I gave Superman Maze Runner for his birthday. I knew he liked dystopian, and I figured he'd like it.  Well, he'd finished it by the next day and he convinced his Dad to pick up the rest of the series when I asked them to go out and get some milk for the recipe for dinner. I'm … [Read more...]

My neighbor across the street when I was a kid had all the best movies on VHS. I remember going across the street to her house and watching all of the classic Disney movies. Then when we moved to Texas, we would rent movies from Blockbuster, yes I know, back when it was still in … [Read more...]

When we drove out to Colonial Williamsburg last time I thought to have the kids listen to Swiss Family Robinson. Jeff had raved about how much he enjoyed reading it as a child, and how fun it was to listen to them figure out how to survive on the island. We started listening to … [Read more...]

Jules Verne is a pioneer of science fiction, he created many of the tropes that we see as common in science fiction today, and many of his books predicted technology we think of as commonplace now. That's why we had a Journey to the Center of the Earth book club a few years ago. … [Read more...]