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Educated by Tara Westover

February 20, 2019 by kella Leave a Comment

I added this as an impulse buy to an Amazon order because I kept seeing it pop up on so many “Best of 2018” lists. And for good reason. As many others have said, this book is phenomenal. Educated is Westover’s memoir; her story of growing up in an extreme, fanatical, Mormon household (no one was permitted to see a doctor, children weren’t enrolled in school, half of the kids didn’t even have birth certificates, etc). She eventually escapes from this life and goes on to […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Educated, Mormon, Tara Westover

kella's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: Educated, Mormon, Tara Westover ·
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Burned; charred, scorched, parched.

April 21, 2018 by Mrs Dillemma Leave a Comment

I adore a young adult novel that is well written, well thought out and makes me think – Burned did all of that and more. This novel is written in free verse which, at first, can feel daunting, but is a refreshing way to have a story told. Communicated in first person we really get inside the protagonists head, we understand her motivations on an intimate level, we relate to her drive and her desperation. Pattyn’s story is not lost in verse, if anything it […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: #burned, #CannonballRead10, #CannonballReadX, #CBR10, #CBRX, #EllenHopkins, #LDS, #Smoke, #YuccaMountainRange, Mormon

Mrs Dillemma's CBR10 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: #burned, #CannonballRead10, #CannonballReadX, #CBR10, #CBRX, #EllenHopkins, #LDS, #Smoke, #YuccaMountainRange, Mormon ·
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The More the Merrier….

March 31, 2014 by thewheelbarrow 2 Comments

I am an unabashed fan of Jon Krakauer so I was excited when this book became available at my library. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith is the story of the Lafferty brothers and the heinous murders they committed in 1984. The Lafferty brothers were Fundamentalist Mormons. They practiced polygamy and communicated directly with God via “revelations.” In 1984, they brutally murder Brenda Lafferty and her 15-month old daughter. Brenda was their sister-in-law and her daughter, their niece. Ron and Dan […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #polygamy, fundamentalism, Mormon, Utah

thewheelbarrow's CBR6 Review No:10 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #polygamy, fundamentalism, Mormon, Utah ·
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