Carrot on a Stick [Paperback]

Billy Jones (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 301 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation; 1 edition (April 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738815578
• ISBN-13: 978-0738815572
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,323,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Carrot On A Stick Is More Then Just A Book, September 29, 2000

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Shelby Taylor (Laurelton, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carrot on a Stick (Paperback)

Carrot On A Stick is not just a rectangular object with pages of words. This book is an inspiration to all who read it. The cover of the books reads " A Book about everything, Well almost everything." I can tell you, Carrot On A Stick is what it says it is and so much more.

As soon as you begin to read you immediately find yourself connecting to the Author, Billy Jones. This is a man who has "been there done that" so to speak. You find yourself in his poems and your father in his short stories. He shares real life experiences, with brutal honesty. He gives you an inside look at his life from past to present, as well as a look into what your own future will hold. As you read you will find yourself lost in the magical rhythm of his words.

Laughter seems to be one of this authors best medications for the soul. He will leave you in stitches with poems like " Drunkards prayer" and " A Traffic Jam at Wal-Mart."

He also knows how to tug at your heart strings, and gets your mind rolling with short stories like, "One Mans Dreams" and "What Are You Scared Of?"

This book comes from the heart of a man, not at all unlike you and I. He has been down and out and back up again. He gives his readers inspiration through poems, verses, and short stories.

To sum up Carrot On A Stick, I would have to say, it will make you laugh, cry, hurt, get angry, and most of all teach you something about yourself.

I have read many books, but have never found one that has touched my heart, and opened my mind like Carrot On A Stick Has done.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Carrot On A Stick, September 5, 2000

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Danny Brighton (Greensboro, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carrot on a Stick (Paperback)

When I met Billy Jones he told me this was the type of book that even people who don't like to read would like. I'm one of those people but I bought a copy cause he said he'd sign it and I thought it might be worth something someday besides I never met anyone who wrote a book before. I kept it around the house a few days and one rainy day when I couldn't go to work and didn't have enough money to go to the bar I picked it up and had a blast. Billy told me I would laugh and cry and he was right. If books had been like this in school I might not have quit. I think Billy has written a book everyone will like. Oh yea, I know the guy that did the cover art too, Mickey Sizemore.

I showed it to my wife and she loved it. I'm going to have to get me another copy though cause I lent my copy out and it never came back. Sorry Amazon but I'll see Billy at the bar sometime and get another signed copy.

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't beat this Carrot with a stick, January 26, 2006

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WooleyBugger "Wooleyb" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carrot on a Stick (Paperback)

This book is one of those that you just find it hard to put down. When I recieved my copy it was so good I couldn't stop reading it. You just find yourself nodding your head and smiling as it seems like he has been in your home and mind putting down all your thoughts. There is just so much to relate to inside the pages. A couple of his poems became the catalyst of my own as they are thought provoking. No matter how many times I read the pages, I always find something new. Your Television set will be begging you to watch as this book pulls you in and the T.V gathers dust. Carrot on a Stick does cover everything and then some.