LOVE WEDNESDAY: BOOK REVIEW

THE FLAME MUST BURN by Beena Khan GENRE: Romance, Young Adult PUBLISHED: Sep. 22, 2020 WORDS: 39,400 LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 9781005248499 The hottest summer brings the first flames of love. Love is dangerous. It collides with culture, and culture is defied with rebellion....

INSPIRATION TUESDAY: MOVIE REVIEW

MONEYBALL  GENRE: Drama, Biography, Inspirational  STARRING: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman RUN TIME: 2hrs 13min RELEASED: September 23rd, 2011 This movie is an account of the Oakland Athletics baseball team's 2002 season and their...

FUN FRIDAY: BOOK REVIEW

FORAGER by Peter R Stone GENRE: Sci Fi, Post Apocalyptic  PUBLISHED: Feb. 23, 2014 WORDS: 78,870 LANGUAGE: Australian English ISBN: 9781311214126 The dull drudgery of twenty-year-old Ethan Jones’ life is shattered when he rescues a mysterious Japanese girl from...

THROWBACK THURSDAY: BOOK REVIEW

THE  BOOK  OF DEACON,  Volume 1By Joseph R. Lallo Genre: Fantasy Published: Feb. 2, 2010 Words: 149,390 Language: English ISBN: 9781452402604 The tale of Myranda Celeste, a young woman orphaned by a century long war, and her chance discovery of a...

LOVE WEDNESDAY: MOVIE REVIEW

THE BIG SICK  GENRE:Drama, Romance, Comedy  STARRING: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Adeel Akhtar, and Anupam Ker.  RUN TIME: 2hrs  RELEASED: June 23rd, 2017  Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily...

INSPIRATION TUESDAY: BOOK REVIEW

THE OLD BALMAIN HOUSE by Graham Wilson GENRE: Inspirational  PUBLISHED: Oct. 5, 2011 WORDS: 67,360 LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 9780987197115 This is the story of Sophie, a small girl who lived in Sydney more than 100 years ago. She vanished with her best friend...

NEW RELEASE MONDAY: MOVIE REVIEW

 YES DAYGENRE: Comedy, Family STARRING: Jennifer Garner, Édgar Ramírez, and Jenna Ortega.RUN TIME: 1hr 26minRELEASED: March 12, 2021Always feeling like they have to say NO to their kids and co-workers, Allison and Carlos decide to give their three kids a YES DAY...

FUN FRIDAY: BOOK REVIEW

ORACLE'S LEGACY: CHILDREN OF   SUN (Book 1) by R. B. Holbrook GENRE: Sci Fi, Adventure PUBLISHED: Oct. 24, 2010 WORDS: 122,830 LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 9781452349725 The Oracle, leader of a secret civilization known as the Structure, is dying. As the Structure...

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MOVIE REVIEW

LEMONADE MOUTH Genre: Drama, Comedy Starring: Bridgit Mendler, Adam Hicks, Naomi Scott, Hayley Kiyoko and Blake Michael. Run Time: 1hr 33min Released: April 15th, 2011 The movie tells the story of five high school students who meet in detention and form a band to stand...

LOVE WEDNESDAY: BOOK REVIEW

SAD LOVE STORY By Ajagbe Ayodeji DavidPublished : DailyPress PLCThis book tells the story of Oluwatimileyin Turner, an average man who was at the lowest point in his life, he met Faridah.Faridah was the only daughter of a proud and arrogant billionaire father. Faridah accepted...

INSPIRATION TUESDAY: MOVIE REVIEW

HACKSAW RIDGE GENRE: Drama, Biography, Historical  STARRING: Andrew Garfield,Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, and Vince Vaughn. RUN TIME: 2hrs 19min RELEASED: November 4th, 2016  The film focuses on the World War II...

FUN FRIDAY: BOOK REVIEW

ADRIAN'S EAGLES By Angela White GENRE: Fantasy, Apocalypse PUBLISHED: April 14, 2020 WORDS: 192,090 LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 9781945927638 Three months after the nuclear war that turned America into an apocalyptic wasteland, Safe Haven has made it from California...

THROWBACK THURSDAY: BOOK REVIEW

RUN by Patti Larsen GENRE: Thriller PUBLISHED: Aug. 18, 2011 WORDS: 50,930 LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 9781466193239 Sixteen-year-old Reid thinks life is back to normal. His sister Lucy pulls herself together and cuts him free from a year of foster care. She promises to...

LOVE WEDNESDAY: BOOK REVIEW

ALMOST  HUMAN By E.J. Mara Genre: Adventure, Romance Published: July 14, 2020 Words: 224,310 Language: English ISBN: 9781005810214 Sixteen-year-old Lanie Russell has a secret crush on her best friend, Randall. But she doesn't realize Randall has secrets of...

INSPIRATION TUESDAY: MOVIE REVIEW

 OVERCOMER GENRE: Drama, Sports STARRING: Alex Kendrick, Priscilla Shirer, Shari Rigby, Jack Sterner, Cameron Arnett, Aryn Wright-ThompsonRUN TIME: 2hrRELEASED: August 23rd, 2019 A high-school basketball coach volunteers to coach a troubled teen in long-distance...

NEW RELEASE MONDAY: MOVIE REVIEW

 MOXIE GENRE: Drama, Comedy STARRING: Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Nico Hiraga, Sydney Park, Josephine Langford, Clark Gregg, Ike Barinholtz, Poehler, and Marcia Gay Harden.RUN TIME: 1hr 51minRELEASED: March 3, 2021Fed up with the...

FUN FRIDAY: BOOK REVIEW

THE LAST ORPHANS by N.W. Harris GENRE: Thriller PUBLISHED: Oct. 18, 2014 WORDS: 64,190 LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 9781634220118 One horrifying day will change the life of sixteen-year-old Shane Tucker and every other kid in the world. In  a span of mere hours,...

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MOVIE REVIEW

 RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN GENRE: Action, Adventure STARRING: Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Ciarán Hinds and Carla Gugino. RUN TIME: 1hr 38min RELEASED: March 13th, 2009A Las Vegas cabbie enlists the help of a UFO expert to protect...

LOVE WEDNESDAY: MOVIE REVIEW

THE PROPOSAL GENRE: Comedy, Romance, Drama STARRING: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Mary Steenburgen, and Craig T. Nelson. RUN TIME: 1hr 38min RELEASED: June 19th, 2009  The plot centers on a Canadian executive who learns that she may face deportation...

INSPIRATION TUESDAY:MOVIE REVIEW

THE GREAT DEBATERS GENRE: Drama, Biography STARRING: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker... RUN TIME: 2hr 6min RELEASED: December 25th, 2007  This movie revolves around the efforts of debate coach...

NEW RELEASE MONDAY: TV SERIES REVIEW

 TRIBES OF EUROPAGENRE: Drama, Sci-Fi, Adventure STARRING: Henriette Confurius , Oliver Masucci , David Ali Rashed , Emilio Sakraya, Melika Foroutan , Alain Blazevic RUN TIME: 50minRELEASED: February 19, 2021SEASONS: 1 (6 episodes) In the wake of a mysterious...