Winner!
Congratulations! You won an autographed copy of Penny and Rio: The Locked Doghouse Mystery by Jennifer Swanson.
Kenny
I'll be sending you an e-mail, too. I just need your mailing address to pass on to Jennifer....
Movie- Inkheart
I talked about the Where Wild Things Are movie yesterday and I guess I'm still stewing it over in my mind a little. Maybe part of the problem was that the book was fresh in my mind. I had just reread it a week or so beforehand and I could remember every little piece of it. It's a classic childrens story and the movie obviously had to add more, just to fill the time allotted.
David, Amber (9) and I watched Inkheart (PG) on DVD last week and we all really enjoyed it. It had adventure and action, fantasy creatures and people with amazing gifts. It's all about the power of the written word.
Mo and his daughter, Meggie, share a passion for books. What they also share is an extraordinary gift for bringing characters from books to life when they read aloud. But there is a danger: when a character is brought to life from a book, a real person disappears...
Teaser Tuesday
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.
You also need to share the title of the book that you're getting your "teaser" from...that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you've given.
Please avoid spoilers!
My teaser:
"He'll put all to rights as it says in an old rhyme in these parts:—
Wrong will be right when Aslan comes in sight,
At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,
When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death
And when he shakes his mane we shall have spring again.
You'll understand when you see him."
-pg. 74, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along.
My copy is from a box set purchased in the 70s or 80s. I am an Amazon Associate....
Movie – Where the Wild Things Are
Amber (9), my mom and I went to see Where The Wild Things Are this weekend. I wanted to love this movie. I ended up with mixed feelings. I suppose that's not surprising, considering they took a story that was truly only nine or ten sentences long and transformed it into a whole movie.
Amber enjoyed it a lot. She went home and told David all about Max standing on the counter shouting for his dinner and about the Wild Things. She even made a picture of her own Wild Thing, a wolf-dragon mixture. She noticed that some scenes were exactly like ones in the book, but her question was how did Max know which way to sail the boat.
See, that's the problem. At heart, I don't know if this is a kids' movie. Max's relationship with his mom, who is single and dating someone, and sister, who of course has her own friends, is echoed in his friendships with...
Game Night- Incan Gold
Incan Gold
Designers: Alan R Moon, Bruno Faidutti
Manufacturers: FRED Distribution
Artist: Matthias Catrein
Year: 2009
Players: 3 - 8
Time: 20 - 40 minutes
Ages: 8 and up
Incan Gold is a quick, fun game of bluff and daring in which explorers push their luck while exploring an old Incan temple in search of gold and treasure. In each round, you decide whether to delve deeper into the temple, adding to your riches, or escape with the share you’ve acquired so far.
Every time an explorer braves new territory, more gems and dangers appear. Giant spiders, mummies and fire can cause you to lose everything. Is it worth the risk? You decide. But if you leave, those who remain in the temple may acquire a bigger share of each stash of jewels yet to be found.
After five rounds of exploration, whoever has the most treasure is the ultimate explorer and the winner!
This is a fun little game. It seems to work better with a group of...