Ever After High: The Storybook of Legends
By Shannon Hale

I was skeptical about this book - I mean, the girls on the cover look like Brat Dolls and there are dolls that go along with the series. If you’d like to see an example of the dolls, click here for Raven Queen’s dollAt the same, I loved the description. Raven Queen is destined to repeat her ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know, I have pretty much the best family ever. Yes, bold statement and no it's not especially vital for what I'm about to write, but it is at least related. I tell you that to tell you that my father took me to Hogwarts - okay no, he didn't. But he has taken me to quite a few Harry Potter related places over the last few ( Read more... )

Here are my earlier thoughts on the "death" of Agent Coulson in the Avengers ( Read more... )

Before I start this I should probably mention the following:

SPOILERS! Got it? Big Spoilers all over The Place. Avengers, In Plain Sight, Harry Potter (books and movies), Firefly, Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes, and Green Eggs and Ham - all spoiled.

So, just in case we aren’t clear, I repeat, SPOILERS.

We all know that De Nile is not just a river in ( Read more... )

One of my absolute favorite things about being a fan, is when you discover other fans. Nothing is quite as fun as discovering and sharing your passions with another person. I love the moment when someone says "Me too!" just after I've declared how much I love the Avengers movies, Douglas Adams, Firefly, Lisa Kleypas, Warehouse 13, or Jeremy Renner.

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There was a time in my life when I wanted to be cool (I think this is a near universal desire at least in areas where surviving till tomorrow generally means looking before you cross the road and not telling your mother you failed a geometry test).

Now, I don’t mean to make myself sound old with the phrase “a time in my life”, because unlike my ( Read more... )

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