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Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated The Confession in Books

May 10, 2018

The Confession

John Grisham | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics, Law, Thriller

7.5

(4 Ratings)

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John Grisham always has a way of making you want to jump through the book and slap someone.
Keith Schroeder is a Lutheran minister from Topeka, Kansas. One Sunday, a man on parole, attends services at his church. The next morning this man, Travis Boyett, comes to Keith and makes a bold confession.

Miles away in Sloan, Texas, Dante Drum an African-American ex-high school football player, sits on death row waiting for his execution. He was accused of raping and murdering the Caucasian cheerleader from his school. From the beginning, Dante has claimed his innocence. But with a forced confession and an eye witness, the execution will go on.

After Travis makes his startling confession to Keith, he tries all that he can to make the situation right.

Will the truth set Dante free??

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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Anger Is a Gift in Books

Apr 7, 2018

Anger Is a Gift

Mark Oshiro | 2018 | Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Young Adult (YA)

8.5

(2 Ratings)

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This book has left me speechless, in awe, and in tears. The timeliness of it with the #MarchFor OurLives can not be understated. It reminds us that minorities have been faced with violence for too long and often at the hands of those who are supposed to serve and protect. The diversity of the characters is truely a quilt of the underrepresented within this country. The care and compassion that Oshiro uses to create such deep characters makes a true impact on the reader. As a middle and elementary school teacher I don't think I could use this book to teach but I can recommend it. I think this book needs to be in every high school library in the country though and possibly used in the curriculum . It is a discussion that needs to be opened.

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David McK (3496 KP) rated Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) in Movies

Apr 9, 2019 (Updated Dec 23, 2020)

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

2017 | Action, Adventure

8.1

(307 Ratings)

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Spider-Man: The High School Spiderman

This is the web-slingers first full foray into the MCU, following his introduction in Captain America: Civil War (or, basically, Avengers 2.5).

And in this, thankfully, were spared yet another rendition of how he got his powers/Uncle Bens death, arriving already fully formed and with only a brief mention of getting bit by a spider and with no mention whatsoever of 'with great power comes great responsibilty'.

To the best of my knowledge, this is also the Vultures first big-screen appearance, although his own powers here come from scavenged alien tech rather than anything more 'comic-book'y. This also takes the unusual(?) approach of having Spider-Man being teenaged and still at school, rather than all the previous (non-MCU) movies in which he is leaving or has already left university.