On Wednesday I went to see the much anticipated Hunger Games movie and was surprised that I really enjoyed it. Of course there were things I would change but overall I thought it was a great adaptation. Rather than attempting to review the whole movie this week’s top 5 will be the things I think … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Top 5s
Top 5 Fridays: My fictional boyfriends
This week I reveal my fictional boyfriend list. It’s different from my “Free List” (if you’ve watched Friends you know what I’m talking about, if not, Google “Ross and Isabella Rossellini”) but equally as fun. These are five fictional characters I would gladly jump into a relationship with if they’d only acknowledge my existence. I … Continue reading »
Top 5 Fridays: Things I shouldn’t be doing (belated… sorry)
On Monday I got laid off from my job (such great news… the stress in that place was intolerable!) and I had some pretty great plans for my new found freedom. I was going to take a week off to clean my house, write/schedule a bunch of blog posts and read a couple books. As … Continue reading »
Top 5 Fridays: Books I can’t wait to read with Sir O
Sir O is almost 5 (in March) and I am beyond psyched to start reading some of my favourite kids books with him. We’ve already started with The Magic Treehouse series and the Canadian Flyer Adventure series which have shorter chapters and we do a lot of recapping but eventually he’ll be able to graduate … Continue reading »
Top 5 Fridays: Favourite movies based on books
It has happened to all of us, you finish a great book and then find out that there’s a movie adaptation planned – be honest, in that moment your heart sinks a bit because you know there’s no way the movie will be as good as the book. While this is true 90% of the time, every once … Continue reading »
Top 5 Fridays: Grammatical mistakes
This is the second time I’ve written this post, the first time (last night) my efforts got lost in the bowels of the internet and did not save. You’ll excuse me if I’m a bit testy. So, there are only two things that make me more angry than grammatical mistakes: violence against children and animals … Continue reading »
Book Challenge Week 17 – Book I hope to get for my birthday
This was actually supposed to be week 22 but since my birthday is coming up in a few days I thought now was the perfect time for this category. There are so many books I’m looking forward to reading this year during my A to Z Reading Challenge that I really can’t choose just one that … Continue reading »
Top 5 Fridays: Best books of 2011
Pretty self explanatory so (in no particular order) here we go: 1. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean and disappears. Then a young lieutenant, Louis Zamperini, surfaces, struggles to a life raft and pulls himself aboard. So begins one of the … Continue reading »
Top 5 Fridays: Best “Photo of the Day” of 2011
The National Geographic website has a feature called Photo of the Day and recently published a series entitled Photo of the Day: Best of 2011. While I was scanning through the Best Of series I disagreed with some of their choices (because really, what would the photo editor at National Geographic know?!) and have decided to … Continue reading »
Top 5 Fridays: Reading nooks
I have a dream and in that dream we own a 4 bedroom house and have a room I can dedicate just to reading. Since I mostly use my Kindle for reading I wouldn’t need a big space for large bookshelves, all I would need is: a door to keep out noise and distractions, natural … Continue reading »
