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Enjoy the Quiet
We live in a world of instant gratification and stimulation. Our phones are filled with apps and algorithms that are designed to keep our fingers scrolling and, frankly, rewire our brains to crave input. Even if we’re not on our phones, we’re quick to pick up some other form of entertainment or activity, be it…
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Look at the Stars
We live in a world of wonder. The other night, I was taking out the trash and paused outside, looking at the sky above. Hundreds of pinpricks of light sparkling in the darkness. More stars than I can count. Stars, which are gigantic blazing balls of gas lightyears away, that are mere specks to my…
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Book Review: The Mythmakers
by John Hendrix publisher’s synopsis From New York Times bestselling, award-winning creator John Hendrix comes The Mythmakers, a graphic novel biography of two literary lions—C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien—following the remarkable story of their friendship and creative fellowship, and how each came to write their masterworks Through narrative and comic panels, Hendrix chronicles Lewis and…
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Book Review: Lethal Kings
by Victoria McCombs publisher’s synopsis You’ve been warned many times, you cannot trust the kings . . . The old queen is dead, a new queen is in play, and the realm has descended into darkness. For the first time in history, a queen has rejected the game. Eliza will start her reign with no…
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Book Review: Mortal Engines
by Philip Reeve publisher’s synopsis Emerging from its hiding place in the hills, the great Traction City of London chases one terrified little town across the wastelands. If it cannot overpower smaller, slower prey, the city will come to a standstill and risk being taken over by another. In the attack, Tom Natsworthy, Apprentice Historian…
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Book Review: The Locket’s Revenge
by L. E. Richmond publisher’s synopsis A Trinket Could Unleash a Tempest Locklyn Adair thought that finding the Sea Enchantress would lift her family’s curse. But the ramifications of her desire for a tail reach further than she could ever have dreamed. Now the entire Undersea Realm is in peril, as Circe, armed with the…
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