Review , Interview, & Giveaway: The Three Sisters by Bryan Tayler

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Today it is my pleasure to kick off the tour for The Three Sister by Bryon Tayler.

Book Description:

Publisher: Dragon Tree Books (July 23, 2013)
Category/Genre: Humor, Literary Fiction, Inspirational, Satire, Philosophy
ISBN13: 9780988402478
Tour Date: Mid-October/November, 2013
Available in: Print & ebook, 401

Nuns just want to have fun! But when three former Catholic nuns, Coito Gott, Theodora Suora andRegina Grant have too much fun and get in trouble with the law, they become nuns on the run.

Driving back to Washington D.C. where they work at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Parts, the three sisters are arrested in Tennessee. After defeating the local deputy in strip poker, they escape from jail, and are pursued by the zealous Detective Schmuck Hole, who has personally offered a $10,000 reward for their capture on the 700 Club. Little do they know that when the three sisters visit the Washington Monument, their lives will change forever.

Set in 1979, The Three Sisters is a humorous, adult satire that skewers not only organized religion, but the government, the media, intellectuals, corporate greed and every other part of the establishment. Maybe not the greatest story ever told, but possibly the funniest.

“Blessed are they who read The Three Sisters, for they shall inherit eternal laughter.” — Matthew 5:66

My Thoughts:

Coito was a Cathlic girl and had to attend an all girls Cathlic School. The nuns were always so serious, with no sense of humor. Coito wanted to be good but also wanted to liven things up a little. However, the nuns didn’t approve. After graduating she attended college and also found the need to livened things up however, she livened things up a bit too much and got expelled in her Junior year.

Because she had no money, she ended up living with her parents again. Her and her dad had different views of how things should be. She finally came up with a solution. Why not become a nun herself and change things from the inside of the convent? Of course, you know what kind of crazy idea that was. LOL! All there was in the convent was work and praying, oh and of course, confessing. Her confession time with the young priest sent their to hear confession, turned into more than just confession. Soon things liven up so much that she is on the run with two other nuns.

I found The Three sisters to be side splitting funny and well written. I felt like I was with Coito and her two nun friends throughout the book. Coito’s escapades in catholic school, college, and then in the convent were funny and to me, understandable. They call it cloistered for a reason! Being a liberal feminist, that just wouldn’t work for me. I doesn’t even work for the men that well, case in point , all the priests caught with alter boys. I highly recommend this book to those who do not get offended easily. After all, this is truely a book for adults with a wicked sense of humor!

4.5/5

I received this ebook for my honest review.

Interview With Bryon Taylor:

Welcome to So Many Precious Books, So Little Time Bryan!

TR: Why did you write a book about nuns? From some of the emails you have sent me, you seem to be obsessed with them, why?

BT: Writing a book about nuns was accidental. I am not a Catholic. My background is more Southern Baptist than anything else. Prior to writing the Three Sisters, I had very little knowledge about Catholicism, which may be why it worked so well. A friend of mine gave me a couple old pictures of nuns when I was in college, and I turned one into a Wanted Poster that I put outside my dorm room, and the second into a story about three nuns kidnapping an elderly couple. Then my friends asked me what was going to happen next. I started putting up a new episode each week until I completed the plot of the book. In graduate school I turned the serial into a book, and thirty years later, I published it. Me? Obsessive? About nuns? Obviously, nuns are fun. Most of my friends just think I’m nuts, which is probably true, but I keep having funny things about nuns going wild pop into my head, and even my die-hard Catholic friends find my thoughts funny. I’m sure if I didn’t keep them entertained, they would have me committed, but that is the thin line with insanity that writers walk.

TR: You seem to know a lot about nuns in pop culture, such as books, movies, TV, etc. Have you considered or would you consider writing a non-fiction pop culture book on the subject?

BT: I could probably write some articles, but not a book. My preference is for humor and satire, especially when it comes to nuns. A non-fiction book would take too much time, and if I were to write a non-fiction book, it would probably be on finance. Given the limited amount of time I already have for writing, I would rather focus on fiction. That doesn’t preclude me writing a humorous novel on something other than nuns, or having my nuns enter into genres where you wouldn’t expect them, maybe in a science fiction novel or one of the three sisters becoming the first Popess, but probably not non-fiction.

TR: What book are you currently reading?

BT: I know this will ruin the image my readers have, but The Global Securities Market by Ranald C. Michie, and I just completed Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed about the role of Central Bankers in the Great Depression, which was fascinating. Yes, dry, dull stuff, but I’ve always loved economic history and anything about Wall Street. As a subject, I have probably read more economic history than anything else. Maybe one of these days, I’ll have my three nuns take over Wall Street. I do read other fiction writers, most recently David Sedaris, but to be honest, only to figure out why these authors are so popular, which I haven’t done. Obviously, if I had figured that out, I would be on The Daily Show and have a mainstream publisher. I’ll keep trying.

TR: If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, who would it be and why?

BT: Jesus. He’s both the greatest mystery of all time and the most influential person of all time. We know how his disciples portrayed him, but how much of that was fiction and how much reality? Was he so god-awful serious most of the time, or did he have a sense of humor? Did he play practical jokes on the Pharisees? Did he do magic tricks to keep his audience entertained? And what was the truth about him and Mary? With that interview I could publish a billion-selling book, if I wasn’t burned at the stake first. Maybe I should write it anyway.

TR: What is something people would be surprised to know about you?

BT: That I am an economist who spends most of his time working with financial data. I’ve always found the stock market fascinating, as well as how the monetary side of the economy influences the real side of the economy. I have two blogs that I write on a regular basis, one about the stock market and financial data, and the other about nuns. I guess you could call me Mr. [Milton] Friedman and Dr. Voltaire. Bizarrely, my blog on the stock market is much more successful than my nun blog, which may explain why the world is such a mess. While maybe a dozen or so people read my hilarious blogs on nuns, my stock market blog gets republished on other people’s blogs and is read by thousands. Alas, my nuns are horribly discriminated against.

TR: Out of the interviews you have done, is there a question that you wish someone had asked you? Here’s your chance.

BT: Actually, no one has ever asked me if I would want to be a nun. First off, I’d have to have a sex change, and the whole idea of surgical instruments touching certain private parts of my body is enough to say no to that. Then, I’d have to follow the rules and do what I’m told, and no, that wouldn’t work. There are elements of me in all three of my nuns, and the one I’m most like is Coito, the rebel, and as you can see in the novel, she is not compatible with Church teachings. No, I’m happy being a non-nun who can write about nuns who aren’t nuns.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by for a chat, Bryan. It was a pleasure to have you.

About Bryan Taylor:

Bryan Taylor is a double PK, a preacher’s kid of a preacher’s kid. With that legacy he faced two destinies, being an unhappy triple PK (Jubilees 17:23, “He that is born unto the son of a preacher and himself preaches shall be miserable until his dying day and suffer eternal damnation.”), or being sacrilegious and happy.

He decided to forsake the Southern Baptists for Catholicism, but when he applied to join a convent, he was rejected (sex discrimination!), so he decided to do the next best thing: write a novel about the three nuns he would most like to meet.

Bryan Taylor was born in Louisiana, grew up in Michigan and Texas, went to school in Tennessee, South Carolina and California, taught in Switzerland for a year, and has traveled to 50 countries, more than any Pope except Saint John Paul II. He now lives in California, which is one of the few places with people crazier than him.

The Three Sisters Website: http://www.threesistersnovel.com/
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Bryan Taylor Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/3sistersnovel/books/

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