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Timeless Themes: Religion, Romance, and Revelations

Each person has a unique experience when it comes to spirituality. In times of struggle people either find the faith, hold tight to their beliefs, or lose them. No two reactions are identical - just as no two people are identical. Human DNA is capable of creating 70 billion combination; that means there will be 70 billion people before a DNA sequence is replicated. Those 70 billion persons will have different experiences with economics, schooling, language, household makeup, traditions, local and national laws, neighborhoods. "The Kennedy Curse", the April 15, 2018 episode of Timeless  touches on fate, destiny, and belief. No single character is left uncathed. None of the relationship will ever be the same. For here down there will be spoilers. Jessica seems to lose all faith in Wyatt. She felt ready to leave and let Wyatt have the life she thought  he wanted. Yet she stayed once Lucy professed everything Wyatt had done in order to try and bring Jessica back (much to...

Horror + Fantay + History = a great read

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It's been a long time since I was impressed by a novel, but at the moment I'm in the midst of reading an exquisite book that mixes fantasy and history that has a dash of horror thrown in for good measure. Miss Peregrine's House for Peculiar Children is the title of Ransom Riggs's novel about Jacob, a teenager who witnesses the brutal death of his grandfather. The story doesn't end there, though. The loss of the grandparent is just the beginning of Jacob's spine-tingling journey. As the months go by, Jacob is lead to Wales. There, he discovers the truth behind the stories his grandfather used to tell him. He learns that reality is stranger than fiction and that monsters just might exist outside of the psyche.  What he sees and experiences, I'll let you find out for yourself. This book is too brilliant to spoil; besides I haven't finished it yet, thus I'm still experiencing Jacob's journey. I will warn you, this book is very hard to p...