The purpose of this blog is to enable people to provide comments on books being considered by the selection committee. You can also see the comments of the selection committee members. State what you like and dislike about the books listed and whether you think it would be appropriate as the campus reading book and why. Thank you.
Caution: There are spoilers in the comments to the posts.
While this is an engaging book most of the time, it also makes you wonder how much of it is true. It seems a bit far fetched at times. It portrays a very disfunctional family with parents who abuse their children. I don't think there are enough or as wide a range of discussion topics in this book as we find in many others. I do not recommend this book for the reading program selection.
read this book last year when we were considering it. i think it is not only a bit far-fetched but also rather brutal, and although that may be challenging for our students, i think it very well might turn many off. i had trouble getting through it as well, which is generally not an issue for me. i would not recommend this book at all.
I tried to read this book last year and was revolved. I am offended that it is OK to recommend a book that depicts Cjristianity this way when we would never consider such a book about any other religion. Let's get soemthing informative or uplifting.
I tried to read this book last year and was revolted. I am offended that it is OK to recommend a book that depicts Christianity this way when we would never consider such a book about any other religion. Let's get something informative or uplifting.
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While this is an engaging book most of the time, it also makes you wonder how much of it is true. It seems a bit far fetched at times. It portrays a very disfunctional family with parents who abuse their children. I don't think there are enough or as wide a range of discussion topics in this book as we find in many others. I do not recommend this book for the reading program selection.
Comment from 2008 from a committee member: "Couldn’t get through this one, started off good, but found it a bit too “heartrending” and depressing."
read this book last year when we were considering it. i think it is not only a bit far-fetched but also rather brutal, and although that may be challenging for our students, i think it very well might turn many off. i had trouble getting through it as well, which is generally not an issue for me. i would not recommend this book at all.
I tried to read this book last year and was revolved. I am offended that it is OK to recommend a book that depicts Cjristianity this way when we would never consider such a book about any other religion. Let's get soemthing informative or uplifting.
I tried to read this book last year and was revolted. I am offended that it is OK to recommend a book that depicts Christianity this way when we would never consider such a book about any other religion. Let's get something informative or uplifting.
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