This year I am spotlighting my favorite Disney movie in celebration of December and Walt Disney's birthday: The Bells of Notre Dame The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the Walt Disney Corporation's 34th animated feature. Released in 1996, it is an adaptation of the novel by Victor Hugo, about Quasimodo…
Non-fiction Spotlight: The Zookeeper’s Wife
Non-fiction Spotlight: The Zookeeper's Wife This month we are looking at a fantastic piece by Diane Ackerman. The Zookeeper's Wife tells the story of Jan and Antonina Zabinski, the husband-wife team behind the Warsaw Zoo in Poland. The Zookeeper's Wife The Zookeeper's Wife The Zookeeper's Wife The book is set in Warsaw, Poland just before…
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective: X-Men Part 1
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective Fans today are living in a Golden Age of movies based on comic books. Kids, teenagers, and adults have grown up on the exploits of superheroes since the 1910's, and more recently, in film as well. Among the various comic book producers, few were as prominent and beloved as Marvel Comics. It…
Remember, Remember, the 5th of November
Happy Guy Fawkes Day Who was Guy Fawkes, you ask? In 1605, many English Catholics were unhappy with the rules of King James I. Frustrated by lack of support for the Catholic Church and its followers, several nobles plotted to revolt. Central to their plot was the plan to blow up the House of Lords…
Halloween Spotlight: Interview With a Vampire
Halloween Spotlight: Interview With the Vampire "Drink from me and live forever." Hello again and welcome to Halloween 2019! This month, we are covering another spooky favorite, Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire. Interview With the Vampire Interview With the Vampire Interview With the Vampire Interview With the Vampire Anne Rice is a native of New…
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective: Blade
Marvel Cinematic Retrospective Fans today are living in a Golden Age of movies based on comic books. Kids, teenagers, and adults have grown up on the exploits of superheroes since the 1910's, and more recently, in film as well. Among the various comic book producers, few were as prominent and beloved as Marvel Comics. It…
Happy Leif Erikson Day
Happy Leif Erikson Day October 9 is recognised as the day Leif Erikson, Norse adventurer, reportedly visited the New World circa 1000 AD. He is credited as the first European to 'discover' America, 500 years before Christopher Columbus. The exact details of his voyage are not entirely known, and the earliest recordings of 'Vinland', the…
Tolkien Week: The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien Week The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Welcome to year two of Tolkien Week! Tolkien Week is an entire week dedicated to the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien, the father of modern fantasy. Not familiar with Tolkien Week? You can read more about it in last year's blog. Optional Thematic…
Fiction Spotlight: Fire and Blood by G. R. R. Martin
Fiction Spotlight: Fire and Blood The Starks promised us that Winter is Coming. Since last year, it came and went. Game of Thrones has wrapped up and the world has moved on to other shows and fandoms. In the meanwhile, some fans may wonder what is G. R. R. Martin working on now? What else…
Rock, Mineral, and Fossil Collecting
Rock, Mineral and Fossil Collecting Imagine a pleasant day at the local park. Or maybe you have a favorite beach you like visiting? Perhaps you're walking along the sidewalk in your neighborhood or back yard, when low and behold, you spy treasure! It's not a pot of gold though; no, what you found is one…
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