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A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society by Eugene H. Peterson
4.0
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
5.0
I was surprised by this book, expecting it to be more like 100 Years of Solitude, full of magical realism and historical allegories. Instead, it was a not-so-straightforward love story, comparing love to cholera and showing that all consuming love isn't necessarily pretty. I love Garcia Marquez's writing style, the way he fits words and makes comparisons that most wouldn't even consider. He makes near-heartless truths seem eloquent: "Life in the world, which had caused her so much uncertainty before she was familiar with it, was nothing more than a system of atavistic contracts, banal ceremonies, preordained words, with which people entertained each other in society in order not to commit murder." The women in his books are most definitely not helpless, which I find interesting in a Columbian writer. At the end, I just couldn't stop reading.
The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld by Christine Wiltz
3.0
The writer of this book wasn't the best, but it was a fairly interesting subject on life in the underworld of New Orleans. I wish it had been more about the history rather than Norma, but the book was meant to be a biography I suppose
A Promising Man (and about Time, Too) by Elizabeth Young
4.0
I admit. I like the quirkiness of British humor, or that Brit Chick Lit is actually funny, whereas most others are not. The many many plotlines were great as well.
Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students, for Students by Robert H. Miller
4.0
Overall, fairly helpful, and useful in solidifying my decision to go to law school. The only negative is that it seems to concentrate on people going to the Top 20 of law schools, and for people that didn't go to one of about 25 undergraduate institutions, this is nearly impossible. It makes quite a bit of what is said about getting a summer position or a clerkship a bit moot.