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Up next…reading this with my book club.

#bookspinbingo

Is Columbine a good book? Yes, undoubtedly. Would I recommend it? It‘s hard to say. It‘s a book that is incredibly well written and beyond reproach in terms of research and attention to detail… but that‘s also its downfall. It‘s scary and depressing and gory, at times. So, I guess, I could only recommend it with an asterisk: read with caution. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/columbine-dave-cullen-review/

In the wake of the Boston marathon bombing, kids in various high schools around the country are dealing with all the things teens have to deal with these days. Only there‘s an online forum where something terrible is being planned. Well done and thoughtful, but definitely some content warnings here (under spoiler tag below).

My first #Roll100 read!

Ironically, this tale about a young android is one of the most humane and heartfelt stories I‘ve read in a while. By turns it seems the narrative might go to some disturbing places, but it eventually ends up hitting right in the feels. Very touching, and emotional. Recommended!

#CoverLove #Gray

This book is absolutely devastating. And absolutely necessary. Chapter 52 should carry a huge trigger warning, though. My God. My. God. I‘m nauseous.
Listening to it was awful. It cannot compare to horror those who have had to suffer through these shootings have experienced, but…Jesus.

I don‘t know why I‘m doing this to myself. Maybe I see listening to this book a way to pay my respects. Maybe it‘s to try to make sense of this crazy world we live in—-of this even crazier country where we do nothing to stop these tragedies even though the solution is staring us right in the face. How many more? How. Many. More?!