From the Bookshelf of The Perks Of Being A Book Addict…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
*
Notes on an Execution
By Perks Moderat… , Know-it-all · 3 posts · 46 views
By Perks Moderat… , Know-it-all · 3 posts · 46 views
last updated Sep 21, 2025 07:04AM
*
Blood Over Bright Haven
By Perks Moderat… , Know-it-all · 2 posts · 37 views
By Perks Moderat… , Know-it-all · 2 posts · 37 views
last updated Aug 29, 2025 12:23AM
showing 9 of 9 topics
view all »
Other topics mentioning this book
June 2017 themed BotM nominations
By Kristie , Moderator (Retired) · 10 posts · 246 views
last updated May 07, 2017 08:09PM
The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel - June 2017
By Kristie , Moderator (Retired) · 7 posts · 114 views
By Kristie , Moderator (Retired) · 7 posts · 114 views
last updated Jul 07, 2017 09:10AM
Book Recommendations
By UNO Pixie , Our UNO Helper · 218 posts · 429 views
last updated Feb 13, 2018 03:20PM
Fill Your TBR Closet - February Mini Challenge
By UNO Pixie , Our UNO Helper · 23 posts · 378 views
last updated Feb 13, 2018 02:35AM
Team Driving Miss Daisy
By UNO Pixie , Our UNO Helper · 1372 posts · 366 views
By UNO Pixie , Our UNO Helper · 1372 posts · 366 views
last updated Jan 05, 2022 03:58AM
Team Bearcat
By UNO Pixie , Our UNO Helper · 562 posts · 281 views
By UNO Pixie , Our UNO Helper · 562 posts · 281 views
last updated May 02, 2023 04:33PM
What Members Thought
This was a such an unsettling novel about a town in the middle of a heat wave and the devil. When Sal shows up unexpectedly after Autopsy Bliss sent out an invitation for the Devil to come, he claims he's the devil. A thirteen year old black boy in the middle of Breathed, Ohio. The Bliss family takes him in with no questions. When accidents happen when Sal is around, people in the town are too quick to blame it on him, the devil.
Fielding, Autopsy's son, becomes close with Sal and learns where S ...more
Fielding, Autopsy's son, becomes close with Sal and learns where S ...more
This book will resonate for a long time. I feel like I was watching a stage play with highly skilled performances; the audio narration was stellar. Told from the perspective of a thirteen year old boy, the summer of 1984 is a snapshot in time and a timeless story. I wish it were not so timeless, and that we could put a buffer between today and these events as past happenings only. We need to keep moving towards a future that doesn’t hurt so much.
May 10, 2016
TheIntrovertedOtter
marked it as to-read
Jul 10, 2016
Terri
marked it as kindle-2
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
modern-fiction,
magic-realism-fiction
Aug 02, 2016
Kai
marked it as to-read
Sep 05, 2016
Erika
marked it as to-read
Nov 11, 2016
Nicole
marked it as to-read
Dec 11, 2016
Debie Orrell
marked it as to-read
Dec 17, 2016
Karenmeg1
marked it as to-read
Dec 21, 2016
Danielle
marked it as to-read
Jan 01, 2017
Marcia
marked it as to-read
Jan 17, 2017
Yuki Romero
marked it as to-read
Jan 21, 2017
Breanna
marked it as to-read
Mar 20, 2017
Cathy
marked it as to-read
Apr 18, 2017
Amy Banamy
marked it as read-sample-no
May 08, 2017
Genevieve
marked it as to-read
Dec 05, 2018
Laura
marked it as to-read
Dec 04, 2020
Kim Martin
marked it as to-read
Jun 17, 2021
Wendy
marked it as to-read
Jun 07, 2022
Anna Bee
marked it as to-read
Jul 15, 2023
Brenda
marked it as to-read
