First, for my New Year’s Resolutions progress Do not go crazy with reading challenges: I am borderline here Comment on at least 5 blogs a day: I’ve been doing okay with this, some days I comment on anywhere from 0-2 blogs and on others I comment on 10 so I’ll give myself a passing grade […]
Cinder is a retelling of the fairy tale Cinderella, but is completely different from any other retelling I have yet encountered. It is futuristic and this Cinderella is cyborg. I like to pride myself, that I am pretty good about figuring out plot twists ahead of time, I had Cinder’s true hidden identity (even to […]
I admit, I’m a month behind getting The Perpetual Page-Turner’s End of Year Survey post up. Despite my love of lists I kept putting it off with good intentions to come back and complete it later. Well, later is better then never so here I go. *Note I did not read a whole lot of […]
There is a woman behind every man. An amazing woman. That’s what The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is about, Mercy Lavinia “Vinnie” Bump, the wife of Tom Thumb. Most know of Tom Thumb through a cute fairy tale or a Disney production, but not the real story. That is what I like about Melanie […]
I thought I had my February reading all planned out with Charles Dickens, but then I recieved an invite from Goodreads for Delassie’s French February Event. I hemmed and hawwed over it and finally after looking at my Classics Club List decided to join. I plan on reading: Cheri by Colette The Knight of […]
Dear Jane, 200 hundred years ago today my favorite book was published, Pride and Prejudice. I am finding it hard to accurately express my love of this novel. It is glorious. It is universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice still stands as a beloved novel 200 hundred years later. Despite the vast changes in the […]
I recently brushed off the dust and read it for the first time in over fifteen years. When I first read Little House on the Prairie I was overwhelmed by the coolness of Laura playing in the tall prairie grass with her sunbonnet swinging down her back, with a vigilant look-out for Indians after chore […]
As much as I love the Little House books I don’t recall ever reading this installment of the series. Farmer Boy was really interesting and a different look at that time period (1860s) in upper state New York. It mainly focused on farming which was the families bread and butter/forte. I don’t posses a green […]
A Winter’s Respite Read-a-Thon hosted by Michelle at The True Book Addict starts today! I woke up at 4:30 this morning and could not go back to bed. So I got up, fed the cats and was back in bed with a book at 5. Reading was just what I needed because after half an […]
Director: Tom Hooper Writers: William Nicholson (screenplay), Alain Boublil (screenplay) Stars: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway Release Date: December 25, 2012 In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker’s daughter. The decision changes their lives forever. […]