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The Friday Review: The National Treasure Movies
Starring Nicholas Cage Indiana Jones meets American history! If you haven’t seen these delightful adventure movies, you are missing out. Perfect for family movie night, the duology follows Benjamin Franklin Gates, a treasure hunter with an obsession with American history.… Continue reading
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The Indigo Heiress
By Laura Frantz January = new Laura Frantz book! I am always thrilled to start my year with a trip back in time to Colonial America. This time, Scotland was the additional bonus! Juliet Catesby has a head for business… Continue reading
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The Friday Review: The Swamp Fox
By John Oller The Friday Review: The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution By John Oller As a kid, I devoured books about Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox. I loved the idea of a hero who, like… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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