Well, it’s been quite a year! Personally I’ve gotten another new job (hoping this one sticks), became President of our local Toastmasters club, joined a program advisory board for…
Wanting new ink? Consider some of the literary variety
I work in the business environment full time, so getting inked isn’t something I can partake in all the time. However, I do have a couple of pieces that are…
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies – Conclusion to an Epic Tale
I don’t know about you, but one of the things I was most looking forward to this past Christmas was the conclusion to The Hobbit movie series. Unlike the first…
2014 Awards Season – disappointing for book adaptations
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…
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…
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…
Skimming the Classics
The other day a friend of mine sent me a comic strip by Dave Kellet in which one of the characters was struggling to get past the 40 pages in…
Book Adaptations Hold a Significant Portion of Oscars This Year
If the Golden Globes and SAG Awards were any indication, it’s no doubt that last night’s Academy Awards held a special place for book adaptations. Already, I’ve mentioned that this…
Happy Birthday Hippie Bookworm
Hard to believe it’s been a year since I invented Hippie Bookworm and started this little blog called hippiebookworm.com. The idea actually grew out of the fact that I couldn’t…
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…