• Movie Review: Cloverfield Paradox

    Like many, we saw this Netflix original movie announced during the Super Bowl (which we wouldn’t have watched if not for my in-laws who were visiting). Like the post before it, we had seen Cloverfield Lane, but not the original…

  • Movie Review: Cloverfield

    Since the new Cloverfield movie came out on Netflix the day of the Super Bowl, my husband and I have been very curious. We had heard of Cloverfield, of course, but we hadn’t watched it because we’d heard about the…

  • Movie Review: Peter Rabbit *Minor Spoilers*

    *Minor Spoilers* We went to see the Peter Rabbit movie on February 10th. We had guests from our of town and so my friend and I took the 5 kids (Ages 6 to 10) to watch it. It was pretty…

  • Graphic Novel Review: Sweet Tooth Vol. 6 – Wild Game

    What a wonderful series! “Wild Game” is the last collection of these fantastic post-apocalyptic story by Jeff Lemire where humanity is being wiped out by some sickness while babies are being born as hybrids (animal-human). The last chapters narrates the…

  • Graphic Novel Review: El Deafo

    My children got this award winning graphic novel by author/illustrator Cece Bell for Christmas from my brother and his wife. They usually are spot on with the books they get for my kids and when I saw my eight year…

  • Book Review: The Selection

    My thirteen year old niece recommended The Selection to me. I am beginning to go to her as a source of good book reading material because she also recommended the Water Fire Saga and I loved that series, too. The…

  • Movie Review: Blade Runner 2049 *Contains Spoilers*

    ***Please be advised this review contains heavy spoilers for Blade Runner 2029 and the original Blade Runner*** What an amazing movie! I love the original Blade Runner. I watched it even when I wasn’t allowed to watch the brief nudity…

  • #TBT Movie Review: Edward Scissorhands

    I have been avoiding this review for some reason. We watched this movie in December and only now am I sitting to try and review it. It is one of my favorite movies of all time. I am Edward Scissorhands…

  • Book Review: The Princess Diarist

    I got this book in our family’s Christmas gift exchange this past December. We have now decided that buying a gift is not our favorite activity and instead have been experimenting with different gift exchanges. This year we did a…