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  • The Friday Review: Top Gun: Maverick

    Starring Tom Cruise Which movie was better? The original or the sequel? While the 1986 movie is a classic, I think the editing and music pushes the 2022 movie into the lead. If you haven’t seen Top Gun: Maverick, you’ve been missing out! Maverick is doing what he loves best, working as a test pilot…

  • The Friday Review: The Tempest at Annabel’s Lighthouse

    By Jaime Jo Wright I couldn’t sleep after finishing this book. Not because it was scary (though it was), but because it was SO GOOD! The twist at the end was… just phenomenal. Set in the Porcupine Mountains on Lake Superior, The Tempest at Annabel’s Lighthouse is a split time mystery alternating between modern day…

  • The Friday Review: Our Hymns, Our Heritage

    By David and Barbara Leeman I absolutely love the Leeman’s Christmas carol Advent devotional, so when I found out that they had also released a book on general hymns, I snapped it up! (And then I read that they’re releasing another one this summer!) A hymn or spiritual on one page, a short devotional with…

  • The Friday Review: Written in Secret

    By Crystal Caudill Wow! This book was an absolute gem! Cincinnati is rocked with the shocking murders of criminals who, through connections, had escaped punishment. But what made these deaths so sensational is that they were predicted by the pen of the mysterious dime novelist, E. A. Dupin. With the city in an uproar, Officer…

  • The Friday Review: Johnny Tremain

    Starring Hal Stalmaster This movie was an absolute staple when I was a kid. I watched it again on April 19th (for obvious reasons) and I was surprised that I could still quote full scenes. Between this movie and the Felicity American Girl books, I can directly trace back my love of early American history.…

  • America 250: Bloody Battle Road

    What happened on the march back to Boston? Most history books stop at Concord, devote a sentence or two to the militia’s “Indian fighting” tactics and then jump to the next major battle of Bunker Hill.  But what really happened was a bloodbath. The ranks of the Minute Men swelled to over 1500 as militia…

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