Literature

Cooper and Me

October 23, 2011

I received a new book to review recently, but this time it was a little different.  This time is was a children’s book. Cooper and Me is a bout a little girl going to school for the first time.  She is sad that her dog (and best friend) Cooper can not go with her.  She [...]

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The Gruffalo

September 5, 2011

I was sent a cute movie called the Gruffalo for review.  Obviously it really doesn’t matter what I thought of it.  Take a look at the two video clips below to see what Caitlyn thought. A little info about the movie: Based on the best-selling children’s book, The Gruffalo is a magical tale of a [...]

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That Devil Moon and Ain’t Love Grand

March 21, 2011

Let me start by saying the author is a co-worker of mine, she gave me a copy of her books and asked me to review them.  If any of you think this influences my opinion you may as well just click that little x in the corner right now. I did not read Ain’t Love [...]

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FML

December 25, 2009

I’m wondering if I have gone too public with this blog. Is it no longer a place where I can speak freely and openly. Is it not the proper forum to say things like, neither of my children thought to get me a gift for Christmas.  Or that my daughter once again yelled at me [...]

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Lakeshore Christmas

November 16, 2009

Full Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book and was asked to review it. Lakeshore Christmas is the next installment of The Lakeshore Chronicles and unfortunately, I have been too sick to read it properly.  It stays true to the previous books in the series and allows you to see glimpses of previous [...]

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Where the Wild Things Are

October 19, 2009

Once again a guest review from my oldest niece Stephanie. Like most book to movie transitions, do not read the book first, or you will sorely be disappointed. I walked in expecting it be like the cartoon which was made from the book. I walked out wishing it was the cartoon made from the book. [...]

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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

August 6, 2009

I wrote this piece at 3am the night we saw the movie.  I just noticed that in the move of my blog it must have gotten lost in the shuffle.  Sorry it is late. When Harry Potter books came about, I was an Elementary school secretary and it took a Fourth grader to convince me [...]

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