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...]

In 6th grade, I was obsessed with Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. When my kids reached 5th grade (I think), for their book and a movie I assigned my favorite book and the kids were not as excited by it as I was. With that, I opted not to assign Alice … [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 quarantine hit last year, Andrew Lloyd Webber created a YouTube channel that showed his musicals, bear with me, this will get to the Matilda book club in a minute, and Princess and I eagerly watched the videos each weekend. She endured both the good and the bad of Andrew … [Read more...]

Way back when I was recently graduated from college and was still in that magical time of life when you have all the free time in the world, the Princess Diaries movie came out. I went and saw it because that's what you do when you have endless free time. Then I found out there … [Read more...]