School is back in session

While I'm braving the tepid waters of required reading for beginning readers, I'll give you a more interesting assignment: read a sequel or spin-off to Jane Austen (and yes, you can watch a movie so long as it is a sequel or spin-off, you don't need an excuse to watch the originals!).  Anyone want to trade homework assignments?

Snowed/Frozen in? Great!

I hope you are snowed/frozen in like we are, if so, this is a great time to catch up on your reading (add cozy blanket/fire/cat/hot cocoa) or even a Jane Austen movie marathon to ring in the New Year.

More to watch!

If you've exhausted your list of holiday classics already and need something quality to watch, while the in-laws sleep off their food coma, i.e. a movie with both substance and good production, here's a list I'm eager to try!

What to watch, oh what to watch?

Here's a neat little flow chart to figure out what to watch with whomever this holiday season, and while I haven't seen all the films (and have a peculiar loathing for one in particular), they hit the nail right on the head enough that I thought I'd share this handy little tool and perhaps spare you some holiday stress, enjoy!

Bah Humbug Revisited

Need something besides the fiftieth installment of intergalactic angst or a plotless CG panoply of obnoxiously singing animated characters at the cineplex this Christmas?  I have yet to see it, but this film on the life of Charles Dickens looks like fun!

Venture forth but be prepared

You'd better be listening to some good Christmas music as an antidote to all the bad stuff flooding the atmosphere this time of year, otherwise your head will explode, it will, just ask the Surgeon General! 'Santa Baby' should not be endured without a good fortifying dose of Handel's 'Messiah' or the Nutcracker Suite, not that it should be endured at all, but you can't escape hearing it somewhere, unless you put yourself into solitary confinement until Easter, and while you're locked safely away, what better way to pass the time than with some actual music?  Either way, it is win win!

Puce Tuesday?

I've always imagined puce was some sort of purplish green color as it sounds absolutely horrid, but as it is the last extant color to have a day/cause of its own, I felt sorry for it and thought I'd have a book sale it it's honor.  Toddle over to smashwords.com and get 'The Last Shadow' for 50% off using the code PK94W at checkout or get the entire 'In Shadow' series 50% off using code CK78Z, hurry, there are only a limited number of coupons!