Super Bowl Sunday Review: Tebow’s Through My Eyes

Through My Eyes: A Quarterback’s Journey by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker (Young Reader’s Edition) YA Nonfiction, Published December 2011 Challenges: NetGalley Month (Jan) Read January 2012, 216 pp 4/5 STARS Book Blurb: For children ages 8 & up Meet Tim Tebow:  He grew up playing every sport imaginable, but football was his true passion. [...]

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Review: Anderson Cooper’s Dispatches from the Edge

Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival by Anderson Cooper Non-Fiction (Memoir/Current Events), Published 2006 Challenges: Audio Book Read Feb 2011, Unabridged Audio – 6 hrs 4.5/5 From the Cover: Anderson Cooper’s groundbreaking coverage on CNN has changed the way we watch the news.  Few people have witnessed more scenes of [...]

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Review: Darwin in a Nutshell

Darwin in a Nutshell written and narrated by Peter Whitfield Nonfiction – biography/science/history, Published 2009 Challenges: Audio Book Challenge, Science Book Challenge, Summer Reading Challenge Read Aug 2010, 2 hrs (unabridged) 4/5 Book Blurb: “In a little over an hour, Whitfield presents a biography of Charles Darwin and an overview of his life’s work.” Charles [...]

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How Abraham Lincoln Created His Team of Rivals

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, narrated by Richard Thomas, abridged 9.5 hours Non-fiction/Biography/Memoirs/History/Politics, Published 2005 Read March 2010 Challenges: Audio Book Reading Challenge Awards: Lincoln Prize in 2006 Source: SimplyAudiobooks 3.9/5 From the Cover: Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln’s political genius in this highly original [...]

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Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake Frank Abagnale with Stan Redding NF – True Crime/Memoir, Published 2002 Read April-May 2008 3.5/5 From the Cover: Frank Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, impostors, and escape artists [...]

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Eat, Pray, Love

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia Elizabeth Gilbert, Published 2007 Read Dec 2007-Feb 2008 3.5/5     From the Cover: “In her early thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern American woman was supposed to want – husband, country home, successful career – but instead of feeling happy [...]

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I’m Proud of You

I’m Proud of You: My Friendship with Fred Rogers Tim Madigan Non-Fiction, Published 2006 196 pages   http://pbskids.org/rogers/songlist/song12_ra.html Read Oct. 2007 4.0/5.0     Why did you choose this book? This book was given to me as a gift from my cousin. I grew up watching Mister Roger’s Neighborhood and even wrote to him for [...]

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