Important Background Info: Romanov is historical fantasy fiction written by Nadine Brandes. It’s set in 1918 Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution, and follows the story of Anastasia (Nastya) Romanov, during the exile and execution of her family. After she and her brother, Alexei, are saved by a spell, it becomes a life or death race to find Dochkin before Alexei…
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Important Background Info: The Secret Keepers is a stand-alone book written by Trenton Lee Stewart, the author of The Mysterious Benedict Society. The Secret Keepers is about a boy named Reuben who lives in a city called New Umbra – a city unofficially ruled (because no one talks about it openly) by an unseen menace called the Smoke. The Smoke…
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Important Background Info: Charles Dickens writes wonderfully, including practically everything that seems to make Christmas, well, Christmas. What I liked: Dickens includes a mention of the real reason for Christmas ☺️. While his book isn’t explicitly Christian, it definitely has that as a basis for some of it. The moral aspect of A Christmas Carol isn’t preachy. In fact, though it’s what…
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I feel it important to mention that the author and his agent do not have a Biblical worldview, especially when it comes to marriage and gender – I didn’t see anything relating to this in the series, so it may be a more recent development, but I think it’s important to note. Important Background Info: The Half Upon a Time…
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Originally posted on kennahartian.com. The sky is grey, its light snuffed out by smoke and smog, as if the world is trying to block out the little light left. It certainly seems to be working. Peter would say something different, and he has, often after we’ve lost someone. “It seems tough right now, and it is. It won’t be easy….
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