by Mary Carver | May 3, 2018 | Books, Movies & TV
Between the lingering winter and the early movie releases (hello, Avengers!), we really are skipping right over spring and jumping into the summer movie season this year. Since the movie theater is my preferred location for a date night with my husband or a girls...
by Mary Carver | Apr 26, 2018 | Books, Movies & TV
When I think back on my early reading experience, I can see that my tastes were clear even back then. I loved mysteries, and I especially loved series of mysteries. I also liked stories about teenaged girls, and while you’d think this would be the one that...
by Mary Carver | Mar 14, 2018 | Books, Movies & TV, Finding Truth in Unexpected Places, Movie Moments
Last summer I decided my daughters needed to have their pop culture horizons expanded. With the help of some googling (“top family movies from the 80s and 90s”), I made a list of all the movies I loved from childhood. Movies my brother, parents, and I had...
by Mary Carver | Mar 7, 2018 | Books, Movies & TV, Giving Up on Perfect
A few weeks ago I shared on Facebook that a book that I’d enjoyed was on sale, and I pointed out that the author was similar to Kasie West, one of my favorite YA authors. The response to that post was surprising. A friend (who loves Kasie West as much as I do)...
by Mary Carver | Feb 14, 2018 | Books, Movies & TV, Movie Moments
I love going to the movies. And renting movies. And flipping through the channels, stumbling onto an old favorite, and then watching a movie that I can practically recite from memory. I may not have seen your favorite movie or many of the movies on any “greatest...
by Mary Carver | Feb 8, 2018 | Books, Movies & TV, Truth in TV Shows
Have you been watching THE GOOD PLACE? No? Oh…wow…um…it’s fine. It’s fine. Everything’s fine. Except, you guys, you really should watch it! When it premiered last year, I wasn’t sure what to think about it. Of course, as a...