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The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

Tupac wrote this as a young college student, and you can really feel it. Angsty, full of lifelong promises of love to different girls, but often truly insightful.

1984 by George Orwell

5.0

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 25th Anniversary Edition by Mitch Albom, Mitch Albom

2.0

Holes by Louis Sachar

4.0

Black: The Birth of Evil by Ted Dekker

4.0

White: The Great Pursuit by Ted Dekker

4.0

White Fang by Jack London

3.0

Call of the Wild, but in reverse. Still a good read, and actually got me a little emotional at the end. It's even better if you know some authorial backstory.

In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars by Mark Batterson

4.0

Four Views on Hell by

3.0

I wish I could rate Crockett's section alone - which is easily a five star piece. The three star rating is for the other authors, and not because of their doctrines, but because of their methods of interacting with one another. I would definitely say that a kind man is a man easier to agree with.

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

5.0

This is too good. If you're a Christian and you haven't read it, I now think "Shame on you" is applicable. If you're a non-Christian and haven't read it, I dare you to.