I have to admit that I did not read the first three books in Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling Twilight Series. I saw the movies and then I decided that I could not wait to find out how this saga ends. I began reading Breaking Dawn with a bewildered feeling about why Bella chose Edward [...]

Tessa and Nick have the perfect life. Or so everyone around them thinks. Nick is a pediatric plastic surgeon and Tessa has recently become a stay at home mom. They live in nice house in the Boston suburbs and have two beautiful young children. Until the night of their anniversary, when Nick’s pager goes off [...]

Karloff and Lugosi or if you prefer Lugosi and Karloff, either way for much of the movie loving public these are the two major stars of the classic Hollywood horror film. Their names and definitive roles, Dracula and Frankenstein, are paramount and seemingly equal in stature from the time of their star making appearances in [...]

One of the wonderful things about being a movie fan or a serious student of cinema today is the confluence of technologies that give us unprecedented access to all those films produced across the hundred plus years motion pictures have existed. If you are looking to go beyond the latest blockbuster where [...]

This book contains 13 stories that all involve Olive Kitteridge. The technique is an interesting one since we get to meet Olive through various characters’ eyes. Each chapter sheds a different light on the facets that make up Olive Kitteridge. However, it was difficult for me to finish this book because I [...]

I absolutely enjoy reading this cookbook. It covers an interesting mix of  food and family life. She starts out as a single, vegetarian food snob in Los Angeles. Decides to move to Chicago. But before leaving she meets the man of her dreams. Then ends up married and living on a
cattle ranch. Her husband is [...]