memphis and interacting with all the locals, at least one of them should have gotten to the River. It just wasn't natural. Two, where does Sandra Hill think Memphis is?? Or rather where does she think the Blue Ridge Mountains are?? Has she ever visited the city? Have her editors? Memphis is FLAT. The nearest mountains are 400 miles away near Knoxville. They are called the Cumberlands. There are foot hills around Nashville. . . a long 200 miles away or 3 to 4 hours by car. The Blue Ridge Mountains are in on the OTHER side of the Apalications. IN Ms. Hill's story, she has a native saying "You have to understand that there's something about the air that comes down from the Blue Ridge Mountains. It get's in a Memphian's soul.." The River gets into the soul of someone from Memphis. I doubt that even a molecule of air from the Blue Ridge Mountains gets to their lungs.