Book Review #30: "Evicted"

Hey Everyone,

     I am going to review the book "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City," by Matthew Desmond.  Matthew Desmond is an associate professor at Harvard University, a co-director of the Justice and Poverty Project, and also the author of a book "On the Fireline." This book is a first hand account of Matthew Desmond's observations, his experiences, among eight families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who are struggling with poverty and eviction. It is also about the landlords who profit off of them, and the flawed system America has with keeping the poor, poor. Overall I rated this book five stars out of five. This book is a must read, we need to bring this book into America's classrooms. There is so much information on this book all over. To find more information on this book and on how you can help CLICK HERE. Below is a video book trailer.

This book was just released on March 1, 2016, and it was published by The Crown Publishing Group.  I am definitely regretting that I did not read this earlier. And for those of you who are interested to purchase a copy of this book CLICK HERE. 

     This book was difficult to read, it actually made my stomach sick because of how the poor are thrown out of their houses, all in a scheme to make profit for the landlords etc.. It was sickening in reading about the deplorable conditions that these families lived in. As difficult this book was to read it is one that must be read. It is one that will unveil the ignorance and blindness that some wear. This is a subject that everyone needs to read about and expose ourselves to. No one will truly understand unless one has lived in this type of situation. And there is no one better to write this book than Matthew Desmond the author, who himself grew up in a family who was financially struggling. 

     I would like to thank The Reading Room, Matthew Desmond, and The Crown Publishing Group for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Until the next page,

Jill

Book Review #28: "The Amber Project"

Hey Everyone,

     I am going to review the book "The Amber Project: The Variant Saga Book One," by J. N. Chaney. This book was published on April 12, 2015. So far this series consists of two books, with the second book being "Transient Echoes: The Variant Saga Book Two."  To purchase a copy of "The Amber Project" CLICK HERE. This book is a dystopian set in the future, taking place after an apocalyptic event that caused most of human kind to die. It starts off years later in a new society formed living under ground because the air on earth called Variant will kill anyone it touches. However, things are changing, and changing fast, when a generation of children are engineered to be able to survive on Earth breathing in the air known as Variant. In reading this book you will find that things aren't always as they seem to be.

     Overall I rated this book four stars out of five. I am surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. Because I will say as I began reading this, I was thinking I wasn't going to like it. However, as I read on further (good thing) I found that I was truly enjoying this book and glad that I did not put this book down for good. I loved the intertwined plots and themes in this book. It was an exciting, hard to put down book. I will say I really enjoyed the creativity of the author, unlike other books the creativity was displayed well in this story.  I would highly recommend this book. However, for those of you who are sensitive to horror elements, this book may not be for you. I, in particular am not a general fan of horror novels, but I did enjoy this book because the elements of horror were only a small part of the book. I am looking forward to reading the second book in this series, when I finish it you all will be the first to know.

     I would like to thank The Reading Room and J. N. Chaney, for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

  

Until the next page,

Jill