Book, Movie, and Music Recommendations

... these! Movies : The Piano: a very romantic, very beautifully shot film starring  Holly Hunter and an awesome, young Anna Paquin. Music : Mrs. Officer by Lil Wayne: This is NOT my usual taste in music, but this song really grew on me. The lyrics are funny and the beat is awesome. Books : Sunshine by Robin ...

to the parents of the future writers of America...

... guarantee that I would never have become an author. There are countless ways your daughter's gift can unfold. Please give her the space to let her explore them on her own. Fill your home with books, art, music, and good food, and keep the "You Must Be A Writer" pressure locked out. If she does become a writer, please don't turn her bedroom into a guest room, because she'll probably move back ...

... the lava lamps, too, now that I think of it. But this is just me. I am so stuck in the past, the queen of nostalgia. Anyone else walking in there would just enjoy the great food, and the blues music (which is a nod to the old place, as well) and the fact that it is bright and clean and open again, which is all that really matters. After dinner, I took Sasha out of her high chair and walked her ...

Miss Austen Regrets -- My Thoughts

... Cassandra remarks that it's a wonder how she can read it with dry eyes. Very nice touch, IMO. The cinematography was spectacular (almost akin to the 2005 P&P, but not quite) and the music was suitably lovely and demure at the same time. None of that overpowering, ostentatious old Hollywood "stuff". There were plenty of clever references to JA's novels and letters, and she even quotes her own ...

..., but isn't that the case with just about everything?) Meanwhile, the baby is into music. She loves all the music that plays on her Exersaucer (and there's a lot, as my husband insisted on buying the biggest, ...I bust out a little "I've Been Working on the Railroad," (accompanying the music on the Exersaucer) and you should see how excited she gets. You'd ...

Having just seen North & South for the very first time...

... better, I think. *sigh* One of those rare occasions. I want all of Margaret's dresses! (except I wish they had put her in white for the Thornton's dinner party, like in the book) And I loved the music. The voices of the two leads really surprised me. I don't know why, but for some reason I didn't expect DDA's to be so high pitched. And RA sounded so much like Sean Bean that even my dad came ...