By Ron Suskind Rating: 2 stars. Maybe 1.5. I had high hopes for this book. It’s tagline is “An american odyssey from the inner city to the ivy league.” My hopes were dashed early on when I realized that the book, though a true story, was a story of hopelessness, save for one boy. He [...]

By Ernest J. Gaines Rating: 1 star. Apparently the Chicago Tribune and I fail to see eye to eye on some things. This book is one of them. I expected at least a tolerable read when I saw on the cover “This majestic, moving novel is an instant classic, a book that will be read, [...]