We went to see Iron Man Saturday night and enjoyed the flick. It’s been a little while since we took the kids with us to the theater and we haven’t been frequenting it as much as we used to. However, we did sneak a date night a few weeks ago and went to see The Forbidden Kingdom. I expect regular visits for the rest of this month as there’s three more shows lined up to come out every weekend that we want to see. I’m especially looking forward to the new Narnia and Indiana Jones movies. It’s funny that our theater time has dropped because you’d think both that and watching movies at home would have gone up since we nixed the TV last October but surprisingly they’ve both dropped as well. It’s an interesting observation.

I had a friend forward me a link to a YouTube video on the making of the Twilight movie. That looks to be great fun this December. I really enjoyed the series. I still wish she were spending her time writing it from Edward’s perspective instead of continuing the series but wishing won’t make it so. I also finished the newest Fablehaven book this weekend. It was another fun read. My only concern for the author is that the main story line seems to be as rutted as Harry Potter. Only instead of Harry being threatened with continual destruction it’s Fablehaven. I’m not sure how you get around that in a series but it can get a bit tedious even with all the great action in each book. Although Brandon is the first author I’ve read that I couldn’t accurately guess most of what was coming and I really like that. It was also an easy and fast read like the Harry Potter books for me.

I need to read some C.S. Lewis and Ralph Waldo Emerson books. They are two authors I’m delinquent in reading yet I love the little I’ve been exposed to and the numerous quotes of both. I’ve been marking some of the best selling books on my Facebook visual bookshelf to diversify my reading too. I love being part of a book club but unfortunately, by the time the discussion rolls around it will have been several weeks since I read the book and likely some other books in between. The problem is that you want to discuss a book as soon as you’ve read it and it’s hard to find others who are at the same point as you. Even with my husband finishing Fablehaven last night we haven’t really had any discussion on it and although I think I’d like to we never get back to it.

Any other thoughts out there on great books or movies?

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