Things have been insane these past days with my professional life. It seems like everyone was waiting for January to come so they could start all their new projects on…
Movie Review: The Hobbit (5 Stars)
Over the Christmas weekend, I had the privilege to see Peter Jackson’s first installment of The Hobbit movies. I was skeptical, I must say, because the plan is to turn…
The Hobbit, a whimsical view of Middle Earth
Those who know me, know that I love children’s books. I’m a huge advocate for the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling and I also a fan of the classic…
Can’t Shake That Scary Feeling
Halloween just occurred here in the States. It’s one of my favorite “hallmark holidays” because when else can you get away with dressing up as someone else in public,…
Jumping Genres
Currently I’m reading J.K. Rowling’s new novel The Casual Vacancy and I can’t help but notice the marked differences between this work and the Harry Potter series for which we…
Books Authors & Movie Cameos
Nothing can be more flattering for an author than if their book becomes so popular they become courted by Hollywood production companies. This year, a record number of movies released…
Recommendations for your reading type (Part 3)
This is it. The end of my post recommending books to specific kinds of readers. I hope I touched on your genre of books and I hope that you found…
e-Book Review: A Kingdom’s Cost (Book 1 of The Black Douglas Trilogy)
I finally finished the historical fiction novel, A Kingdom’s Cost by J.R. Tomlin. It took me a few months because the language at first needed a little getting used. It…
Recommendations for your reading type (Part 1)
I recently read an article online about 5 different reading types that people fall into. While it was a good article, I found it to be limiting and I seemed to…
Celebrating Children’s Literature – London Style
The whole world was watching Friday night (depending on where you live) as the kick-off to the 2012 London Summer Olympics was ceremoniously commenced in true theatrical British style. Among…