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So much to say.

I hate-watch two families, the Duggars and the Kardashians. Not all the time (and I'm pro-Bruce right now) and not routinely, but I dislike but families so much that I'm absolutely fascinated by them. I realize that some of you may think I'm an awful person, and I'm OK with that.

So, I read the first Duggar book and then a friend gave me a copy of this one that she found for a dime at a thrift store. And I started reading it on May 7, just a few pages at a time.

Then, when I was on page 99, something truly surprising happened - the Josh Duggar molestation scandal came to light. Now, understand, like many I always assumed that with twenty-one Duggars (now extending to in-laws and grandchildren), SOMETHING was going to happen to bring them down.....one would break away and become an anti-fundamentalist speaker, one would get a DUI, something.

But this.

I NEVER could have imagined something like this.

And it was only for one second that I felt something like glee before I realized that there were five girls who had been violated by Josh Duggar, and then violated again by the fact that the Duggar parents and those they spoke with did nothing. It's also clear that at least some of the victims are his sisters and they have been forced to live with him, smiling, cheery and as if all was fine. This is beyond disgusting. I feel like I have to say that.

Now, so that I meet the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ terms of service, my review of the book is one star for several reasons - first, but for the chapters about the birth and recovery of Josie, it's mostly a retread of the first book, even down to the use of some of the same phrases. Clearly it was just an effort to capitalize on the interest surrounding Josie.

Oh, but everything after page 99 was just fraught with irony. Even the subtitle "An Up-Close View of How They Make It Work." Ugh. And, God help us all, the chapter on sexual intimacy with one's spouse. I just can't.

Then passages like "we explain to our children the importance of maintaining a clear conscience with God and others....we encourage our children to share with us their mistakes and temptations as well as their troubling thoughts and feelings. We tell them if they've done something wrong (or a whole bunch of things) they need to confess it to God to be free from the guilt that will otherwise make them miserable. We pray together with the child, asking God to wipe the slate clean and thanking Him for the wonderful gift of forgiveness. Then they go to the person they have offended, if that kind of mistake is what's being confessed, and ask for forgiveness." (236) As much as I would like to believe someone from Fox News is going to ask good ole Jim Bob and Michelle about this, I don't see it happening.

And there are about ten more passages like this that I marked post page 99. This book was published in 2011, so not only had the original events occurred, the Oprah show had already tipped off authorities who had investigated. Did they really think that this would never come out? Were Jim Bob and Michelle so willing to sacrifice their children for money?

I never felt guilt about my hate-watching, BTW.