NO SPOILER REVIEW: ONE OF A KIND theater book Book Two of Théâtre Illuminata – Perchance to Dream By Lisa Mantchev Available for advance purchase, Release date:May 25th From back of book: Growing up in the enchanted Théâtre Illuminata, Beatrice Shakespeare Smith learned all about every play ever written, but she didn’t know that she, [...]

No Spoilers When the news of this dark tale came into my view, I knew it would be something I would see… eventually. Opening weekend, it was highly doubtful, but definitely something I would see. So when I found myself sitting in the IMAX with my husband yesterday, I had to laugh that I was [...]

This is a spoiler free review… so read on and be merry. Ahem, so… if you read my review of the first book, The Lightning Theif, you know that I only have gave it 3.5 stars… I really wanted to give it 5 because of the mad writing skilz Rick Riordan has, but I couldn’t [...]

A few months ago, a friend of mine was talking about reading Percy Jackson. I thought immediately about Peter Jackson and figured she had mispronounced Peter’s first name, because believe it or not, it happens. Then it occurred to me, as far as I knew, Peter Jackson hadn’t written any YA novels, which is what [...]

I belong to a book club for Homeschooling moms and each month our book club gets together to discuss a novel that one of us chosen. The month it was my turn to pick, I chose Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev for a variety of reasons… The biggest reason was that Lisa and I [...]