Books, Movies, Theatre Etc...: April 2009

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Book 36 ~ She Always Wore Red

SHE ALWAYS WORE RED
By Angela Hunt
© 2008 Tyndale House Publishers - Carol Stream, IL
ISBN# 978-1-4143-1170-8
382 pgs
April 24, 2009 Friday

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Book 35 ~ I am Planet Earth

I AM PLANET EARTH
By Jean Marzollo
Illustrated by Judith Moffatt
© 2001 Scholastic Inc - NY, NY
ISBN# 0-4390-11321-0
16 pgs
April 22, 2009 Wednesday

Book 34 ~ The Song of Francis

THE SONG OF FRANCIS

By Tomie de Paola
© 2009 G.P. Putnam's Sons - NY, NY
ISBN# 978-0-399-25210-5
32 pgs
April 22, 2009 Wednesday

Theatre 2 ~ Thoroughly Modern Millie

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
Book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan
New Music by Jeanine Tesori
New Lyrics by Dick Scanlan
Original Story and Screenplay by Richard Morris for the Universal Pictures Film
Marian Gallaway Theatre
UA Department of Theatre & Dance
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
April 21, 2008 Tuesday

Monday, April 20, 2009

Movie 22 ~ Australia

AUSTRALIA
2008 * PG-13 * 165 min * Bazmark Films & 20th Century Fox
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Screenplay by Stuart Beattie, Baz Luhrmann, Ronald Harwood & Richard Flanagan
Story by Baz Luhrmann
April 20, 2009 Monday
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Theatre 1 ~ Wicked

WICKED
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Book by Winnie Holzman
Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire
Marcie Dodd, Helene Yorke, Marilyn Caskey, & Tom McGowan
Birmingham's Broadway Across America Series
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Concert Hall
Birmingham, Alabama
April 18, 2009 Saturday

Alabama -vs- LSU

Final Score 13 - 5
Attendance 5,655
6:06 pm Sewell-Thomas Stadium
April 11, 2009 Saturday

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Book 33 ~ Doesn't She Look Natural?

DOESN'T SHE LOOK NATURAL?

By Angela Hunt
© 2007 Tyndale House Publishers - Carol Stream, IL
ISBN# 978-1-4143-1169-2
349 pgs
April 18, 2009 Saturday

Doesn't She Look Natural (The Fairlawn Series #1)

Doesn't She Look Natural by Angela Elwell Hunt

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
A lovely book that kept me turning the pages to see what would happen next. The book could be considered Christian Fiction, which for some folks is a turn on and for others a turn off. I found the book to have the right amount of faith and religious undertones. This is the first of 3 books (so far) and I hope the rest contain more about the family and the people of Mt. Dora as a whole. I have some hopes for what the next installments will contain, I shall have to wait and see if my ideas are the same ones Angela Hunt chose.

The funniest thing to me is that she positively nailed the mother/daughter relationship with Jennifer and Joella. I found myself nodding my head several times.

The biggest lesson that I gleamed upon finishing this book is PATIENCE.

Often times we have patience with everyone but our family. Why is that?

Which brings to mind this quote, "The ones in greatest need of our patience, are often the ones the hardest to give it to."

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Book 32 ~ Shamoo

SHAMOO: A WHALE OF A COW

By Ros Hill
© 2005 Milk and Cookies Press - Berkeley, CA
ISBN# 978-1-59687-188-5
32 pgs
April 15, 2009 Wednesday

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Book 31 ~ Super in the City

SUPER IN THE CITY
By Daphne Uviller
© 2009 Bantam Books - NY, NY
ISBN# 978-0-385-34269-8
295 pgs
April 14, 2009 Tuesday

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Book 30 ~ Kiki

KIKI
By Christoph Schuler
Illustrated by Rahel Nicole Eisenring
© 2008 NorthSouth Books - NY, NY
ISBN# 978-0-7358-2202-3
32 pgs
April 8, 2009 Wednesday

Book 29 ~ The House in the Night

THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT

By Susan Marie Swanson
Illustrated by Beth Krommes
© 2008 Houghton Mifflin Company - NY, NY
ISBN# 978-0-618-86244-3
40 pgs
April 8, 2009 Wednesday

Book 28 ~ The Golden Egg Book

THE GOLDEN EGG BOOK
By Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
© 1947 & 1975 Golden Book & Random House - NY, NY
ISBN# 0-375-82717-X
32 pgs
April 8, 2009 Wednesday

Movie 21 ~ Twilight

TWILIGHT
2008 * PG-13 * 122 min * Summit Entertainment
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke
Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg
Novel by Stephenie Meyer
April 7, 2009 Tuesday
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