Happy Tuesday y’all! Today’s topic is “21st Century Books I Think Will Become Classics.” I have a list a mile long that I could share, but I’ll stick to my favorite YAs. I’m excited to see everyone’s lists this week as I’m sure different tastes will lend to different books, and my TBR could always […]
Jane Eyre (2011)Directed By: Cary Joji FukunagaScreenplay: Moira BuffiniStarring: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, & Judi DenchRating: Adapted from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he’s hiding a terrible secret. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, every now and then you […]
Life is divided into sections. There was the time you were a child, a time you were a teenager, a time you were an adult. Then your adult life is sectioned off into marriage, parenthood, career, retirement, the time you travel, the time you were with that one person, those years you were depressed, and […]
Merry Mondays is a monthly meme hosted here @ Mom with a Reading Problem on the first Monday of each month and every Monday in December to celebrate the holiday season year round. Each month a different topic centered around the holidays will be discussed. May is always a busy month: end of the school year, planning for Summer, birthdays […]
Two weeks ago we took little man to see Disney’s live action The Jungle Book and I have to admit I was impressed. Before we went I was concerned that it would be too scary for a five year old, but I was pleasantly surprised. Not only did Disney stay fairly true to Rudyard Kipling’s classic, but […]
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists at The Broke and the Bookish. They’d love to share their lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists! Today for Top Ten Tuesday I’m going […]
Persuaded by is a modern day re-telling of the Jane Austen classic Persuasion and follows the relationship of Hanna Elliot and Captain Derick Wentworth. Hanna is a school teacher, 28, and unmarried, heading to the beach to spend the summer with her younger sister and her family when she runs into her ex. Derick is an accomplished sailor, […]
It takes a brave author to write a sequel to a beloved classic that everyone knows, either because they have read the book or seen one of many film adaptations. It takes a great author to pull it off. is both brave and great! In Tim Cratchit’s Christmas Carol, Piecuch takes the character Tiny Tim and […]