When Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children movie came out, I knew nothing about the book, but Batman wanted to go see it as a special excursion. So we headed off to go see it, and we both loved it. Then he wanted to read the book, and I said, "Of course you can read the … [Read more...]
Sense and Sensibility book club
Sense and Sensibility is the first Jane Austen book I read. Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant were going to star in a brand new movie and all my friends were excited by it. I read the story and that got me started on slowly reading through the different Jane Austen books and talking … [Read more...]
Time Machine book club
In high school on year I decided to give all of my friends a book from Waldenbooks for Christmas. They had a collection of classic books that were each a dollar, which was just the right price for my cash-strapped high school wallet. I very carefully picked out a small selection, … [Read more...]
Six! Comparing history to the musical
About two years ago as I was researching history lessons I ran across a musical called Six, the Six Wives of King Henry VIII. I immediately knew I needed to find more about this musical, and I fell in love. I immediately started planning how I was going to use this in our … [Read more...]
July 2020 Month in Review
I got tired of my kids spending all day doing pretty much nothing, so halfway through July I decided to get school started.... Much to the chagrin of my kids. Or maybe blah? I think that sums up their reactions. Today, when this publishes will be our first full week of all of the … [Read more...]
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