Family Fridays – A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Book: A Wrinkle in Time (1962) Series: The Wrinkle in Time Quintet Genre: Children’s Fantasy / Children’s Science Fiction Ages: 10 and up Blurb: It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset […]
Review of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Bottom line: It’s a deeply beloved classic for a reason. Read it! Rating: Strongly Recommended Review: There are many types of nerds/geeks (also, I prefer the term nerd to geek, but that’s a topic for another post) out there in society – Dr. Who nerds, Star Trek nerds, Star Wars nerds, and so on. While […]
Blog Update
As regular readers will be aware, the site has recently undergone quite a few changes. First, I switched from a free blogging platform to a paid hosting site in order to add affiliate links. Well, that backfired on me in a big way. It’s a long, boring story about the greed of politicians and big […]
Review of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Rating: Strongly Recommended Blurb: Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. […]
Family Fridays – Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead and Erin Stead
Genre: Children’s General Ages: 2-6 Blurb: It was almost winter and Bear was getting sleepy. But first, Bear had a story to tell… Bear found his friend Mouse, but Mouse was busy gathering seeds and didn’t have time to listen to a story. Then Bear saw his friend Duck, but Duck was getting ready to […]
My Weekend
I had a very busy weekend! First, I’d like to thank my webmaster/brother extraordinaire who helped transferred my blog platform for me because I’m mostly technologically incompetent. I’m very pleased with the changes (most of which are behind the scenes) although I’m still learning the new system and may have to tweak things a little. […]
Changes, they are a-coming
Instead of your regularly scheduled Family Fridays post, I’d like to share with you some changes that are coming. I’ve decided to change my blogging platform in order to allow more flexibility with the blog, as well as hopefully start including some affiliate links (more on this later). My hope is that during the transition […]
Castle TV Series
Bottom line: A murder mystery TV series with great characters, acting, and storylines. Rating: Strongly Recommended Castle is my favorite TV show. Maybe of all time, but definitely my favorite currently running show. It’s a murder mystery that features Detective Kate Beckett and her crew, who have been told to bring a writer, Richard Castle, […]
