Currerbell has been reading up a storm and The Moor by Laurie R. King was the next one to bite the dust.
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A Piece of the World
She also finished A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline recently.
Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth
Fun fact: the painting above by Andrew Wyeth was part of the inspiration for the novel, and Andrew’s father – N. C. Wyeth – is a man who’s illustrations have graced some of the books of my youth.
I love when things connect like that.
As of this posting Christina’s World is currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
She finished The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley on February 9, 2018.
“Not a great read but he’s a great writer” was her quick summation.
The First SWAT at it
Our oldest played her first game of Halo online multiplayer earlier this month (2/3/18) almost by accident – Currerbell was away from the screen and the game was starting, so someone else had to take over!
One Stop Shot
There may be many more games in her future, but for now she’s taken her first step into the online arena.
Strongholds of Splendor
The second expansion we’ve played for Splendor is “Strongholds,” (we played “Cities” earlier”) and this direction made more of an impact on the “regular” game.
Castles in the Sky
It played well although we need a couple more go-throughs so I can get a more solid strategy down.
Then when I lose it can be entirely my fault and I’ll be right at home.
Cities of the New Year
Currerbell and I played the first expansion of her favorite game, Splendor, on the first day of the new year.
Life in the Big Cities
This first expansion is Cities, and it was fun. It should be noted that I won, since that is a rare occurrence when we play this game together 🙂
Wires and Nerve: Volume 1
Currerbell finished her first graphic novel, Wires and Nerve: Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer, late last year.
The earth shown is not actual size.
Not the greatest but it did add more to the story in a positive way if the gist of her thoughts.
Christmas with the Kranks
Every year during the holiday season we watch through a group of movies that may or may not have a festive setting and theme.
(Hint – they do.)
This year was the first I had seen Christmas with the Kranks (she had seen it previous) so I was hoping we had found another to add to the list of our rotational December viewing.
I’m not (obviously) looking for the new definition of classic cinema, but I was looking for a decent Christmas-flavored flick to get into the spirit of the season with.
This movie did not do that, but a few laughs got me through to the end.
Cinder
Currerbell finished Cinder, the first book in “The Lunar Chronicles”, on November 18, 2017.
Cinder is by author Marissa Meyer.
The Dark Tower
We watched The Dark Tower mid-November of 2017 and had hoped for more.
We’ve never read the book series, but the movie had the seemingly massive good/evil confrontation that I enjoy with cool characters that could pull it off.
It was not to be however, as I felt the movie wasn’t sure what it was – was it a horror movie, an adventure movie? Were we supposed to understand everything, or just go with the flow and not think too much?
It finished strong but as someone who did not originally have an interest in the source material I wanted this to be the gateway. Not to be.
