Dustin Strange-Earning Freedom
Vincent Artur Taffe-Hillbilly Elegy
1.I chose this book for several reasons, the foremost of which being that the author and subject is the current VP-nominee for the Republican party and I’d like to give the man a chance to speak for himself without my impression of him being influenced by the constant slamming he gets in the news. Other […]
Celeste Monette Blair-Earning Freedom Part 1
I am reading EARNING FREEDOM, by Michael Santos It’s been a long time since I have found myself as motivated and encouraged by another person. It’s been even longer since I have been impressed by a male, a former prisoner. While reading his book, EARNING FREEDOM, I constantly find myself wanting to stand at a […]
Kevin Galetto-The Shack
Georgiana Elizabeth Jones-Cosmos
I have heard of this man being quoted throughout my life and I happened to see his book in the library, so I decided to take a look. What a gem this book is!! With his sing-song writing, which put me in the mind of Bob Ross and his “happy little trees” Mr… Sagan takes […]
Dana McIntyre-In Pursuit of the Common Good
The story chronicles the start and explosive growth of what is now an International brand. Newman’s Own products can be found in just about any grocery store. It started as a Christmas tradition, mixing up a batch of Mr. Newman’s Salad dressing in an old barn at his home in Connecticut, bottling it up and […]
Robert Jesenik-Among the Gods Book Report
This is the follow-up book to Strength of His Hand, a fellow inmate gave me from the chapel here at FCI Lompoc II. Unfortunately, these are all we have of the five part series. The story has 2 separate but interrelated tracks. First, King Hezekiah has died, and his oldest son, Manasseh is now King. […]
Robert Jesenik-The Strength of His Hand Book Report
One of my fellow inmates with whom I attend weekly church with referred this book. He found this and one other by the same author in the “grocery cart” of books at the Chapel, and I’m sure glad he did! One of my favorite prophets in the Bible is Isaiah , but his book in […]
Dana McIntyre-1984
Although written over 70 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s’ chilling prophecy about the future.In many ways, especially with technology evolving at the pace that it is and todays ability to access information on anything and anyone with a simple Google search, the book is unsettling and sobering.While 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian […]
Melinda Bixler-Rising Strong
Why I read this book:I can’t think of a much greater fall than going to prison. With that in mind, I invested time leading up to it identifying people who helped me stay in a good headspace. Some of these people were known to me and many were not. Not long before I began serving […]
