Book Bucket List by https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q en-us 2019-01-14 13:38:11 UTC 2025-12-24 05:03:44 UTC hello@padlet.com The Cabin at the End of the World- by Paul Tremblay reedaw04 https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/320286523 The Cabin at the End of the World: A fiction horror book about a Seven-year-old girl named Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road.

This book has 272 pages and was published in 2018.

I selected this book because I love horror and thriller books because I makes you wanting to read more and this book stood out.]]> 2019-01-14 14:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/320286523 In Cold Blood- by Truman Capote reedaw04 https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/320742449 In Cold Blood a non-fiction murder mystery-reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. Truman Capote's comprehensive study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the effect it had on those involved. At the centre of his study are the amoral young killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickcock, who, vividly drawn by Capote, are shown to be reprehensible yet entirely and frighteningly human.

This book has 320 pages and was published in 2000

I selected this book because I love non-fiction crime books they fascinate me and reading what this book is about made me want to read more.

]]> 2019-01-15 13:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/320742449 Crime and Punishment- by Fyodor Dostoyevsky reedaw04 https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/320750425 In Crime and Punishment a non-fiction classic- Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Porfiry, a suspicious detective, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.

This book has 720 pages and was published in 2003

I selected this book because it seems really interesting. I like learning about people commiting crimes and all the reasons for it.

]]> 2019-01-15 13:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/320750425 I'll Be Gone in the Dark- by Michelle McNamara reedaw04 https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/320754579 In Ill Be Gone in the Dark a non-fiction crime classic- For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area.Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." McNamara pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was.  

This book has 328 pages
and was published in 2018 

I chose this book because i'm very fascinated by serial killers and the way they think and why they do the things they do. I think by reading this book ill be able to understand serial killers better.]]> 2019-01-15 14:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/320754579 The Great Gatsby- by F. Scott Fitzgerald reedaw04 https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/321861627 In The Great Gatsby a classic book- the story is of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his new love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted "gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession," it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.

This book has 180 pages and was published  April 10, 1925

I chose this book because it is an american classic and is one of the most popular classic books there is. Ive always heard about this book but have never read it and want to for the book project]]> 2019-01-17 19:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/321861627 Night- by by Elie Wiesel reedaw04 https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/321866859 In night a non-fiction book-Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again.
 
This book has 120 pages and was published in 1956

I chose this book because the holocaust fascinates me and hearing about a survivor and what they did to over come it just sounds incredible so because of that I wanna read Night.]]> 2019-01-17 19:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/321866859 The Minds of Billy Milligan-by Daniel Keyes reedaw04 https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/321992443 In The Minds of Billy Milligan- A portrait of a tortured young man, arrested for a series of kidnappings and rapes, explores the world of a multiple personality, whose traumatic childhood shattered his mind into twenty-four distinct personalities

This book is 374 pages and was published in 1981 

I chose this book because I watched the movie split. The movie is about a guy with multiple personalities and is based off this book. This guy commits all these crimes and doesn't even realize it so I wanna read more.]]> 2019-01-18 04:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/321992443 This Is Where It Ends-by Marieke Nijkamp reedaw04 https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/321992797 in This Is Where It Ends
a fiction book- 10:00 a.m. The principal of Opportunity High School finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester and encouraging them to excel and achieve.

10:02 a.m. The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.

10:03 a.m. The auditorium doors won't open.

10:05 a.m. Someone starts shooting.

Told from four different perspectives over the span of fifty-four harrowing minutes, terror reigns as one student’s calculated revenge turns into the ultimate game of survival. 

This book is 288 pages and was published in 2016

I chose this book because school shootings make me wanna learn more. I wanna learn more on the motives and how people deal with the after math. I think this book will help my understanding]]> 2019-01-18 04:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/321992797 A Child Called "It"- by Dave Pelzer reedaw04 https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/321993886 A Child Called "It" a non-fiction book- This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games—games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it."

This book is 184 pages long and published in 1985

I chose this books because I love reading books of people over coming nearly impossible stuff and this little boy over came the hardest thing any little boy would have to so I wanna read more and find out.
]]> 2019-01-18 04:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/321993886 Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction-by David Sheff reedaw04 https://padlet.com/reedaw04/cwty3gsd131q/wish/321994702 In Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction- What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity athlete and honor student adored by his two younger siblings. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who lied, stole, and lived on the streets. David Sheff traces the first warning signs: the denial, the three a.m. phone calls—is it Nic? the police? the hospital? His preoccupation with Nic became an addiction in itself

This book is 340 pages and was published in 2018

I chose this book because I read the book Tweak which is from the drug addicts perspective and this ones from his dads perspective I really wanna read this and probably will for 4th quarter because I enjoyed Tweak so much.
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