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Sixth Annual IHGB Book List

Attention avid book readers: It’s time to turn in your selections for the Sixth Annual IHGB Book List. Hooray! This is a huge deal, people. The contents gathered on this list have introduced me to incredible characters like Katniss Everdeen and Jamie Fraser. And for that, I will never be the same. In a good way. What I’m saying is…respect the power of this list. Take a moment to think

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Soundtrack of My Life: He is RISEN!

I once casually mentioned to my Bible Study group that I had an Easter playlist. Several heads whipped around and demanded that I share said Easter playlist immediately. Oddly enough, they didn’t really care about my colonoscopy playlist, or the one I made to musically depict Arie’s season of The Bachelor. There was some interest when I disclosed that I had not one, but two Valentine’s Day selections. I have one

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Stacks of Books

Methinks that in this season of social distancing, books are going to make a comeback and we will all reminisce about the time we first fell in love with Jamie Fraser a few decades after Outlander actually hit shelves. Or…society will watch every possible show, movie, and original programming on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime and people will be forced to go old school and read words on paper. Either

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Lessons Learned: Love Actually

Here’s a lovely throwback from a few years ago. Enjoy! I’m not scared (well I sort of am) to admit that it took me a while to really get on board the Love Actually train. I pick and choose the parts I love and fast forward through the parts that make me sad. Basically I watch the Prime Minster fall in love with Natalie, sigh as Colin Firth does Colin

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IHGB Movie Review: Aladdin

Movie: AladdinRated: PGStarring: Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, and Will SmithThe Trailer: The Gist: Aladdin gets lamp. Aladdin rubs lamp. Genie grants wishes.  Let’s just get this out of the way right now — GO SEE THIS MOVIE. Get up from your seat, buy a ticket, and go see this movie on the big screen right now. I know. Some of you are nervous because you saw the clip or heard the Internet kick

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