This book has all the information about her and things that I really didn't know. I love the section where the compare her(Katie Holmes) to Joey (the character on Dawson's Creek) and how differently she is to the way that she appers on the show.

The book provides much information into the background of Katie Holmes, and shows that the beautiful and talented actress is not only about acting but has a life beyond the t.v. screen. She has a family she loves to hang out with and is very close with her mom especially. Also, it seems that she is one of the shortest in her family, the reason being her dad and brothers are over 6 feet tall. It provides insight into Katie's background beyond the pretty face. An interesting fact is that she was so smart that she was accepted to Columbia University but decided to pursue her acting career for the time being. This is a great book.

SINCE I PAID FULL PRICE FOR THIS CLUNKER, I MADE MYSELF READ IT. INJECTED WITH A BIT MORE REALISM,COULD HAVE BEEN A CUTE STORY. I LIKED THE PREMISE OF THE TRAVELING SANTA BUS VISITING THE HOMELESS SHELTERS AND GIVING SOME HOLIDAY SPIRIT TO THOSE LESS FORTUNATE, BUT SO MUCH OF THE "LOVE" SCENES WERE UNBELIEVABLE IT WAS HARD TO PLOW THRU!

I LOVE Sandra Hill, so this was the reason I wanted this book and boy was I surprised! It was written 'round-robin' style. Each author takes a chapter and writes her own characters and intertwines the story. There are 15 chapters of pure fun here that will make you laugh out loud and wish you were right there on that bus with them!
The story consists of Sandra Hill's characters, a Navy Blue Angels Pilot named Sam Merrick who is stranded in Philly at the airport trying to find a way to Snowdon, Maine for his old friend and mentor's wedding. The problem with this is that a huge snowstorm has forzen the roads and all transportation! The only way there? A Santa Brigade bus full of cherry and escentric seniors on their way back to Snowdon and his old flame, Reba Anderson, the senior's director who wants nothing to do with the gorgeous Tom Cruise wannabe! She still remembers him dumping her 14 years ago! Sparks are again ignited as these two find each other again, but will love be enough to keep the flame alive?

In comes Sam's best friend, also on his way to Maine and also stranded at a train station in Allentown, PA. Trish Jensen's characters Kevin Wilder, a bounty hunter for the NYPD, runs literally right into his quarry, a woman named Callie Brandt, a woman wanted by the law for running out on her court date. But she isn't what she seems. Kevin, now trying to find a way out of Allentown, hops on the Santa Brigade with Sam's help and Callie cuffed to his wrist. Sparks soon fly when Kevin realizes that Callie is no criminal but her body should be outlawed!

Last, but not least is Kate Holmes's characters, an ex-football quarterback for the SanDiego Typoons named Stan Kijewski who finds himself stuck in a snowbank in the middle of nowhwere Vermont when he spots a lone cottage in the distance. Not wanting to freeze before he makes it to Maine for the wedding, Stan decides to try and walk to the place. He is dumbfounded when he finds the place is run by the forest ranger Dana Freeman that he was supposed to pick up along the way for his mentor and friend in Maine. He discovers that Dana is no rough woman he thought she'd be and is fastly becoming tempted by her cool attitude and very womanly curves under the heavy sweater she wears. After realizing they are stuck, Stan calls his best friend Sam and they too are picked up along the way with the Senior Santa Brigade!

A bus full of wacky and nosey seniors, the trio of friends and trio of women soon learn that getting to Snowdon is going to have to be a group effort! Amid storms, strandings in lodges, snowbanks that can't be moved,(but with the wily ways of the bus's driver, a NASCAR driver from tears past and a list of old boyfriends that owe her favors, anything can happen) charity stops along the way, two 'Dr. Ruth' wannabes, Mr. Senior-Studmuffin, A Retired Marine Drill Instructor, Cyber Granny, and the rest of the wacky bunch, love blooms between the three couples. Although there wasn't nearly enough room for real in-depth introspection into each couple's thoughts and feelings, the story was well worth the read and extremely funny and touching. If only I could've been on that bus...Stan, watch out hahahaha

Tracy Talley~@

A bus of Christmas joy plowing through the states to homeless shelters all the while trying to find love lost! What a wonderful story, however, the love/lust department was a little lacking. I think she could have injected a little more loving than the "slam, bam" approach with one of the couples. Overall, great story given the season.

There is about as much information in this 'book' as is on a badly researched Katie Holmes website. It has all of the obvious information that you probably already know. It is a mere 32 pages of large font and about 6 black and white photos. I could have written more and published a better book than this! Rather get "Katie Holmes Scene".