Nowhere Else on Earth by Josephine Humphreys is a great book for anyone who likes historical fiction that is not run of the mill. Nowhere Else on Earth is about the Lumbee River community of Scuffleton in North Carolina in 1864. This community of Indians and inter-married black folks is ravaged by the civil war. The story is told through the eyes of Rhoda Strong, who has a Lumbee mother and a Scottish father. She is in love with a young man who is fiercely loyal to the Lumbee tribe and the community. The book is a fascinating story based more than a little in truth.
One of my favorite sites is Rotten Tomatoes. The site takes reviews of movies from hundreds of sources, gives each review a grade from 0-100%, averages all the grades, and comes up with a “freshness” meter. Movies with low scoring (bad) reviews get a rotten tomato, movies with good reviews get a fresh tomato. The greatest thing about the site is that you can search by tomato rating and other characteristics. For example, if you only want to see foreign films with a PG rating and a tomato meter rating of more than 90% you can get a list. The link to rating sites for parents is a great feature as well.
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