Started: 10/23/18
Finished: 10/29/18
Year: 2017
Pages: 444
Genre: Fiction
Grade: B
Reason for reading: participating in bookring through Bookcrossing.com
Blurb (from book jacket): "Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds the poor black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, at the hands of a police office. Khalil was unarmed.
"Soon afterward, Khalil's death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Starr's best friend at school suggests he may have had it coming. When it becomes clear the police have little interest in investigating the incident, protesters take to the streets and Starr's neighborhood becomes a war zone. What everyone wants to know is: What really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr.
"But what Starr does-or does not-say could destroy her community. It could also endanger her life."
Opinion: For a debut novel, this is intense. The dialogue reads like you are in the different communities and reacts accordingly. A powerful book.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Intent to Kill by James Grippando
Started: 9/10/18
Finished: 10/26/18
Year: 2009
Pages: 375
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Grade: B+
Reason for reading: off the TBR shelf
Blurb (from back cover): "Accidents happen...Ryan James' promising baseball career was derailed before it even got started-when a hit-and-run driver killed his wife, Chelsea, leaving Ryan alone to care for their beautiful little girl. Now, three years later, he's a popular sports radio host in Boston, still haunted by a tragic crime that was never solved.
"But this was no accident Then, on the anniversary of Chelsea's death, Ryan receives a chilling message from an anonymous tipster: 'I know who did it.' The shocking revelation that it may have come from Chelsea's autistic younger brother sets Ryan on a twisted path toward a shattering truth that threatens Ryan, his daughter, and everyone around them."
Opinion: I continue to enjoy reading Grippando's works. Even though it took a while to read, it was still fast paced and gripping. Life got in the way of my reading it quicker.
Finished: 10/26/18
Year: 2009
Pages: 375
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Grade: B+
Reason for reading: off the TBR shelf
Blurb (from back cover): "Accidents happen...Ryan James' promising baseball career was derailed before it even got started-when a hit-and-run driver killed his wife, Chelsea, leaving Ryan alone to care for their beautiful little girl. Now, three years later, he's a popular sports radio host in Boston, still haunted by a tragic crime that was never solved.
"But this was no accident Then, on the anniversary of Chelsea's death, Ryan receives a chilling message from an anonymous tipster: 'I know who did it.' The shocking revelation that it may have come from Chelsea's autistic younger brother sets Ryan on a twisted path toward a shattering truth that threatens Ryan, his daughter, and everyone around them."
Opinion: I continue to enjoy reading Grippando's works. Even though it took a while to read, it was still fast paced and gripping. Life got in the way of my reading it quicker.
Monday, October 22, 2018
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
Started: 8/28/18
Finished: 10/21/18
Year: 1991
Pages: 631
Genre: True Crime
Grade: A
Reason for reading: grabbed off TBR shelf
Blurb: David Simon was hesitantly welcomed into Baltimore's Homicide Division for a year. This is his account.
Opinion: When I discovered the TV Show "Homicide" several years ago, I loved it. I enjoyed the writing and saw David Simon's name attached. I discovered that he had written this before the show. This makes readers feel like they are with the homicide detectives when they are called for a new murder and the attempts that they take in order to solve the mystery. If you are a fan of police procedural TV shows, you should take a look at this book.
Finished: 10/21/18
Year: 1991
Pages: 631
Genre: True Crime
Grade: A
Reason for reading: grabbed off TBR shelf
Blurb: David Simon was hesitantly welcomed into Baltimore's Homicide Division for a year. This is his account.
Opinion: When I discovered the TV Show "Homicide" several years ago, I loved it. I enjoyed the writing and saw David Simon's name attached. I discovered that he had written this before the show. This makes readers feel like they are with the homicide detectives when they are called for a new murder and the attempts that they take in order to solve the mystery. If you are a fan of police procedural TV shows, you should take a look at this book.
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