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Review: Seven by Jacqueline Leo

December 10, 2009 Book Reviews

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Seven, written by Jacqueline Leo, is a compilation of ways that the number seven reoccurs in likely, and not so likely places.
From identifying Confucius’s seven ways to the good life to observing the seven colors of a rainbow, Leo examines this commonly reoccurring number as it relates to a myriad of topics such as [...]

Book Review: Lonestar Secrets

October 27, 2009 2009

By Colleen Coble
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
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This book is about a woman named Shannon who decides to go back to her hometown where she can raise her young daughter Kylie in a good environment with lots of fresh air. However, by moving back, Shannon must also face the many demons she left behind. She gets a [...]

Where The Wild Things Are — A Movie Review

October 25, 2009 2009

Earlier in the week, I made plans to spend Sunday afternoon enjoying a nice relaxing drive up the canyon to see the pretty fall colors with the family. It started off great, but by midway through the drive my nice family outing had disintegrated into fighting, hurt feelings, and everyone in the car looking for [...]

The Amanda Project: Book 1: invisible I

September 15, 2009 2009

The Amanda Project: Book 1: invisible I
By Stella Lennon, Melissa Kantor
Publisher: HarperTeen
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Invisible I is the first of eight books in a YA series called The Amanda Project. There are four main characters: Callie, Nia, Hal, and Amanda. The book begins when the school principal’s car has been vandalized, and all four teens are implicated. [...]

Olive Kitteridge

August 22, 2009 2009

Olive Kitteridge
By Elizabeth Strout
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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This book follows the life of Olive Kitteridge, a strong-willed, say-it-like-she-sees-it, junior high school math teacher. Olive is married to kind-hearted pharmacist, Henry. Throughout the book, Strout dips you in and out of the lives of the Kitteridges, their son Christopher, their friends, and their acquaintances, while [...]

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