Category: Memoir
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A Book Club Guest Review of The Secret Power Within
The Secret Power WithinBy: Chuck NorrisReviewer Rating: FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARSBest for: 18 and up Zen Power and BalanceGuest book review by Julie H Q: What’s the book about? Partly an autobiography but mostly how Zen works in everyday life. Lessons like how to win by losing can totally change your perspective on what’s […]
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: Sounds cool. But it’s not.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilBy: John BerendtMy Rating: Two out of Five StarsBest for: 18 and up Midnight in the Garden of… …Zzzz …Zzzz …Zzzz …[Awakes with a start] Oh, sorry. Fell asleep. I’ve been hearing about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil for years, so I picked it up […]
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A Book Club Guest Review of Just Mercy
Just MercyBryan StevensonGuest Reviewer Rating: FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARSBest for: 18 and up Just Inspiring. But Just Heartbreaking. Just NOT Surprising.Guest Review by Catina Haverlock When Bryan Stevenson, the author of this true story was asked by Rosa Parks just exactly what it was that he did, he couldn’t contain his passion for his […]
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A Book Club Guest Review of The Boys in the Boat
The Boys in the BoatBy: Daniel James BrownGuest Reviewer Rating: FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARSBest for: 14 and up This story’s going to stay with me a long, long timeGuest review buy Catina Haverlock Spoiler: The University of Washington’s 9-man varsity rowing team comprised of poor and blue collar boys, shocks the world by winning […]
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A Book Club Guest Review of Beyond the Shade of the Mango Tree: Reflections on What God sees in Us
Beyond the Shade of the Mango Tree: Reflections on what God sees in usBy: Edward DubeGuest Reviewer Rating: FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARSBest for: 10 and up Autobiography of an amazing African manGuest Review by Julie Hilton Edward Dube shares about his growing up years, his finding God, his subsequent service as a missionary and […]
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#TheBoysintheBoat: Amazing History Comes Alive!
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin OlympicsBy: Daniel James BrownMy Rating: FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS!Best for: 14 and up I grew up in Seattle. While I haven’t called the Pacific Northwest home for many years, I still carry with me an affection–or maybe […]
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A Book Club Guest Review of Just Mercy (YA Adaptation)
Just Mercy (adapted for young adults)By: Bryan StephensonMy Rating: FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS!Best for: 12 and up Just Mercy or Miraculous Mercy?Guest Review by Julie Hilton A new lawyer wants to help people who were wrongly convicted and on death row. The major story about Walter McMillian, accused of murder and his road to […]
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A Book Club Guest Review of One Life to Give: A Path to Finding Yourself by Helping Others
One Life to Give: A Path to Finding Yourself by Helping OthersBy: Andrew BienkowskiReviewer Rating: FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARSBest for: 16 and up Find Yourself by Helping Others—Life Lessons from an Extraordinary Story of Sacrifice and Survival In the winter of 1939, five-year-old Andrew Bienkowski was exiled to Siberia with his family. The two […]
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#QB: My Life Behind the Spiral–Steve Young Drinks Milk
QB: My Life Behind the SpiralBy: Steve Young, with Jeff BenedictMy Rating: FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARSBest for: 14 and up This was a surprise! I’ve had NFL great Steve Young’s biography sitting in my Audible Library for a while, but always found a reason to skip it. I generally opt for fiction over reality […]
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A Book Club Guest Review of The Boy Between
The Boy BetweenBy: Amanda Prowse and Josiah HartleyReviewer Rating: Four out of five starsBest for: 18 and up Interesting Mother and Son writing about difficult subjectReview by Julie Hilton This is a tough book but also hopeful if you hang in there. This mom writes self help book for parents but doesn’t realize what is […]
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A Book Club Guest Review of Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs
Letters from a slave girl: the story of Harriet JacobsBy: Mary E LyonsReviewer Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest for: 12 and up A Good Picture of Slavery Pre Civil WarReview by Julie Hilton I think if this weren’t a re-write of the original book by Harriet Jacobs (Incidents in the life of a Slave) […]
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#JustMercy: Just Wow.
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption By: Bryan Stevenson My Rating: FIVE out of FIVE STARS! Best for: 16 and up Warning: This review is going to be a gusher. Just Mercy stopped me in my tracks. Knocked me out cold. Froze me where I stood. It taught me things I didn’t know […]
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#Unbroken: Follows the story of one. Tells the story of thousands.
UnbrokenBy: Laura HillenbrandMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE starsBest for: Mature 16 and up It’s Veteran’s Day in the US. What a day to finish Unbroken. I know I’m late to Unbroken, but I put it off until I was ready. I expected it would be special. I was ready, and I was right. It […]
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#Educated: I’ve been educated.
Educated By: Tara Westover My Rating: Four out of Five Stars Best for: 14 and up Now that’s a coming-of-age story. Tara Westover was raised by survivalist/fundamentalist parents. Untrusting of government or modern medicine and misunderstand what it means to have faith in God, Tara’s parents opted to let her and her siblings learn lessons […]
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