Category Archives: Movie Reviews/Book Reviews
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
My husband and I are fans of documentary film-maker Morgan Spurlock (of Super Size Me and Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? fame), so we went to see his latest film Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever … Continue reading
A Woman Among Warlords Virtual Book Discussion
A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice by Malalai Joya. Published in 2009. Synopsis: At 25, Malalai Joya was elected to represent women in her community at the Loya Jirga – … Continue reading
Amen, Amen, Amen Virtual Book Discussion
Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying (among other things) by Abby Sher. Published in 2009. Synopsis: After witnessing a string of traumatic deaths in her childhood and adolescence (her aunt, her father, a girl from … Continue reading
March Virtual Book Discussion
March by Geraldine Brooks. Published in 2005. Synopsis: This work of historical fiction is told from the point-of-view of Mr. March, the absent father in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Set during the Civil War, Mr. March serves as an … Continue reading
Olive Kitteridge Virtual Book Discussion
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Published in 2008. Synopsis: Set in the small town of Crosby, Maine, this collection of inter-connected short stories has one thing in common: the complex character of Olive Kitteridge, a retired math teacher. While the … Continue reading
Becky A. Johnson 