What is the last book you read, and your rating?

[Redlegs]

I really can't remember the last time a book made me so continuously angry, for the whole damn 750+ pages!

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn has been around a while, so it doesn't include any Presidents from this century, but it does cover the period from 1492 to the late 1990s, into Bill Clinton's Presidency.

This book provides an alternative record of American history, a "peoples" history, which is not the version taught in schools, and is therefore not widely known to most people with a passing knowledge of American history, its key events and prominent characters.

This is the story of oppression, degradation, institutionalized suppression to the point of mass slaughter and even genocide of the American population, with the aim of preserving an progressing the capitalist aims and ideals of the rich and powerful at the expense of general citizens.

It wasn't until the major mass movement uprisings of the 1960s and 1970s, with protests against the Vietnam War, black rights, gay rights, women's rights and even a revival of native American protest, that any real concessions toward a genuine democracy were achieved. The protests were so large and vehement they couldn't be ignored.

If you want to understand America today, read this book. It shows that Trump is not an aberration oj substance, just a minor diversion in style. It should be compulsory reading for every young American student, and it makes fascinating and enlightening reading for non-Americans who are interested in understanding the so-called most powerful nation on earth.

5 stars out of 5

[Sabina G]

The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell 5/5.

[Marie Kala]

The last book I read was This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab. I would probably rate it 3.8/5. It was a cool book with interesting characters, but the ending seemed to leave some things left unsaid.

[Gingerbo0ks]

Finally finished American Gods, which I'd give 3.5/5. I mostly read it whilst traveling. I'll write up my thoughts soon. The idea is very clever and there is a good bunch of characters. The description is well done and the storytelling quirky and funny at times. I felt it was bit too trippy and I have mixed feelings about the end.

[Abayomi2060]

McDowell by William H. Coles. I rated it 3 out of 4 stars

[Ana Njeri]

My last book was escape by Belle Ami. I gave it a rating of 4/4. For a new author, writing in a field like romance, I felt Belle Ami the author, had truly done a great job.

[alwaysdaddygirl]

One of the last books I read was Descendant: The Revelations of Oriceran (The Kacy Chronicles Book 1) by A. L. Knorr and Martha Carr

This book is the first in a series entitled Descendant, by A.L. Knorr and Martha Carr, and it hooks you from the start. The story is beautiful. Jordan's mother disappeared when Jordan was a child. Years later, not long after Jordan earns her masters, she is given something that sends her on a long quest. I was with her all the way, unable to put the book down. My only issue is the cliffhanger ending, which left me with the sense that the thrilling final scene was missing a few pages. Nevertheless, I give this book four stars, because of its captivating story and the touching father-daughter bond at the heart of the narrative. I am craving the follow-up.
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[IanYanny]

The last book I read was Life Before by K.L. Romo and I gave it a rating of 3/4. I am actually in the middle of The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory.

[Leonidas Ndeta]

Escape by Belle Ami and I rated it 3 out of 4 stars. It is a good Romance thriller book to read

[Fran]

God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
Brilliant read on the incidious nature of racism and the damage children carry into adulthood.
Can't recommend it highly enough 4/4*

[Elle Howard]

My Trip to Adele by R.I.Alyaseer and A.I.Alyaseer. I rated it 4 out of 4 stars. It was well written and very entertaining.

[MsTri]

Just today, I finished reading - and reviewing - Blood Moon Over Africa and I rated it 3/4 due to grammatical errors, but as far as content, it was a 10.

[Emie Cuevas]

The last book I read was the Jewish FBI Agent. I gave this 4 out of 4 stars. However the publishers seem to most reticent in paying me for it, so I regret reading it now.

[Redlegs]

First published in 1918, My Antonia by Willa Cather is one of a trilogy of her novels featuring the wide plains of Nebraska, that were the world of her own childhood.

My Antonia is based on a real girl from Cather's childhood, Anna Sadikek Paveka, but is narrated in the novel from the perspective of Jim Burden, a fictional childhood friend who developed a deep affection for Antonia. The story is told retrospectively by a middle-aged Jim.

Antonia Shimerda is the young daughter of Bohemian (Czech) migrants, one family of a significant wave of European and Scandinavian migrants that flooded to America in the latter part of the 19th century.

Antonia, was a pretty, stoic and determined girl in a poor family that struggled to raise themselves above poverty. Jim, living with his grandparents after the death of his own parents, befriended Antonia and her family from a young age, and developed an innocent affection for her as well as helping her to learn English and adjust to the ways of her new country.

As Jim reminisces on his childhood and adolescent memories of Antonia and life in Black Hawk, Nebraska, we are introduced to many of the characters that make up this nascent community, including several other migrant families, and especially Antonia's female friends. Lena Lingard, the seemingly flirtatious Swedish girl, whose personality and demeanour are in stark contrast to the more earnest and chaste Antonia, plays a significant role in the narrative.

In many ways, this is a pastoral novel, as Cather effuses eloquently on her deep love for the expanses of the Nebraska prairie, portraying the harsh depths of snow-bound winters, the extreme heat of long dry simmers and the lush bounties of spring, full of wheat and corn and cows.

I found this to be a very engaging, completely charming novel that I enjoyed even more than her later 1923 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, One of Ours.

4.5 stars out of 5.

[Oliver Ekaso]

I just finished Jack of Kinrowan by Charles De Lint. I give it 4/5 stars.

Fun, fast-paced reading for those who love urban fantasy.

Roadmap to the End of Days by Daniel Friedmann. Rated it 4/4