Category: Drama
When The Game Stands Tall: Movie Review
A perfect timing for a game movie before the approaching football season. I never miss an opportunity to an inspiring movie. This one is an account of coach Bob Ladouceur of De La salle High School and their unbelievable 151-game winning streak. However, When The Game Stands Tall fails to measure up to this amazing…
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Sentence of Marriage by Shayne Parkinson: Book Review
Sentence of Marriage is set on a small island in New Zealand. Just the setting reminded me of The Thorn Birds, one of my all time favorite books and part of my 100 books to read before you die list. The story of Sentence of Marriage takes us back to July of 1881, to a…
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A Wedding in Provence by Ellen Sussman: Book Review
A Wedding in Provence was quite a surprise. I actually picked up this book thinking it would be a typical bride story with fashion disasters or wedding jitters, but the book turned out to be much more poignant and thought provoking. Olivia and Brody are trying to find an inn in Cassis in the South…
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The Woman in the Photograph by Mani Feniger: Book Review
The Woman in the Photograph is a poignant account of a Jewish girl’s attempt to reconnect with her heritage. Mani Feniger has to be applauded for openly sharing something which has obviously had a big impact on her life. Holocaust survivors will relate to the story. Actually, anyone who has ever been uprooted in life…
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Down by The River by Lin Stepp: Book Review
Down by The River is set in a small Smoky Mountain town in Tennessee. The Smokies have always seemed mystic and I picked up this book with great expectations. Expectations that were largely fulfilled by this story. Grace Conley has lived her married life in Nashville. She has four grown children and has been recently…
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Far Horizons by Kate Hewitt: Book Review
I liked reading Out in The Country by Kate Hewitt and also reviewed it on this blog earlier. Far Horizons couldn’t be any more different. For starters, it begins in Scotland and is set in 1819. If I had to sum up the story in a few words, I’d say it’s a game of tag!…
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The All You Can Dream Buffet by Barbara O’Neal: Book Review
As captivating as the title is, the story of The All You Can Dream Buffet does not disappoint. Granted, I have read several books where four girl friends get together and rehash their lives. Almost every author from Danielle Steel to Debbie Macomber has written something of the sort. The four ladies here are friends…
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The Battered Heiress Blues by Laurie Van Dermark: Book Review
The Battered Heiress Blues has already been optioned for a feature film. This is a book that will be great as a movie, maybe even better. It all depends on which angles of the story are played up. The title of the book is very appropriate. The book is about a woman’s blues, and by…
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By The Sea Tess by Antoinette Stockenberg: Book Review
By The Sea is the story of Tess, a young Irish immigrant girl who is transported to the wealthy and opulent life of Newport in the 1890s in the lowest possible station, that of a laundry maid. Antoinette Stockenberg seems to have a thing for seaside towns. A Charmed Place was all about three friends…
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak: Review
I read a print copy of The Book Thief a while ago. Quite a heavy book with illustrations and poems, I almost did not read it. Almost! The narrator of the book is Death, and the beginning seemed very morbid to me. The thought of Death sucking my soul like a Dementor, holding me in…
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