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Goodreads Update

What I've Read Lately

Goodbye Days

by Jeff Zentner

Nobody is doing Young Adult Fiction better than Jeff Zentner right now. Older teens will appreciate how he captures conflicting emotions and tumultuous relationships while keeping a great sense of humor.

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J.D. Vance

It took me FOREVER to finish this. I almost abandoned it, but picked it up over Spring Break. It's difficult to read because this is a childhood that we'd rather not know about. The second half of the book is most fascinating to me as h...