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The 39 Clues: Book Eight It’s been several months since we’ve taken the time to enjoy another selection from The 39 Clues series, but my kids were excited for the return. This foray into China (finally) really kept our interest. … Continue reading
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A Shorter Review When I first started posting book reviews on this blog about twelve years ago, I was mostly posting reviews I’d written during seminary and for a grade. Thus, my earliest reviews were thousands of words long, well-researched … Continue reading
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About one year ago to the day, I read to my kids Clive Cussler’s first-ever book for kids, The Adventures of Vin Fiz (2006). We didn’t know what we were getting into, but I’d long been a Clive Cussler fan, … Continue reading
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The 39 Clues: Book Seven It’s been a few weeks since we’ve been able to go through another book in this series, but I think we’ve finally passed the halfway point! Well, the halfway point of the first 1/3 of … Continue reading
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A Tale of Catastrophe in Burma In my preparations to visit Southeast Asia soon, including Myanmar, I’m trying to read what few books I can find on the history, culture, and politics of the place. Cultures of the World: Myanmar … Continue reading
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Building a School for My Village; with Susan Urbanek Linville In February this year, I made my first ever trip to Africa, landing in Entebbe, Uganda, and spending some time in the capitol before moving across the border into Kenya. … Continue reading
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Because my family had a recent discussion about the greatest survival stories out there, and because I had also recently discovered the Libby app on my phone, I felt like … Continue reading
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The Life and Art of Charles Schulz There’s no bigger fan of the Peanuts universe than my sister-in-law, so whenever I come across a book featuring any of Charles Schulz’s characters, I pounce on it. Her passion has rubbed off … Continue reading
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I was going to need to toughen up, quick. The meek might inherit the earth, but if the meek are going to play Nellie Oleson on TV, the meek are going to get pummeled. (p. 118) In censoring the title, … Continue reading
Pictures by Scott Dawson When I first picked up this book, I thought: “Hmm. I’ve never heard of any shark attacks in the U.S. at the turn of the century.” Now that I’ve read the book, I guess my original … Continue reading
