Book Review: The Courage to Be Free

The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival by Ron DeSantis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I picked up this book to understand more of DeSantis as I anticipated his running for President. It took a bit to get into which was more due to my starting it during a week when I was focused on multiple of things to get done.

Chapters 9 and 14 were most interesting to me. Nine details what he has done right in Florida and 14 the purpose of government. Chapter 14 should be required reading for every high school student to be civic minded regardless of party affiliation. It explains a constitutional view of government.

Now that the news is he will announce his candidacy this week, I'm especially glad I read the book.

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Book Review: From the White House to the Amish

From the White House to the Amish by Katrina Hoover Lee
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Good, fast, and easy read. The title captured my attention when I was in the middle of Amish country last week. This is historical fiction but very, very closed based on the life of Tom Kirkman. The fiction seems mainly dialogue to move the story.

The writing is very basic which makes for a quick read. The author does not use any words that I wondered the meaning or needed to understand from context. I'm sure my sister and several other reading friends would finish within a day. I'm a bit slower.

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Book Review: If I Were You

 

If I Were You by Lynn Austin


Several friends made positive reviews of this book and/or like the author. This is my first Lynn Austin read.

1. I'm not a big fan of the back and forth between time periods but this worked.
2. I enjoyed the storyline of women driving during WWII in England.
3. Christian themes woven in without being a "preachy" book.

Recommend for a fiction lover.

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