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My Rating: ★★★★☆
Mama’s grip did not lessen. “It is something, Cassie. White is something just like black is something. Everybody born on this earth is something and nobody, no matter what color, is better than anybody else.” (p.127)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry was assigned reading for my fifth grader’s history curriculum. While I thought I had read it as a kid, as he was narrating to me, I quickly realized that I remembered close to nothing! This book was heart-breaking for me in the way that some of the same issues still manifest today. And then to have to talk about it with my kid? Important, but so sad.
My Rating: ★★★☆☆
Love isn’t about keeping promises. It’s about knowing someone better than anyone else. I’m the only one who knows him. I’m the only one who ever will.
This book was a library pick (library, I just can’t quit you!!) that I knew nothing about and primarily chose for the cover. It is the story of a single father with a mysterious background, his 12 bullet wounds (each with their own story), and a dangerous past coming back to haunt him. It had an overall melancholy tone, but I liked it.
MAKE YOUR BED: LITTLE THINGS THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE…AND MAYBE THE WORLD by Admiral William H. McRaven (Ret.)
My Rating: ★★★★☆
Remember…start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone. Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often. But if you take some risks, step up when times are toughest, face down the bullies, lift up the downtrodden, and never, ever give up – if you do these things, then you can change your life for the better…and maybe the world! (p.104)
My dad gave me this little book for Christmas and it got lost in my overwhelming stack of nightstand books. So glad I found it this month! A quick read with solid advice. My oldest read it after me and enjoyed it too.
My Rating: ★★★☆☆
I am not ashamed to be called an African patriot, said Mma Ramotswe. I love all the people whom God made, but I especially know how to love the people who live in this place. They are my people, my brothers and sisters. It is my duty to help them to solve the mysteries in their lives. That is what I am called to do.
We read The Great Cake Mystery, one of Smith’s books for children, for school and enjoyed it so much that I had to pick up the first book in this series for adults. I liked it! Such a neat way to learn about Botswana too.
My Rating: ★★★☆☆
If I am honest, what first got me interested in art (and I had first done it with silver teaspoons and shoe buckles as a child) was the thrill of seizing on things others might have missed or undervalued. As a result I got to love the paintings I later moved on to. I and my colleagues may occupy a world of the ultimate luxury goods, of cosmopolitan refinement and intellectual acumen, but beneath the varnished surface the competitive animal lurks. (p.216)
I picked up The Art Detective at the thrift store for $1. Some stories were more interesting than others and it’s definitely a book for a specific niche, but I learned a lot about art dealing and how paintings are restored.
My Rating: ★★★★☆
I still think that being forced to leave your home out of fear is one of the worst injustices a human being can face. Everything you love is stolen, and you risk your life to live in a place that means nothing to you and where, because you come from a country now known for war and terrorism, you are not really wanted. (19%)
I don’t even know where to begin with this one. I read it in two days and was so heartbroken by her story. I know this book will stay with me for awhile. A powerful read.
This is how it ends for you.“You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark,” you threatened a victim once.Open the door. Show us your face.Walk into the light.
My fellow true-crime loving brother recommended this book to me and holy cow. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark is probably the scariest book I’ve ever read! I couldn’t read it past 3 in the afternoon or I would have terrifying, heart-thumping dreams all night long. Thank goodness for DNA – they recently caught this guy!
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Kindle Books: 18 // Paper Books: 15
Original 2018 books “to-read” total on Goodreads: 443 // Current “to-read” total: 436
I just got a copy of I'll Be Gone in the Dark for my birthday after being on the waitlist at our library for weeks now, and I'm so excited to read it! Glad to hear it's intense, those are my faaaavorites.
Ahh can't wait to hear what you think!!
I really want to read I'll Be Gone in the Dark soon, it seems everyone is really enjoying it! The Make Your Bed book looks cute too!
You'll have to tell me what you think – it's a tough one! The fact that they recently caught the guy was amazing timing too. I read all the news articles I could find afterward!