If you like the movie You’ve Got Mail, then you should check out The Shop Around the Corner. It’s the original filmed in 1940 and starring Jimmy Stewart and Maureen Sullivan. As you watch both, you’ll see elements that are taken from the original and adapted to modern times. Klara and Alfred work in the same clothing store and despise …
Vanishing Act Review
Vanishing Act was a very enjoyable romantic suspense read — one I enjoyed even more than the author’s debut novel. Nora disappears after watching her father get shot — she’s desperate to put distance between the syndicate behind the shooting and herself. Eighteen months later, they’re after her again…only she doesn’t know it….until FBI agent Nate Anderson shows up trying …
Licensed for Trouble Review
I read a lot while we were in North Carolina. Four books. All really good. So I’ll probably post several reviews this week along with all the other posts you’ve come to expect. You know me…when I run into a book I love, I have to share the word. One of those books is Susan May Warren’s latest, Licensed for …
Classic Hollywood Reviews: Mrs. Minver
Mrs. Miniver was one of the first dramas to focus on the horrors of World War Two that was sweeping across Europe. It is set in England, and Greer Garson plays Mrs. Miniver, a woman who is trying to survive and keep her family together during the bombings. The film highlights the efforts of a middle-class English family to survive …
Classic Hollywood Reviews: Bringing Up Baby
Bringing up Baby is another of our favorite classic movies. In my mind it is about the perfect blend of slap stick romantic comedy. Cary Grant is brilliant as Dr. David Huxley, a scientist who is waiting for the final bone to complete his dinosaur skeleton. He’s also getting married in a day to someone who doesn’t want love to …
The Homecoming: Review
The Homecoming is a continuation of the Unfinished Gift. For those who read the first book, you will love seeing the fulfillment of all your hopes and dreams for Patrick and his dad. Kathleen Townsend, Patrick’s social worker, is back as well as his Grandpa and Italian neighbor. But where the first book is Patrick’s story, this one is his …
The Bishop: review
I waited and waited and waited for the release of Stephen James’ next novel and The Bishop did not disappoint. This is the perfect book for people who like a gritty, forensic, serial-killer type of book. The one caveat I have to put on it is that if you can’t handle gruesome murder scenes, either skip those pages or the …
Classic Hollywood Reviews: You Can’t Take It with You
Frank Capra has to be one of my favorite classic movie directors, and this is one of his best films. You Can’t Take It with You is an adaptation of a play, and fabulous. Jean Arthur and Jimmy Stewart are the romantic leads again having also played those roles in Mr Smith Goes to Washington. Only this time they are …
Classic Hollywood Reviews: The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story is a classic. What you’re not surprised? Seriously this is one that you have to watch. Cary Grant. Katherine Hepburn. and Jimmy Stewart. Need I say more? And Jimmy Stewart won the Oscar for Best Actor. It also won Best Screenplay. (There is a remake with Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra, but I still prefer …
Touching the Clouds Review
Review: I think there’s something about the wilds of Alaska that appeals to people. It’s a harsh land that demands a lot of the people who live there. This book highlights the enterprising and dare devil spirit required to make a go of living there in the 1930s. I loved Kate. How can you not when she’s a free spirit …