Your Electronics Disgust Me

Well, I found a great meme online that completely identifies what I will be doing with my children...when I have them.

I'm sooooo tired of being ignored because people are on their cell phones, iPads, computers, etc.  LOOK AT ME! I'M SO COOL! :-P

It's time to set down the technology, look someone in the eye, and ask them about their day. Try it. You'll feel so proud.

Harry Potter

And then, I found out that Bill Weasley also plays General Hux in the new Star Wars movie!

Look at the BEAUTIFUL red hair!

I think Domnall Gleeson is my new Hollywood crush.

More Star Wars

Every week, I need a Star Wars boost. Here is one for this week.  If you haven't seen Star Wars: A New Hope, you may not get this meme, so go watch it so you DO understand it!

From the original film:

Book Review: The Treatment

Book Number 2 in a crazy/weird/awesome series!

The Treatment

by Suzanne Young

Summary From Goodreads:

Can Sloane and James survive the lies and secrets surrounding them, or will The Program claim them in the end? Find out in this sequel to The Program, which Publishers Weekly called “chilling and suspenseful.”

How do you stop an epidemic?

Sloane and James are on the run after barely surviving the suicide epidemic and The Program. But they’re not out of danger. Huge pieces of their memories are still missing, and although Sloane and James have found their way back to each other, The Program isn’t ready to let them go.

Escaping with a group of troubled rebels, Sloane and James will have to figure out who they can trust, and how to take down The Program. But for as far as they’ve come, there’s still a lot Sloane and James can’t remember. The key to unlocking their past lies with the Treatment—a pill that can bring back forgotten memories, but at a high cost. And there’s only one dose.

Ultimately when the stakes are at their highest, can Sloane and James survive the many lies and secrets surrounding them, or will The Program claim them in the end?

This thriller will continue to leave you on the edge of your seat as Sloan and James continue to find out who they are, what the Program did to them and how they really felt about one another before they were sent into The Program.

There is a lot of betrayal and misunderstanding to this story, which makes sense--the teens have their memories erased in an attempt to take away their suicidal thoughts.  I did see some betrayal coming, but I admit, there were events that happened that I didn't foresee.

This book also discusses depression and suicidal thoughts--what is suicidal and what is sadness? Where do we draw the line? And to what extremes will people go to to take that away? I highly suggest this series, and I am ready to check out the 3rd book, which is more of a supplement book told from Quinn's point of view:

Teen Craft Night TOMORROW!

I am REALLY nervous about this next craft night, because the craft is pretty difficult and intricate, BUT, I am confident the teens will do a better job with it than me, which is what usually happens!

I HAVE succeeded in making a pretty flower and I cannot WAIT to see what the teens come up with!

Some More Chuckles

Some more chuckles...

First Book Review of 2016! Legacy of Kings

One of the best books I've read...maybe my favorite for 2016! This is why I am starting this year with this book review!

Legacy of Kings

by Eleanor Herman

Summary From Goodreads:

Imagine a time when the gods turn a blind eye to the agony of men, when the last of the hellions roam the plains and evil stirs beyond the edges of the map. A time when cities burn, and in their ashes, empires rise.

Alexander, Macedonia’s sixteen-year-old heir, is on the brink of discovering his fated role in conquering the known world but finds himself drawn to a newcomer…

Katerina must navigate the dark secrets of court life while hiding her own mission: kill the Queen. But she doesn’t account for her first love…

Jacob will go to unthinkable lengths to win Katerina, even if it means having to compete for her heart with Hephaestion, a murderer sheltered by the prince.

And far across the sea, Zofia, a Persian princess and Alexander’s unmet betrothed, wants to alter her destiny by seeking the famed and deadly Spirit Eaters.

This book, written in the vein of Game of Thrones, but for teens is incredibly solid and well-written.  Herman introduces the characters one at a time, and as their lives gently, or in some cases forcefully intervene with one another, Herman creates a story that every reader will fall in love with.  This book has a little of everything--love, betrayal, adventure, fighting, magic, heroes and heroines, duty, honor, and more!

There are characters you will love right off the bat, and characters you will know are terrible people.  But then there are those characters Herman only introduces to you slowly that you can't be quite sure about until the end of the story when you learn their whole background. 

I don't think I have one bad thing to say about this book, except that I'm toooooo impatient to wait for the second installment of this series that doesn't come out until June 28, 2016...the publishers haven't even made a cover! Get down to the library and get this book NOW!