Reviews for The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down (Yada Yada Prayer Group Series #2)

The average rating for The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down (Yada Yada Prayer Group Series #2) based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-08-27 00:00:00 Steve Peaker I feel like the first person narrative REALLY hurts this book. I want to know what the other women are thinking and feeling. I want to follow their lives every once in awhile. To be honest, I'm sick of Jodi. She seems judgemental, she almost always jumps to the worst conclusion first, and I want to get out of her head! Other problems I had were: the character Ruth talks like Yoda. Says her sentences in the wrong order, she does. Every time she says anything in the book I hear Yoda's voice for her. I don't think that's what the author has in mind. Also, Jodi's whole family shares an e-mail address. That includes her, her husband, their 18 year old son, and 15 year old daughter. Come on, you can't tell me those kids haven't gotten their own e-mail address by now. These people aren't computer illiterate either. But there were good things about the story. I like how the women turn to God when things get hard, and there is a nice variety of different characters. The author writes well, so that even when I'm rolling my eyes, at least it's not about bad dialogue or a boring plot. I'm interested enough in some of the characters that I'll keep reading the series, but will probably push it back and read other series first.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-05-25 00:00:00 Les Herrick This is the second book in Jackson's Yada Yada Series. In the first book a group of 12 women are randomly placed in a prayer group while at a Chicago-area Christian women's conference, and after a series of life-changing events, the group decides to continue meeting after the conference is over. The second book starts just after the action of the first. It's the end of summer and protagonist, Jodi "good girl" Baxter has almost fully recovered from her car accident (in which she accidentally killed a boy), but her husband still isn't sure if his coaching contract from last school year has been renewed. The other members of the group have their own issues as well - Hoshi, a recent convert to Christianity, suffers greatly after the visit from her parents still living in Japan doesn't go as smoothly as planned; Florida, an ex-con, still worries about her unemployed husband, who's mood has continued to decline; Adele, a sassy beauty shop owner, has confront demons of a racially segregated past; Nony, a South-Africa native and professor's wife, struggles with her desire to return to her homeland despite the wishes of her American husband; and a new woman enters the sisters' circle when she tries to rob them during a prayer group meeting. The stories of this motley crew all border on the cliched, but somehow manage to stay just this side of believable. I'm also amazed at how much my mood has changed while reading this book. Suddenly, I find myself wanting to pray for everyone I meet, just like the sisters of the Yada Yada Prayer Group do. A really enjoyable faith-affirming read.