I’ve done it. I have found the perfect book, and I have reached the goal. 52 books read and reviewed in just over 10 months, and boy, am I hitting this milestone with a dozy. This is absolutely a contender for Book of the Year. Lies We Tell Ourselves is a book about desegregation in 1959 Virginia. It’s a book about accepting who we are and realizing that sometimes we are so much more important that we think. It’s a book about challenging the views that we’ve held onto for out entire lives. About learning to think, not just parrot back what we’ve been taught. About standing up to the strongest adversaries and the absolute fear that comes with it. About discovering all the shades of gray that appear on the spectrum of who we think we are, and who we end up being. It’s stunning, moving, and beautifully written.
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Great review! I have this book sitting at home waiting for me right now, I guess I’d better get to it! Congratulations on your Cannonball too!!
Thank you! And yes, go go go. I’ll wait here until you’re done.
Cannonball! Congrats! And now after multiple raves, onto the library hold list it goes!
Yay! It’s really a fantastic book, so I hope you enjoy it. And thank you!
WhaHoo! Happy double cannonball!
Thanks! :D
Yay, so glad you liked it! :D And happy Cannonball!!
Thank you!
Congrats on your cannonball. And yes, that book ROCKED.
It was so, so good. I’m surprised to see it came out last year, actually. Why didn’t we find it sooner?!
Congratulations on your cannonball! And great review!
Thank you!
Congrats! And now I have another book on my to-read list.
Well, my work here is done. And thank you!
Congratulations!
Thanks! :D
Happy Cannonball!
Thank you! I’m dorkily excited about it.
Congrats on your cannonball!
Thank you!
Happy Cannonball! I’ve been a bit out of it with catching up on work and trying to limit my time on the computer because of the concussion, so this competely passed me by. Sorry to be late to the party. Great review.
Oh my gosh! No, I’d say those are very, very good reasons. Thank you, and I hope you’re back to all systems go soon.
Congrats!!!!
Read it over the weekend, and it was EXCELLENT! Thanks for the recommendation and prompting to get it read.