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“Old Souls” By Tom Shroder

Posted by Christopher Jennings Penders On February - 12 - 2010

While on Twitter about a week ago, one of my followers led me to this book.  Tom Shroder, a newspaper journalist became involved with Ian Stevenson, a professor at The University of Virginia who investigated the past life stories of children.  Stevenson traveled all over the world looking for cases.  Stevenson brought Mr Shroder along [...]

When The Game Was Ours: Larry Bird,Earvin “Magic” Johnson. By Jackie MacMullan

Posted by Christopher Jennings Penders On January - 24 - 2010
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This book was so much fun.  Jackie MacMullan is a talented writer and this book captivated me from its first page.  In the 1980s there were two basket ball players that so dominated the NBA that they became the face of the NBA.  Those two players were Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.  This is their [...]

“Ash” By Melinda Lo

Posted by Christopher Jennings Penders On January - 17 - 2010
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A friend of mine who shares the same taste in books as I recommended this to me last week and I finished the book in three days.  It was quite well done.  I look forward to reading more by this engaging new voice in young adult literature. A new take on the Cinderella tale?  If [...]

Being Grateful

Posted by Christopher Jennings Penders On November - 14 - 2009
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In the past nine months since I’ve been practicing my new world view, I’ve learned several steps to take in order to stay centered in a good place.  One of the most important of these steps is staying grateful.  Being grateful for what we have is very important.  If you can stay grateful for the [...]

Time Traveler’s Wife

Posted by Christopher Jennings Penders On September - 12 - 2009

Seeing as the movie was recently released I wanted to give my opinion of The Time Traveler’s Wife.  As anyone who knows me will tell you, I read EVERYTHING.  If I was backed into a corner and made to give up my favorite genre however I’d have to say it was well written well paced [...]

Alice Hoffman & Jonathan Carrol Pen New Books

Posted by Christopher Jennings Penders On August - 4 - 2009
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My two favorite authors both have had recent books published. Alice Hoffman, with The Story Sisters out in June 2009 and Jonathan Carrol with The Ghost in Love out in September 2008.

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