I can easily recommend both Warriors Don’t Cry and Paperboy. In a way they share a similar theme of struggle and standing out as “different.” May we all learn to better respect and honor our differences. Hope you enjoy these books if you get around to them, Kathryn!

Yay! Glad to hear that you got your manuscript finished, Floyd! I’ll put your book at the top of the stack when it’s published.

Kym, if it’s any encouragement to you, Frederick Douglass is a short book! 🙂 Sometimes that prompts me to pick up a book sooner rather than later.

I love hearing Malala speak, too. I watched a documentary on TV about her during July, and it helped me “hear” her voice in my head as I read. Such courage from one so young!

The stillness book will be a quick read for an expert like you, Jean. There isn’t a lot of new information in it, but sometimes just hearing affirmation of what we already know can also be encouraging. 🙂

I like how you phrase that, Dolly: “we must honor the truth and the experiences of those who went through them.” I couldn’t agree with you more. If I think it’s hard to read, I can’t imagine how difficult it was to live through. 🙁

I loved Rising Strong by Brene Brown. Well, I’ve loved all her books I’d read so far. Hope you enjoy it too!

Not reading anything this month. Just finished a manuscript that I started four and a half years ago… and now I’m like a zombie. Not the scary part, just the glazed eyes and drooling part.