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I grew up poor in a small, dusty town in New Mexico. My mother had always struggled with reading comprehension, and she made it a priority to develop a love of reading within me at a young age. She accidentally turned me into a voracious reader by letting me loose in a library a few too many times. With no cable television at home, I would browse an old set of encyclopedias and read about…
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakaur – Extreme religious beliefs lead to an appalling double murder illuminating much deeper and more violent undertones of an isolated community living throughout the Americas. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNemara – Mixing memoir and true crime, one journalist…
CCPL Staff Some of my earliest memories are of my parents reading to me. Every day after lunch, my mom would read to us and every day before bed my dad would read out loud. My Dad laughs and says my mom never wanted jewelry, just another bookshelf! They instilled…
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen Endurance by Scott Kelly I’ll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara