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I thought this was a solid book about the opiate crisis, especially in the Appalachia area. In that way, it hit close to home — I live in the area and recognized many of the places she spoke about, and some of the events (like the TV weathermen who were outed as addicts). It’s all a sad situation, and I can’t say that this book
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Guy Branum is a comedian/writer who is possibly best known for being a writer for Chelsea Handler and the Mindy Project, and the host of Talk Show the Game Show and the Pop Rocket podcast, which is how I was introduced to him and became a fan. Being familiar with Guy and his style/delivery, this book was even more than I expected. Guy uses pop
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I can’t say that I loved this, but it was alright. It was interesting, at least. The story follows Apricot and her family through their missionary trips to Haiti. They were almost accidental missionaries, falling into the opportunity as her parents searched for adventure, but it soon became an obsession. Apricot’s father was there as an agronomist, believing that trees were the key to a
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I wasn’t familiar with Rachel Hollis before I started this book, and honestly only picked it up because so many people in my universe were talking about it. What I didn’t pick up on before I started it was that it was going to have such a Christian angle to it. I can’t say that made it terrible, but it meant that a lot of
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