285 books overall; 177 books read in the last year; 22 books read in the last month. That's an average of 0 books each month.
Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival by Jen Marlowe was written after the success of the documentary film of the same name. The documentary was filmed by three activist students who visited the refugee camps in eastern Chad and then snuck across the border into Darfur, Sudan to film evidence and testimony from Darfurians about the [...]
The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur by Brian Steidle and co-written with his sister Gretchen Steidle Wallace was simply heartbreaking.
When Brian Steidle retired from the Marines, he started looking for a job in which he could utilize his military skills. While browsing the classifieds, he came upon an ad [...]
It took me an agonizing six weeks to read We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories by Rwandaby Philip Gourevitch. Don’t let the word agonizing fool you though, because I thought this book was really important for one simple reason: the more we know, the less [...]
Wow. Wow. Escape by Carolyn Jessop (with Laura Palmer) deserves two wow’s. No, let’s make it three. WOW. After reading Shattered Dreams, My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife by Irene Spencer (my book review here) I knew that I wanted more. So glad that I read this one. If I thought Shattered Dreams talked about [...]
Wow. I could not put down Shattered Dreams, My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife by Irene Spencer. I carried it with me everywhere and snuck in pages whenever I could. I kept discussing everything that I was reading with my husband because I could not believe that woman actually lived like Irene Spencer. After I [...]
