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Best Picture Winners of the 60s

Midnight Cowboy Joe Buck, a naive drifter from Texas, heads to New York City dreaming of striking it rich by wooing wealthy women. There, he forms an unlikely bond with Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo, a sickly con man with a limp and a wistful dream of starting a new life in Florida. Oliver! A musical retelling…
Read With Jenna 2020

Jenna Bush Hager from the Today Show makes monthly selections for a nationwide book club! For more information on her book club, click here. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Pecola Breedlove, a young Black girl, longs for blue eyes and blond hair, believing beauty will bring acceptance. As her desire intensifies, her life unravels…
Netflix Documentaries I May Have Seen More Than Once.

The Devil Next Door A grandfather from Cleveland is put on trial in Israel, charged with being the notorious Nazi death camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible. Take Care of Maya This documentary follows a distressed Florida couple as they fight the authorities for custody of their sick daughter after facing accusations of child…
Historical Fiction – World War I

World War I, aka The Great War, was supposed to be “the war to end all wars.” Shame how that worked out… It was the global conflict spanning the years 1914 – 1918. The Star of Camp Greene by Joy Callaway In 1918 Charlotte, Broadway star Calla Connolly’s dreams of honoring her fallen fiancé on…
GMA Book Club 2019-2020

Good Morning America picks out a new bestseller to read on a monthly basis. These are the picks from both 2019 and 2020. For more information about the Good Morning America Book Club, click here. Dominicana by Angie Cruz Follows 15-year-old Ana Cancion, who enters a loveless marriage to immigrate from the Dominican Republic to…
Cold Cases.

A Cold Case simply refers to an investigation that is as yet unsolved, some of them can stay that way for decades at a time. The following books go over the available evidence in an effort to solve these cold cases. In the mood for sleuthing? Have a look at these. Unmasked: My Life Solving…