by Mary Carver | Jul 24, 2019 | Books, Movies & TV, What I'm Into
Spoiler alert: It did not look like me sitting at the edge of a bright blue body of water. I love reading. It’s my favorite thing to do, more than watching TV or eating chips and queso. Even more than sleeping (evidenced by the many, many nights I’ve...
by Mary Carver | Jul 10, 2019 | Books, Movies & TV, Shows We Love
One of the biggest heartaches for television fans is the early cancellation. Out of all the many, many options out there, you finally found a show that you love. The characters feel like friends or family (or maybe it’s the opposite and they’re a train...
by Mary Carver | Jun 19, 2019 | Books, Movies & TV
My daughter loves to read. I mean, the girl LOVES reading. I mean she refuses to leave the house without a book. I’m talking about a kid who stays up way past her bedtime reading, every night, unless I remove all books from her room. I’m saying she burns through books...
by Mary Carver | Apr 24, 2019 | Books, Movies & TV, Reader Favorites
This post was originally published in 2017, but it’s still relevant today. Because I still cannot handle This is Us, and my renewed love for sitcoms is still going strong. You’d think I would be happy to see any topic, any single thing that is not...
by Mary Carver | Apr 11, 2019 | Books, Movies & TV, Giving Up on Perfect
This post was originally published in 2017. On the way to the theater, we stopped at the gas station to stock up on M&Ms (a bag in every flavor except pretzel, because gross, and two bags of peanut butter, because delicious). As we got back on the road, I...
by Mary Carver | Apr 4, 2019 | Books, Movies & TV
It seems like every new movie released these days is a sequel, a superhero story, or based on a book. Sometimes that irritates me, because surely there must be creators and artists out there coming up with original stories. Right? Somewhere? But other times —...
