Title: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Author: Richard Rothstein
My Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐
Why I gave this rating: When you look at the United States, it’s very clear that there are still segregated towns all over the country. It was a little eye opening reading the reasoning for a lot of these towns. I’ve come to realize that while I enjoy non-fiction, I need to prepare myself in advance for the amount of detail and statistics that comes with it. Obviously, it is crucial to helping the writing but sometimes I just want to move past that. Non-fiction is such a fascinating genre to me. It takes a topic that you may not know much about, and you leave it pretty educated.
People who would like this book: People wanting to read a non-fiction about race.
Favorite Quote: “Today’s residential segregation in the North, South, Midwest, and West is not the unintended consequence of individual choices and of otherwise well-meaning law or regulation but of unhidden public policy that explicitly segregated every metropolitan area in the United States”.
Title: Twenty Years Later
Author: Charlie Donlea
My Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Why I gave this rating: I liked this book from the beginning. It’s the perfect slow burn mystery that I would recommend for just about anyone. The only warning is that there is a few scenes that offer some explicit sexual details but in my opinion, it almost helps the book and the mystery behind it. I was at the 60% mark and convinced I knew what was going to happen, and it was already a 4 star read for me even though I thought I knew what the ending would be. But then it didn’t. And I’m not going to give any spoilers other than it was an ending I didn’t think of. Instantly becoming a 5. I finished the book and wanted to reread it again to see if I could pick up on different clues. Fantastic, fantastic read.
People who would like this book: People wanting a mystery without the scariness and gore of thrillers. Felt like a detective as you try and put the clues together.
Favorite Quote: “You know, when a loved one dies young your perception of them is placed in a time capsule. You’re only able to remember them as they were then, not as they would be today”.
Title: The Hacienda
Author: Isabel Canas
My Rating:⭐⭐
Why I gave this rating: I blame myself for trying to start this book at night. Wasn’t the time or the vibe. Also, for someone who has taken a good amount of spanish classes in her life and can read it pretty well, my brain was just not ready to translate at 11 pm. Kind of confused me a lot and was just waiting for things to happen. Then creepy things started happening and had to reevaluate if that was what I wanted to read. In the end, I couldn’t get into the book even when I tried reading it the following morning.
Title: Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds
Author: Pamela Rotner Sakamoto
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Why I gave this rating: This book has lots of details. Kind of like Kristin Hannah’s Four Winds without the Dust Bowl. Almost to the point of too much at some points. It was an incredibly fascinating to read but almost wished they talked less about their life pre war and more what it was like during and post war. However, the book was so intriguing to read especially from the different viewpoints of Japanese Americans and Japanese citizens during WWII. I feel like it is a story/view point that we don’t often hear from. Definitely opens your eyes.
People who would like this book: WWII fans looking to read about a different view of the war. Historical Fiction/Non Fiction fans.
Favorite Quote: “Each person, caught up in the moment, had no inkling that this was the last time this group would ever be together”.
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