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2019-01-02 03:40

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With the U.S. beginning to enforce a "no-fly zone" over Libya and the Egyptians voting on a new constitution and authoritarian regimes cracking down in Bahrain and Yemen, could a book be any more timely? Inside the Kingdom offers a vital context for what is appearing on CNN almost nightly. Inside the Kingdom tells the story of the evolution of the modern Saudi Arabia. Lacey starts with a pivotal moment in Saudi history, the 1978 occupation of the Grand Mosque in Mecca by a group of fundamentalist Muslim youth seeking to bring about a Godly revolution. The occupation of the Mosque was put down quickly and brutally, but the aftermath reshaped the religious landscape. In response to the attack, the House of Saud, the royal rulers of the country, forged a intimate tie with the conservative religious leaders and offered social "reforms" that meant a retooling of the public school system to focus on religious instruction. And therein lies the tension. A royal, ruling family with an autocratic hold on the country, who nonetheless is often a significant force for moderate reform, teamed with a theocratic, fundamentalist extreme that by and large dictates the day to day life of the people. It is this tension that gave rise to terrorist groups like Al-Queda, to which Lacey devotes a good third of the book. And through it all is the "special friendship" that the House of Saud has with the U.S. It's a delicate--and fascinating--balancing act. And one that has profound implications for the revolutions occurring in many Middle Eastern countries at this moment. I recommend it for anyone seeking a better understanding of that region at this crucial moment in time.

2019-01-02 07:40

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I did enjoy Sisters Red a lot. it's a book I've been meaning to read for a while. Being a Southerner, I enjoyed that it was set it the South and didn't contain the stereotypical Southerners: the rednecks, the white country kids trying to be "black", the uneducated farmers, the ignorant bible-belters, etc. Yes, it did contain characters that dropped out of school, but it didn't show ignorance that's typically associated with the South. At onset, we get a prologue with with Oma March being brutally murdered and an eleven-year-old Scarlett defending her little sister from the Fenris, setting up this world-within-a-world. The Fenris (werewolf) took Scarlett's eye and scarred her for life. Scarlett's scars go much deeper than physical- she's consumed with fighting and destroying the Fenris. Her little sister Rosie is grateful for her life and the protection of her body and appearance, but she leaves everything to hunt with her sister- to avenge her grandma and her sister's lost eye. While Rosie enjoys hunting, it doesn't consume her like it does Scarlett. The loss of Scarlett's eye is somewhat metaphoric for how she can only see one thing: revenge. Scarlett and Rosie's sisterhood becomes codependent in the 7 years after the Fenris attack, and the sisters, like the cover indicates, are connected, intertwined and dependent on each other- neither can see where they end and the other begins, emotionally. Scarlett can't really imagine a future asides from fighting Fenris, while unblemished Rosie begins to wonder if she's destined to fight her entire life, and the true conflict of the story begins. Then, Silas comes along. He's an old friend, the son of Pa Reynolds, the woodsman who wasn't able to get there in time to save Oma March and Scarlett, who has now started losing his mind due to Alzheimer's. They capture a Fenris, who tells them right as they are dying, that the packs are convening in Atlanta. The threesome sets out from Ellison, GA to go to the city to solve the mystery and to hunt. (view spoiler) It's obvious that Jackson Pearce has an amazing relationship with her sister, and it really showed in this novel. Overall, I loved this book.

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