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Book Release: Making The Best Years of Our Lives: The Hollywood Classic That Inspired a Nation by Alison Macor

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I am so pleased to announce that my former college roommate and close friend, Alison Macor, just released another book this week. She’s a noted film expert, and this time she focused her considerable research and writing skills on the classic movie “The Best Years of Our Lives.” Continue reading →

Book Review: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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Project Hail Mary is a fun and imaginative story of an interstellar mission to save the world from a hungry alien life form that is eating the sun’s energy. This is author Andy Weir’s follow up to his highly entertaining book, The Martian, and I have to say I liked it even better than The Martian. Continue reading →

Book Review: The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair

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The Secret Lives of Color provides a fascinating look at the history of colors – what individual colors have meant throughout the centuries, how pigments were made for paints and dyes, and so much more. Continue reading →

Book Review: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

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This Tender Land is an epic tale of four orphans who canoe along the Gilead, Minnesota, and Mississippi Rivers, escaping from a dark, abusive place and searching for a home in depression-era America. Continue reading →

Book Review: West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

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West with Giraffes is a wonderful novel based on the true story of the cross-country road trip America’s first giraffes took in 1938. It’s also a coming of age story that demonstrates the positive influence caring friends and gentle animals can have on a young man’s life. Continue reading →

Book Review: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

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The Lincoln Highway is an historical fiction/coming of age story packed with imaginative and masterful storytelling that paints a vivid portrait of 1950s America. Continue reading →