Movie- Inkheart

by Carol8 Comments
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...
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Teaser Tuesday

by Carol9 Comments
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....
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Movie – Where the Wild Things Are

by Carol14 Comments
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 the...
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Game Night- Incan Gold

by Carol2 Comments
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...
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Giveaways in Blogland

by Carol3 Comments
I thought I’d let you know a few of the giveaways I ran across this week. As always, my current giveaway is listed on my sidebar. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry, at Trish's Book Nook (ends October 18) Devil's Trill by Gerard Elias, at Number One Novels (ends October 18, Continental US) A Climate for Change by Katharine Hayhoe and Andrew Farley, at Freda's Voice (ends October 21, US and Canada) Only Milo by Barry Smith, at Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia (ends October 23, US and Canada) Can God be Trusted? by Thomas D. Williams, at Freda's Voice (ends October 26, US and Canada ) The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl, at S. Krishna's Books (ends October 26, US) Four favorite books, at Life or Something Like It (ends October 31, US and Canada only) Knit the Season and Knit Two by Kate Jacobs, at Peeking Between the Pages (ends October 31, US and Canada, no PO boxes) Only Milo by Barry Smith, at Beth Fish Reads...
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