Feb
6
Bookmarker Flag Pen Bookmark Review
February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment
While I’m reading I am always using pens and post-it notes. If I have to take my book somewhere I always end up losing the post-its and pen in my purse (or end up forgeting to take them with me in the first place). So when Everyday Innovations asked me to review their Bookmarker Flag [...]
Jun
17
The Color Purple Movie Review
June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment
It is 1922 in the American South when The Color Purple opens with two African American sisters, Nettie and Celie Harris (oldest) playing joyfully in a field of flowers. Fourteen year old Celie is pregnant for the second time by her father. When she gives birth her father takes it away.
My review for the [...]
Jun
9
Third Purple Star
June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Earlier this year I succumbed to peer pressure and bought the four books in the Twilight book series. Within a few weeks I had devoured them and now consider myself a convert. As far as I’m concerned Stephenie Meyers rocks.
When I was done I decided to make a Squidoo lens reviewing each book followed by [...]
Jun
3
The book is divided into three philosophies the first Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human), the second is Martin Heidegger (Being and Time) and it closes with Soren Kierkegaard, (Fear and Trembling). Susannah uses what she learns from each of these philosophers
My review for A Girl’s Guide to Modern European Philosophy was posted on 6/3/2009 [...]
Apr
14
Mansfield Park Review
April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
This is the third screen adaptation of Jane Austen´s third novel, Mansfield Park. The screenplay was written by Maggie Wadey and Billie Piper (Secret Diaries of a Call Girl, Dr. Who) portrays the exuberant heroine Fanny Price.
The review for Mansfield Park by Masterpiece Theatre was originally written 4/14/2009 for Literary Fiction, BellaOnline. The full review [...]
Mar
2
Water Wings Review
March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
You often hear of the ties binding women. Water Wings, through the help of one family explores what separates them. Their unique differences and the secrets not shared. Water Wings reads like a slow swim on a calm Sunday morning.
The review for Water Wings by Kristen den Hartog was originally written 3/2/2009 for Literary Fiction, [...]
Feb
14
The Love Song of Monkey Review
February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Love Song of Monkey was written by Michael S. A. Graziano, a professor of Psychology at Princeton University. This is a strange little book about a man dying from Aids who sneaks into a hospital with the help of his wife to have an experimental
Feb
2
Emma and Knightley Review
February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
If you didn’t know Jane Austen wrote a sequel to Emma, that’s because she didn’t. This sequel was written by Rachel Billington. The story opens a year after Emma’s marriage to Mr. Knightley with the couple still living at Hartfield with Mr. Woodhouse.
Jan
19
To Kill a Mockingbird Film Review
January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Atticus Fitch is a widowed father of two children; Jean Louis (Mary Badham) who goes by the nickname Scout is 6 years old and her brother Jeremy Atticus (Phillip Alford) who goes by the nick name Jem is 10 years old.
Dec
30
Lost in Austen Review
December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Amanda Price is an ardent Jane Austen fan. She is bored with her job during the day and frustrated with her boyfriend Michael at night. In between she “patches” herself up with Jane Austen. One evening she is home alone enjoying yet again the


