I just started reading The Prize

[05heel]

Am I going to hate Cory Booker after I finish it? Should I hate him already? ;-)

Let me know if you've read it. It's so intriguing and tragic, and I've only read the first two chapters.

[threejs]

I haven't heard of this, but am looking for something really good to read/listen to.

I love Corey Booker, but probably because I haven't dug too deeply. lol

[kicks]

Oh, I think I wanted to read this (I very rarely read for pleasure.) Why do you think you'll hate Booker by the end?

[raangoli]

Oh no. Is Cory Booker going to be ruined for me too? I'd rather know but I'm scared to find out.

[05heel]

I don't know. It's just about the failed efforts to reform Newark's schools, and how a lot of people with money and influence put their own interests ahead of the kids'. He and Chris Christie were at the center of it all, so I'm scared to keep reading. Lol. It really is interesting though, even if it is depressing.

[05heel]

So I just finished this. That was...depressing. Not as gut-wrenching as season 4 of The Wire (that mess nearly ruined me, y'all), but just as uplifting. Cory Booker basically came across as a bag of hot air with grand ambitions. Not a flattering portrait at all.