Whew. I joined this group to post about my favorite read for 2020 (so far), but I am so happy to have found this group and can't wait to read books I find on it - and post my finds. :)
But I REALLY REALLY want you to read this book. You are a book lover, you know how you get that book-high? The one where you read this amazing book and now EVERYONE has to read it? It becomes almost a religion to you - you must gain book converts!
I am going to share my review of this. There is another sequel - days 51-100. It is just as good. And the promise of more coming.
My review: I have been reading Jacob Abbot's history collection, and I needed a break from history. Not TOO much of one, but definitely a little break. So of course I turned to Kindle Unlimited.
I love Kindle Unlimited. Yes, I get a lot of really trash books I rarely get past the first chapter in.
But sometimes I land a real gem - and this one, along with it's follow-up Days 51-100, is such a gem.
I can't think of any other Kindle Unlimited books I bought - but I bought both of these. They are very much keepers.
I am a conservative and very much a law and order person - both in my personal life and my beliefs. I have never once been in trouble with the law. I don't engage in illegal activities. I don't even speed. Well, I very rarely speed. I am a firm general supporter of police, FBI, prisons, and the criminal justice system.
However even I realize there are major, major issues that need to be addressed in all of the above. This book fine-tuned that realization.
There are three things I look for in a good read. Was I entertained? Was I informed/educated? And was I inspired? Very rarely do I find all three met in a book.
This book EASILY met all three.
Reading this is like having the author over for a lazy Saturday afternoon chat. Curled up on the couch with a glass of sweet tea, listening to his memories, thoughts, and beliefs. I absolutely loved it. I hated it. My heart was broken before I was 20% in.
This book is about a man in prison. But it is SO much more than that. It is a devastating review of our entire criminal justice system - by someone with enough honesty to appreciate the good it does as well as the evil. It is an intriguing and frighteningly honest look at human nature - both the profoundly base aspects of it as well as the astonishingly beautiful. We watch the author move from frightened to inspired to apathetic to miserably lonely and back again. Not only do we watch it - we feel it.
I cannot recommend this book enough. Please read it. Don't just read it. Buy it. Good artists deserve to be compensated for the thoughtful beauty they provide to the world.
But I REALLY REALLY want you to read this book. You are a book lover, you know how you get that book-high? The one where you read this amazing book and now EVERYONE has to read it? It becomes almost a religion to you - you must gain book converts!
I am going to share my review of this. There is another sequel - days 51-100. It is just as good. And the promise of more coming.
My review:
I have been reading Jacob Abbot's history collection, and I needed a break from history. Not TOO much of one, but definitely a little break. So of course I turned to Kindle Unlimited.
I love Kindle Unlimited. Yes, I get a lot of really trash books I rarely get past the first chapter in.
But sometimes I land a real gem - and this one, along with it's follow-up Days 51-100, is such a gem.
I can't think of any other Kindle Unlimited books I bought - but I bought both of these. They are very much keepers.
I am a conservative and very much a law and order person - both in my personal life and my beliefs. I have never once been in trouble with the law. I don't engage in illegal activities. I don't even speed. Well, I very rarely speed. I am a firm general supporter of police, FBI, prisons, and the criminal justice system.
However even I realize there are major, major issues that need to be addressed in all of the above. This book fine-tuned that realization.
There are three things I look for in a good read. Was I entertained? Was I informed/educated? And was I inspired?
Very rarely do I find all three met in a book.
This book EASILY met all three.
Reading this is like having the author over for a lazy Saturday afternoon chat. Curled up on the couch with a glass of sweet tea, listening to his memories, thoughts, and beliefs. I absolutely loved it. I hated it. My heart was broken before I was 20% in.
This book is about a man in prison. But it is SO much more than that. It is a devastating review of our entire criminal justice system - by someone with enough honesty to appreciate the good it does as well as the evil. It is an intriguing and frighteningly honest look at human nature - both the profoundly base aspects of it as well as the astonishingly beautiful. We watch the author move from frightened to inspired to apathetic to miserably lonely and back again. Not only do we watch it - we feel it.
I cannot recommend this book enough. Please read it. Don't just read it. Buy it. Good artists deserve to be compensated for the thoughtful beauty they provide to the world.