Two Stan Toler books (a review)

Stan Toler is a story teller. And nowhere is it more apparent than in this pair of his books, God Has Never Failed Me, But...: He's Sure Scared Me to Death a Few Timesand The Buzzards Are Circling, But...: God's Not Finished with Me Yet. Each book is filled with stories, quotes and snippets that illustrate the challenges and sometimes laughable dilemmas we can get find ourselves facing.

Toler's writing is light, engaging and an easy read even though the topics he covers may not always be so. My only difficulty, if I was to name one, is that sometimes there are so many stories, they jump from one to the next without maintaining any tangible connection to the topic of the chapter. On occasion it reads more like a Coffee Perks, or one of those snippets-and-quotes papers you find in a diner and it becomes a conscious effort to remember what he is talking about.

But on the whole, both books are worth the read simply because they do treat life with an eye to the humorous that can be found in any situation. And sometimes we have to be able to just laugh at the ironies of life.

Review copies provided by The B&B Media Group.