2021: #23 – Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Patrick Radden Keefe)

Before reading this book, all I knew about the Troubles in Ireland was that the Catholics and Protestants hated each other and the IRA blew stuff up. Now I can say I know a whole heck of a lot more. The framing of Radden Keefe’s history of the conflict is the disappearance of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 who had just lost her husband

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2005: #75 – Under the Banner of Heaven (Jon Krakauer)

Book #75 was Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer. I read this book as a matter of curiosity. It was actually recommended to us by Scott’s brother, who is married to a Mormon girl. And really, I’ve learned more about Mormonism in the last 5 years than I’ve known my whole live. And not just from my sister-in-law — my sister married a

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