I honestly am unsure what to say about this book, the main character Margot is so awful, whiny and needy that it's hard to root for her at all. I wanted to really love her and this book and use it to create some diverse curriculum but I'm not sure we are ready for such an unlikeable protagonist.

Starting these beauties! Let's see how long the small people let me read!

Excerpts from The Ladders of Ascent in The Badass Librarians of Timbuktu

I thought Ellen would move a little faster than she is, lots of stuff going on in the story and all 5 POV are pretty depressing. Not sure if I'll make it to book 2.

So true.

Starting this beauty tonight.

This doesn't look as enjoyable as my last book 😳 yay for professional development.

What a fast read! I love JP and the women's murder club for taking me away from real life for a few hours.

What a heart wrenching tale of love and redemption. This was such a quick read and such an important story about race and second chances.

You should be feeling whatever your feeling, Jill.

I didn't need to say anything more. You can tell all you need to know about someone from the way cows are around him.

I wanted to love this because it has a female protagonist who kicks ass, but I felt like the story was pretty anti-climatic. I am not sure at this point if I'll recommend it or read the rest of the trilogy.

Fear and realization of ignorance were strong medicines against stupid people.

"That's not a plan," I say. "That's a let's-try-this-and-hope-it-works fiasco."