Enchanted? Enchanting!

I am truly disappointed to see the old fashioned fairy tale fade in today's society. Really the only fairy tales we get now feature wimpy guys getting in trouble, forcing a lady to save him ( and she usually marries him anyway). But Enchanted, the newest fairy tale from Disney, has helped to bring a little old fashioned fairy tale to our society of wimpy men and nosy ladies.

Enchanted tells the story o Giselle, a fairy tale girl from the kingdom of Andalasia. Giselle falls in love with a prince after a one day relationship, she's sent to our world by an evil queen. Giselle gets a huge reality check when she realizes true love can exist anywhere.

This DVD features some hilarious bloopers, deleted scenes, a short called "Pip's Predicament" telling a story about the adorable chipmunk that helps Prince Edward in the movie, and an easter egg showing just some of the similarities between Enchanted and the classic Disney Princess stories.

Despite some adult content that was a little unnecessary, I enjoyed Enchanted, a good old fashioned fairy tale.

Mind Like a Steel Trapp

Steel Trapp has the memory of a elephant. On the way to The National Science Challenge, a contest for teens like Steel, a woman leaves her briefcase on the train, and (wanting to do a good deed) Steel tries to give it

back, only to find himself tangled up in a terrorist plot.

This is a wonderful book, with even more wonderful characters (new and old).

Five Stars

I look forward to more Steel Trapp books, and more of Mr. Pearson's stories.

Framed; A True Masterpiece

I have to say, Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce is my favorite book to listen to (as an audio book) on the road. Hands down!

Framed tells the story of Dylan Hughes and the small town of Manod, where he lives. When some paintings from the National Gallery are housed in Manod Mountain for safekeeping, things go, as Dylan would say, completely hectic! Everyone is changed in one way or another. Everyone from Daft Tom, the adult who's obsessed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to Dylan's sister Minnie, the criminal mastermind-in-training. But there are good and bad sides to these changes. For instance, why has Dylan's father suddenly vanished? Why is Dylan's other sister Marie so upset? And one huge change that could involve Dylan in the crime of the century...

This is a FANTASTIC book for families to read together. My whole family agrees that it desperately needs to be a movie (hint hint).

Holes: The Book

Yes, I've finally finished Holes!

I was delighted to find that Holes by Louis Sachar is the only book I've read that is spot on, exactly like the movie.( You can view my review of the movie here) Or should I say the movie is just like the book? Just goes to show that Mr. Sachar has written a story that is magnificent in any form of storytelling.

This book was so entertaining, I read it for about 40 minutes until I had to go to bed last night, and finished it in one two hour stretch this morning. I really could not put it down.

So, congratulations, Mr. Sachar, on a story well written. You are the only person so far who has made me rave about a book/movie on this blog such as I have today.