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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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History. What is it Good For? Good Television!

Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones by Ed West

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Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones by Ed West My rating: 3 of 5 stars I came for the Game of Thrones historical connections, but I stayed for the medieval history. The book starts out making a connection between one of the scenes in GOT and one in history. The author’s point being that truth is stranger than fiction. I have studied bits and pieces of European history but Mr. West puts it into an interesting perspective by adding […]

Who Doesn’t Love a Good Soup and Bread Pairing?

Easy Soups from Scratch with Quick Breads to Match: 70 Recipes to Pair and Share by Ivy Manning

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Easy Soups from Scratch with Quick Breads to Match: 70 Recipes to Pair and Share by Ivy Manning My rating: 5 of 5 stars There’s a lot of books on soups and breads, respectively. This is the first example where I have come across them intentionally paired. Oh, and they’re reasonably easy to make; you don’t have to be a chef or speak French to accomplish any of these recipes. I like to make soups for dinner but I often find that soups are a […]

A Moving Story of NYC During the AIDS Crisis in the 80s

Eighty-Sixed by David B. Feinberg

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Eighty-Sixed by David B. Feinberg My rating: 4 of 5 stars The plot of the book spans the years before and during the height of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. The book begins in the early 80s as we are introduced to an early twenty’s Benjamin “BJ” as he’s making his mark in New York City. He starts out in grad school and his attempts to find a boyfriend in the city. There’s a lot of comically raunchy descriptions of his encounters, which at […]

What Happens When Family Secrets Go Unspoken

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Bechdel, Alison

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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel My rating: 4 of 5 stars Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home” is both biography and autobiography. On the one hand we focus a lot on her father and how his life largely shapes and sometimes mirrors her own. Yet, it’s also how his life impacts her and how she’s the woman she is when the book closes during her college years. Regardless of how you’d categorize this book it doesn’t diminish the power of how our parents influence […]

A Big Help in In Trip Planning

The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando 2019 by Seth Kubersky

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The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando 2019 by Seth Kubersky My rating: 5 of 5 stars In 2018, my wife and I decided to go to Universal Orlando Resort. We had never been before but both of our Spring Breaks lined up, which rarely happens. In preparation for the trip a librarian friend of ours recommended that we check out the “Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando.” We did and it really helped us have a successful trip. My in-laws were excited by our 2018 trip […]

Easter Readings from C.S. Lewis

Preparing for Easter: Fifty Devotional Readings from C.S. Lewis by C.S. Lewis

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Preparing for Easter: Fifty Devotional Readings from C. S. Lewis by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Preparing for Easter” by C.S. Lewis is a thought-a-day for Lent. There’s a theme for each week and each selection from Lewis’s works ties in to this theme. When I first picked up the book, I thought it was actually written by C.S. Lewis. It does not take long to realize that this is not the case. Instead, the publishers have taken short pieces from the […]



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