Lakeisha Heeringa

  • The Friday Review: Something I Am Not

    By Cher Gatto 17-year-old Billy McQueen is the star high school quarterback, popular with his friends, the crush of all the schoolgirls, and with just enough of a wild streak to keep him in and out of the principal’s office. … Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Something I Am Not
  • The Friday Review: The Gift of Fear

    By Gavin de Becker A friend recommended this book to me the other year, so I got it from the library, thinking I could use it as character research. I didn’t realize it was real-life research. Written by one of… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Gift of Fear
  • The Friday Review: Beyond Reasonable Doubt

    By Robert Dugoni (Keera Duggan Series Book 2) Jenna Berstein had it all: the looks, the brains, the money, and a revolutionary start-up company that will change the face of modern medicine. But behind her magazine cover life is a… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Beyond Reasonable Doubt
  • The Friday Review: Little Women (1994)

    The Friday Review: Little Women (1994) Starring Winona Ryder and Christian Bale This movie is a part of my childhood. My aunt owned it, and whenever we’d go to her house, it was our most-requested movie. Thanks to the memories… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Little Women (1994)
  • Music Monday: Main Theme from The Patriot

    Music Monday: Main Theme from The Patriot By John Williams The Patriot is one of my all-time favorite movies. Aside from the obvious patriotic and historical element is the incredible family storyline about a father and son with vastly different… Continue reading

  • #192

    “The keys jingled rhythmically in the ignition…” It was a cold day in late January. Slush and brine had turned the rural Wisconsin highway into a dirty gray track. I had just hit the railroad crossing at a pretty fast… Continue reading

    #192
  • Bonhoeffer

    The Friday Review: Bonhoeffer Starring Jonas Dassler Tragedy struck again and again throughout Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s life. Good and evil clashed, battering him and his perception of humanity. But each tragedy served a hidden purpose. The evil of The Great War,… Continue reading

    Bonhoeffer
  • A Hundred Magical Reasons by Laura DeNooyer

    The Friday Review: A Hundred Magical Reasons By Laura DeNooyer The phrase “life is a fairy tale” can conjure up images of flowers and fairies and happily-ever-afters. But sometimes dragons lurk in those fairy tales – and the real-life dragons… Continue reading

    A Hundred Magical Reasons by Laura DeNooyer
  • The Rifleman by Oliver North by Oliver North

    The Friday Review: The Rifleman By Oliver North Technically a fiction book, The Rifleman is a very detailed non-fiction-like account of Daniel Morgan’s ill-fated assault on Quebec during the early days of the American Revolution. I had seen that one… Continue reading

    The Rifleman by Oliver North by Oliver North
  • When the Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer

    The Friday Review: When the Day Comes (Timeless book 1) By Gabrielle Meyer I do not read speculative fiction and I haven’t read any time travel books since I was a kid. I’m too logical now. But, the premise for… Continue reading

    When the Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer