(Dissappointing) August 2018 Wrap-Up

I had a shitty reading month in August. I managed to get through 3 books. 

First I read:

This is a non-fiction about a man's search for information on his biological parents, and stumbles into proof that his father was the notorious Zodiac Killer from Northern California who operated in the 1960's and 1970's. 

(4/5 Stars)✮✮✮✮

Next I read:

I won this book in a giveaway on Twitter from the author. It is a fast paced fiction in which a man who suffers from a psychotic break, due to the deaths of his wife and daughter, finds himself driving a car that he has no memory of getting into. And worse, there's a girl in the car that he apparently kidnapped, and he has no memory of that either. The girl that's with him starts to help him piece together bits of events that have led up to their current situation. He begins to remember little bits here and there but he slips in and out of blackouts. The pair are on the run from a leader of an organized crime group. The girl being said leader's wife. They are out for revenge but they must keep themselves alive in order to get justice.

This is a relatively short novella. Good pacing, but predictable. It's reminiscent of Jason Statham in Crank meets Bonnie and Clyde.
(3/5 Stars)✮✮✮

And the last book I read in August is:

A non-fiction book about the events leading up to, the execution of, and the aftermath of one of the most widely known tragedies in US history. The school shooting of Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. 
Dave Cullen does a spectacular job at piecing apart the sections of the monumental event. He discusses the lives of the shooters (Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris) and how they came to acquire such an arsenal. He sheds light on their social lives, their home lives, and their mental health, or lack thereof. 
He examines Klebold and Harris's plan and quotes from their journals throughout the book so the reader can grasp what the boys were thinking and feeling at the time. 
Cullen also put some rumors to rest, that the media seemed to have been the catalyst of. 
The boys were not bullied. This was not the classic "bullied into shooting up the school because he was pushed too far" scenario. These boys were just plain evil. I am so glad that I read this because it gave me a fresh perspective on the tragedy. I was 14 when Columbine happened and revisiting the story as an adult has definitely been eye opening to say the least.


So there ya have it folks...my underwhelming August Wrap-up! 
Thanks for reading!