Just this past Sunday the 86th Academy Awards aired. Antics from Ellen include ordering pizza for the actors in the front row and taking a group selfie while live. But…
Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth – True Bravery is Being Who You Are
I’m going to let you know one of my secret guilty pleasures – The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I discovered it by accident one day when I was…
Would Hermione be better off a Potter than a Weasley?
Nothing good comes from indecisiveness. When I think of my life, I reflect on all the different opportunities that have been presented to me in the past and imagine what…
Movie Review: Saving Mr. Banks – It’s not about the children
My first memories of Mary Poppins in the movie adaptation by Disney starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. I loved how Mary turned the most mundane tasks such as…
Movie Review: The Hobbit 2 – Tolkien would be proud
SPOILER ALERT: If you have not seen the movie or read book, you may want to think twice about reading this post because I give a lot of it away and…
Movie Review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Remember who the enemy is
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate movies that have been adapted from books. Not only do they give me something to consider reading myself, they also open up…
Killing Kennedy – 50 Years of Conspiracies and Truth
Here in the U.S., you’ll often hear people say “Where were you when… happened?” I can remember exactly where I was on 9/11/01 when the twin towers went down. I…
A Halloween Movie Review: Carrie (2013)
Happy Halloween! Tonight kids are trick-or-treating on the streets, adults are partying at their friends’ houses and somewhere off the coast of Ft. Myers Beach a late-period pirate ship is…
Looking for a literary costume for Halloween? We’ve got some suggestions.
Halloween is right around the corner. In my house growing up, this was a big deal. I can remember Halloween parties at our house and bobbing for apples in the…
Throwback Thursday: John Grisham’s The Rainmaker (1997)
Recently I was traveling by plane to my parents’ place up in Ohio. While traveling I like to read in the airport and on the plane before takeoff. But as…