What Are We Currently Reading?

[grommit2]

Finished The Women by Kristin Hannah.
Kristin authored one of the best books ever, The Great Alone.  The Women has some distinctive, compelling and powerful episodes. Its core message is that women who served in Vietnam were ignored and unsupported after their tours were over.

[Bookish Jen]

I just finished "The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us" by Rachel Bergstein. I loved this book. Bergstein really showed how Ms. Blume, once a suburban housewife went on to be one of the most iconic (and yes, controversial) writers of young adult literature and how she affected readers, writers, and books for tweens, teens, and adults. I can't recommend it enough.

And right now I'm reading "Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do with Their Money, and Why You Should Hate Them More" by economist Rob Larson. This book is quite enlightening and it's also really pissing me off.

[andromeda331]

11 hours ago, grommit2 said:

Finished The Women by Kristin Hannah.
Kristin authored one of the best books ever, The Great Alone.  The Women has some distinctive, compelling and powerful episodes. Its core message is that women who served in Vietnam were ignored and unsupported after their tours were over.

It really doesn't surprise me. Men or women returning home were ignored, forgotten and told to forget about it.  They were all messed up and no one where to go for help. It really sucks how badly they were treated by well everyone but especially the government.