Yearly Archives: 2012



The Mist (2007)

Summary A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives. -IMDB.com Review Yup, that summary just about covers the entire movie. That was technically what the entire movie was about. But it […]



The Vampire Diaries (2009-) (Season 1-3)

Starring Nina Dobrev – Elena Gilbert Kat Graham – Bonnie Bennett Candice Accola – Caroline Forbes Paul Wesley – Stefan Salvatore Ian Somerhalder – Damon Salvatore Steven R. McQueen – Jeremy Gilbert Review Definitely an interesting and entertaining show to watch. It really brings back memories of Twilight, except that […]


HAWAII FIVE-0 (2010-) (SEASON 1 AND 2)

Hawaii Five-0 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Starring Daniel Dae Kim – Chin Ho Kelly Alex O’Loughlin – Steve McGarrett Grace Park – Kono Kalakaua Scott Caan – Danny ‘Danno’ Williams Masi Oka – Dr. Max Bergman Taylor Wily – Kamekona Review With all of the action, romance, ‘bro-mance’, comedy, amazing actors,and […]



Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa

Summary Violet Paz has just turned 15, a pivotal birthday in the eyes of her Cuban grandmother. Fifteen is the age when a girl enters womanhood, traditionally celebrating the occasion with a quinceañero. But while Violet is half Cuban, she’s also half Polish, and more importantly, she feels 100% American. […]




Kill Switch by Chris Lynch

Summary Daniel wants to spend one final summer with his beloved grandfather, before Daniel leaves for college and his grandfather succumbs to dementia. But when Da, a former systems analyst for the Department of Agriculture, starts to let things slip about people he’s killed and countries he’s overthrown, his old […]


Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

Starring Kristen Stewart – Snow White Chris Hemsworth – The Huntsman Charlize Theron – Ravenna Sam Clafin – William Summary Definitely not your average retelling of the classic Snow White fairy tale, Snow White and the Huntsman is a dark, action-fantasy film that’s based more on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale than […]




Just Some Fun Photos :)

I was just waddling (love that word) around the “World Wide Web” and I came across this really cute post from HuffingtonPost.com I love reading their fun news and this post is about animals (extremely cute animals) yawning and some of the pictures are extremely cute. I was going to […]



The Avengers (2012)

Starring Rober Downey Jr – Iron Man/ Tony Stark Chris Evans – Steve Rogers/ Captain America Mark Ruffalo – Bruce Banner/ The Hulk Chris Hemsworth – Thor Scarlett Johansson – Natasha Romanoff/ Black Widow Jeremy Renner – Clint Barton/ Hawkeye Tom Hiddleston – Loki Summary Blasphemy? Perhaps. But the best […]




Maurice Sendak

It is a sad day for readers, Maurice Sendak has died. At 83. Not bad really. And he has left the world a legacy in all of his writings.  How many of us stared life with “Where The Wild Things Are”? Here. Thank you Maurice.


Please Pledge

Yeah, I know that I am not one for ebooks, but I have to agree with this one. Please pledge to let libraries have ebooks. Since the younger generation is all technology oriented, having ebooks may encourage them to read more and not just stop at the library to pick […]




Cowboys and Aliens (2011)

Starring Daniel Craig – Jake Lonergan Harrison Ford – Woodrow Dolarhyde Olivia Wilde – Ella Swenson Summary “The Old West.. where a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert […]