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Book Review: Do It Scared by Ruth Soukup

Ruth Soukup’s new book Do It Scared has the tagline “Finding The Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Adversity, and Create a Life You Love.”  There are many books that are packed with tools and suggestions for goal-setting and encouragement. But what makes this book unique are Soukup’s unabashed willingness to share very intimate truths about her own journey and her no nonsense framework for exploring how fear shows up uniquely for each of us.    

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Book Review: Baby Teeth (2018)

Baby Teeth is an unsettling book by Zoje Stage. Seven-year-old Hanna Jensen is the the only child of Suzette and Alex. The point-of-view alternates between Suzette and Hanna. A look at other reviews of Baby Teeth all use the word “creepy” to describe Hanna. Is it possible that such a young child is capable of all the mayhem she’s causing or is something else–or someone else–directing Hanna’s actions? Continue Reading

Book Review The Hate U Give Angie Thomas (2017)

Book Review: The Hate U Give (2017)

The Hate U Give is the debut novel of author Angie Thomas that is also known by the acronym THUG. Thomas crafts a contemporary odyssey for the reader, seen through the eyes of Starr Carter, its teen narrator. Police violence and use of the n- and f-words have landed this book on the Banned Books List maintained by the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom after a Texas school district pulled The Hate U Give from its shelves in 2017. Continue Reading