Category Archives: Movie Reviews/Book Reviews

The Thing Around Your Neck Virtual Book Discussion

Posted on August 26, 2010 by beckyajohnson

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Published in 2009. Synopsis: This is a collection of 12 short stories either set in Nigeria or about Nigerian expats living in the United States. Some pretty heavy topics are covered – imprisonment, … Continue reading →

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Baking Cakes in Kigali Virtual Book Discussion

Posted on July 14, 2010 by beckyajohnson

Baking Cakes in Kigali: A Novel by Gaile Parkin. Published in 2009. Synopsis: Angel Tungaraza, a Tanzanian woman, has relocated to Rwanda’s capital along with her husband and five grandchildren. Living in a new, expat-oriented apartment complex, Angel operates a … Continue reading →

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Around the World Virtual Book Club

Posted on July 1, 2010 by beckyajohnson

In keeping with the theme of my blog, “Reflections from an Activist and Adventurer,” I invite you to join my Around the World Virtual Book Club. Over the next year, I’ll be reading and reviewing 25 books – fiction, memoir, … Continue reading →

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Earth Week Book Review: Gorgeously Green

Posted on April 20, 2010 by beckyajohnson

During a recent long wait at O’Hare Airport in Chicago, I visited the bookstore in search of something to keep me entertained on my 4-hour flight back to Vegas. Passing over the section of best selling fiction that I frequently … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Last Station

Posted on March 9, 2010 by beckyajohnson

As someone who is a huge fan of the writings of Leo Tolstoy – I can boast that I have read both Anna Karenina and War and Peace, as well as some of his later writings on Christian anarchism and … Continue reading →

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