J. L. Powers

Please tell me there's a sequel coming, Powers siblings? Because as much fun as this dip into Adam's world of soul guides and Limbo and feuding families and evil wannabe-Immortals has been, I can't leave Adam and Rachel and the family now.

Not now, when...well. I suppose I should probably avoid dragging a host of spoilers into this review. But suffice it to say that there must be much more of his world that Adam has yet to understand, and I want to be there when he discovers it—and discovers how, exactly, his family fits into everything.

In the meantime, I'll be over here, trying to imagine what my own Limbo might be...or which soul guide would help me cross over...and whether I'm crazy for thinking Adam's dad might just be who Severus Snape could've been if only he'd been blessed with a bit more love and job satisfaction in his life. (And probably trying to track down online quizzes that might assist me in answering any of those questions....)… (meer)

I won this book through the GoodReads First Reads Program.

This isn't the sort of book that one reads for pleasure, nor is it the sort of book one could necessarily say they enjoyed reading. [b:That Mad Game|5675224|When March Went Mad The Game That Transformed Basketball|Seth Davis|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312037677s/5675224.jpg|5846773] is a collection of essays from those who grew up during wars, or within warzones. The stories related are the lives of those born in internment camps, growing up with father's who suffer PTSD, and those refugees who attempted to escape the throes of a city in revolution. Also told are those whose towns have been occupied, or controlled by drug cartels. The stories are moving, rarely funny, but for the most part surprisingly optimistic. The future, the underlying current runs, could be better.

The essays in the book do not follow any theme, other than what I've before stated. The situations each person grew up in are radically different and through these situations one learns about the differences that exist from war to war, and how people react differently under these pressures. It's a fascinating sort of case study, if you will, and definitely conveys what [a:J.L. Powers|773359|J.L. Powers|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1220046825p2/773359.jpg] wished it to: the fact that children are often those affected worst by wars, and that the effects continue to grow from generation to generation.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who wishes to learn more about the wars going on, or that have gone on, from one country to another and what it is like to live through them. I also would recommend this book to anyone who wishes to get involved with charity work. Some of the implications of the stories are surprising, and some money one thinks may be spent best in one place may be better spent in somewhere rather different.… (meer)