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Small Great Things – 2018 Reading Challenge Suggestion

Small Great Things – 2018 Reading Challenge Suggestion

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult tackles relevant themes such as prejudice, privilege, race and justice.   It would fit into the the following categories for the 2018 reading challenge:  Criminal Intent for the courtroom procedural portion of the book, & pay it forward as you’ll finish this book and want your friend to read it so you can discuss it. The novel opens with Ruth Jefferson a seasoned labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital. During her shift, Ruth…

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Columbine – 2018 Reading Challenge Suggestion

Columbine – 2018 Reading Challenge Suggestion

Another school shooting happened this week.  This brings me back to the following book I read this year.  This would fit into the criminal intent category for the 2018 reading challenge.  Columbine by Dave Cullen is a well-researched account of the victims and shooters of the Columbine High School Massacre which took place in 1999.  Dave  Cullen had arrived on the scene in Columbine an hour after the shooting started and this moment in time has forever shaped his life. …

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11/22/63 – 2018 Reading Challenge Suggestion

11/22/63 – 2018 Reading Challenge Suggestion

Sometimes it’s hard enough to pick a book to read that’s 350 pages.   Now double that!  That can be quite the commitment to take on for your leisure reading.  You might as well enjoy yourself while conquering the Big Bad category of the 2018 reading challenge. 11/22/63 by Stephen King is not the classic horror that King is know for.  11/22/63 is fiction, speculative fiction, true crime, historical fiction, science fiction/fantasy.  This one is a complex melting pot of genres. …

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