Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer

So obviously I can’t get enough of the polygamy stories this year.   And wow.  Stolen Innocence:  My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer was amazing.  Escape by Carolyn Jessop (my book review) and Shattered Dreams, My Life [...]

The Raucous Royals by Carlyn Beccia

If there is one thing that I have learned from The Raucous Royals, Test Your Royal Wits: Crack Codes, Solve Mysteries and Deduce Which Royal Rumors Are True by Carlyn Beccia it is this:  I’ll never remember the full title and I can not spell raucous.  I have to look it up every time.  But [...]

Apples and Oranges, My Brother and Me, Lost and Found by Marie Brenner

Apples and Oranges:  My Brother and Me, Lost and Found by Marie Brenner is a memoir that I’m just not even sure how to review.  Something tells me that I’m supposed to like this book.  Perhaps, I thought that I would relate to Marie more than I did.  I freely admit that my little brother [...]

This is the Feast by Diane Z. Shore

Thanksgiving is quickly coming upon us and with so many Halloween and Christmas books on the market, Thanksgiving gets lost somewhere in the middle.  So it’s great to see a book like This is the Feast by Diane Z. Shore available to pick up the slack.
This is the Feast begins as the Mayflower sets sail [...]

The Road of Lost Innocence, The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine by Somaly Mam

The Road of Lost Innocence, The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine by Somaly Mam is yet another one that I think everybody should read!  It’s as simple as that:  read this book.  It’s heartbreaking, powerful, disturbing, and straightforward.  It’s also an amazing account of how one person can rise above their circumstances and lift [...]