![]() ![]() This provides the "why I should do something" in fictional form, which I think many readers could gain from. And as much as I love my dad :D, there's also something to be said for objective third parties presenting material-being slightly removed and not having the same degree of familiarity, filial love/respect, and desire to do something purely out of respect for X Person. But, I did appreciate the fable/parable-style telling that has its own value in presenting the same material in a different fashion. I've been blessed in having my own personal financial advisor growing up (my dad), so frankly felt like a lot of the read was redundant. "Truth is always simple." This line from the book pretty much sums it all up! ![]()
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![]() ![]() Here were depictions of the naïve, hardworking girl she’d been, as well as astonishing proof of an institutional silencing. In this searing book, Crawford tells the story of coming forward during the state investigation of the elite New England prep school decades after her assault, only to find for the first time evidence that corroborated her memories. Paul's School to issue a formal apology to the author, Lacy Crawford, for its handling of her report of sexual assault by two fellow students nearly thirty years ago. Not only did this intimate investigative memoir usher in a media storm of coverage, but it also prompted the elite St. ![]() ![]() ![]() Shortlisted for the 2022 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing When Notes on a Silencing hit bookstores in the summer of 2020, even amidst a global pandemic, it sent shockwaves through the country. A "powerful and scary and important and true" memoir of a young woman's struggle to regain her sense of self after trauma, and the efforts by a powerful New England boarding school to silence her-at any cost (Sally Mann, author of Hold Still). ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Maria v snyder study series![]() ![]() Snyder’s second trilogy concerning Valek and Yelena, favorites from one of her previous series. Part of the reason this book was so compelling was that I’ve been invested in its characters for quite a long time. Luckily, Dawn Study forced its way into my busy life, and although I might have taken longer to read it than usual, not finishing never even crossed my mind. ![]() Unfortunately, those days are long gone, and now I’ll sometimes find myself stopping in the middle of a good book, just because I don’t have the time to finish it. It was a point of pride to me that I wouldn’t just stop halfway through a story. Once upon a time, I never left a book unfinished, no matter how unsatisfactory. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Last gamer standing book![]() When Reyna qualifies for the Dayhold Junior Tournament, she knows she’s got what it takes to win the championship title and the $10,000 prize. Gaming is still a boys’ club and to protect her true identity against trolls and their harassment, she plays as the mysterious TheRuiNar. Reyna is an up-and-coming junior amateur gamer but despite her rising popularity and skills online, no one knows that behind her male avatar is a twelve-year-old Chinese American girl. To twelve-year-old Reyna Cheng, gaming is everything, so she’s thrilled to have the opportunity to attend a gaming summer camp courtesy of Dayhold – the world’s biggest VR battle royale game. ![]() ![]() Â Ready Player One meets the action of battle royale video games in this middle-grade sci-fi perfect for fans of Fortnite. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments In the blood by jack carr![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As he searches for answers and the people he wants to kill, wave after wave of would-be assassins come after Reece, requiring him to use his unique set of skills to survive and continue his own hunt while trying to figure out who’s trying to take him out. Additionally, he’s still on the hunt for the sniper that took out his friend Freddy Strain and fulfill a promise he made to Freddy’s widow. After a commercial flight is blown out of the sky in Africa, Reece learns an old acquaintance was on that plane and he feels the urge to find those responsible and do to them what he does best. James Reece is back and it seems everyone is out to kill him. In The Blood is a killer thriller that just won’t quit coming at you with non-stop action that will leave readers needing a cigarette upon completion. Call Jack Carr the mailman because he always delivers and this time he brings the heat with deadly games of deception, danger and death. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments The good neighbor fred rogers![]() ![]() ![]() An engaging story, rich in detail, The Good Neighbor is the definitive portrait of a beloved figure, cherished by multiple generations. The New York Times bestseller: A superb, thoughtful biography of the creator and star of Mister Rogers Neighborhood (David McCullough).Fred Rogers was an. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated episodes, written in collaboration with experts on childhood development. The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and to taking their fears, concerns, and questions about the world seriously. Fred Rogers (19282003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. ![]() As the creator and star of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Fred Rogers (1928-2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. Mister Rogers comes through the door, singing his theme song Wont You Be My Neighbor, and changing into sneakers and a. