WHY GIRLS ARE WEIRD by Pamela Ribon

Genre: Fiction and LiteratureISBN: 0743469801How Acquired: Half Price BooksReading Began: March 13, 2005Completed Reading: March 20, 2005Overall rating: Seven out of ten
Recommendation to others: What begins as a standard ChickLit title turns into a touching, emotional story about family and self and love and life and death.
Why I chose to read this book: Strictly due [...]

AMÉLIE (rental)

Why has it taken me so very long to finally see this film? This enchanting, mesmerizing, romantic, heartwarming film. I recall the rave reviews upon its release in America, I recall the vivid sets, the colors, the vivacity of the previews. Yet I failed to see it until now. And the entire time I was [...]

THE PUNISHER

March 12, 2005, on DVD

AN ITALIAN AFFAIR by Laura Fraser

Genre: Memoir, TravelISBN: 0375724850How Acquired: BookCrossingReading Began: March 1, 2005Completed Reading: March 12, 2005Overall Rating: Seven out of ten
Recommendation to others: This is really a woman’s book, centered around one woman’s journey back from heartbreak. The travel in the book is really just an extension of her own story, serving as a backdrop but not [...]

Like reconnecting with an old friend

I knew I would watch Numb3rs when it was first being advertised, and I knew it was a treat to see Rob Morrow on tv again, but I never could have guessed how much I would look forward to him each and every week. Just anticipating the show makes me smile. By Friday afternoons, knowing [...]

THE COMPANY (rental)

March 10, 2005