Book It Memoir: Leaving the Children of God ‘sex cult’ and her Macau childhood

- Friday, December 10, 2021 - 3 years ago No Comments 28,566 Views

Faith Jones’ vivid memoir “Sex Cult Nun” chronicles her 23 years in the infamous Children of God cult and her slow journey to leave. Born into the

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Book It | For such a small place, Iceland has a big influence

- Friday, May 28, 2021 - 3 years ago No Comments 4,826 Views

How has small Iceland been able to play such a big role in the world? The confluence of geology, fish and rugged explorers seems to have infused Icelanders with their

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Book It | Jhumpa Lahiri’s new novel is very novel

- Friday, May 21, 2021 - 3 years ago No Comments 5,692 Views

Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri is back with what is sure to be one of the more unique “novels” of the year. Readers can debate in book clubs whether it’s a

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Book It | ‘Missionaries’ sees our forever wars as vocation

- Thursday, October 8, 2020 - 4 years ago No Comments 7,047 Views

Phil Klay’s “Redeployment” was a masterwork in mostly spare prose, its tonal range from laugh-out-loud, Joseph Heller-esque absurdity to soul-crushing bleakness. It may be our best literary window into the