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Dirty belle aurora![]() ![]() But her kindness, selfless and good demeanor is not the only thing that made us fell in love with her. She is so close and sweet to her “kids” as she likes to call them. She is a social worker who takes her job seriously, and to be quite honest, she does it perfectly. Our main character Alexa Ballentine is the bomb. ![]() “We’re all addicted to something that takes away the pain.” But the romantic in us was just hoping everything could be fixed. ![]() This kind of stories make you think a lot, one part of us (more specifically, the feminist one) was saying no, just don’t. Hello, Paula and Alex here! We seriously think that quote describes this book perfectly, plus isn’t it just completely true? We started this book thinking it would be intriguing at best, but we fell in love with it. I’m sure you’re wondering how a person falls in love with their stalker. I know where I’m going and I’ll get there eventually. The world makes way for those who know where they are going. Like me, they know what it’s like to grow up unloved. Now, at the age of twenty six, I’m educated, employed and damn good at my job. Soon as I turned sixteen, I left that bump in the road I called home and took my chances on the street. Growing up the way I did, you’d think I’d be more screwed up than what I actually am. ![]() ![]() Hitler became focused on England, offering peace treaties and other promises to them. In The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson the author tells of the critical year in London which would make or break Winston Churchill as an admired leader and politician.Īt the time Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of England (1940), Hitler was already invading Holland, Belgium, and soon after France. Larson’s books, especially In the Garden of Beasts, and I usually enjoy the type of historical stories which, while accurate, also has an eye towards rumors and how people saw it at the time, without the benefit of hindsight. ![]() My rating for The Splendid and the Vile- 3īuy The Splendid and the Vile from * Larson is an award winning author and a writer who spent much time on the best sellers’ lists. ![]() The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson is a nonfiction book, taking place between through following Churchill and his political brinkmanship during London’s darkest hour. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Love, whether requited or not, can be a killer. In about 200 pages, we are met with Woodson’s vast range, insight and tenderness, particularly in her treatment of young people carrying the weight of old souls. In Red at the Bone, the author refines the talent for finding precise language to describe overwhelm and passion, confusion and potential she exhibited in that memoir. In 2014, she won a National Book Award for Brown Girl Dreaming, a middle-grade memoir in verse. Woodson, internationally renowned for her work for young readers, has published more than 30 books over as many years. ![]() The novel is both a uniquely black story about multigenerational love and upward mobility–and a universal American tale of striving, failing, then trying again. Jacqueline Woodson’s latest book for adults looks at a middle-class black family in Brooklyn and the struggles and triumphs that brought them to this moment, celebrating the daughter who was the unexpected product of a teenage romance. A treasure awaits readers who encounter Red at the Bone, who descend the staircase with a loose step as 16-year-old Melody does in her coming-of-age party at the start of the novel. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Black hole burns![]() ![]() ![]() To say nothing of sprouting horns and moulting your skin. As hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying (and, believe it or not, autobiographical), Black Hole transcends its genre by deftly exploring a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it - back when it wasn't exactly cool to be a hippie any more, but Bowie was still just a little too weird. It is a must-see if you love graphic art and illustration. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high-school alienation itself - the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape. Last week we went to see Charles Burns retrospective exposition Museum M, Leuven. ![]() Read more or bring heightened awareness of it, or even to treat it. As we inhabit the heads of several key characters - some kids who have it, some who don't, some who are about to get it - what unfolds isn't the expected battle to fight the plague. The disease is manifested any number of ways - from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) - but once you've got it, that's it. ![]() We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the areas teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. And you thought your adolescence was scary. This work explores a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it. We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. ![]() |