Dad of Divas' Reviews: September 2012

Sunday, September 30, 2012

DVD Review - American Horror Story Season 1

About the DVD
Brace yourself for an addictive thrill ride! American Horror Story is TV's most original new drama, a deeply stylish psychosexual haunt devised to keep you on the edge of your seat. The Harmon's (Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton) fresh start in a new home deviously twists to reveal discoveries of love, sex and murderous revenge. Featuring a Golden Globe® -winning performance by Jessica Lange, Season One scares up a host of engrossing extras.

Bonus Features:

  • Audio Commentary on Pilot Episode by Ryan Murphy
  • Behind the Fright: The Making of American Horror Story
  • The Murder House presented by Eternal Darkness Tours of Hollywood
  • On the Set of American Horror Story Season One
  • Overture to Horror: Creating the Title Sequence
  • Out of the Shadows: Meet the House Ghosts


Check out the brand new American Horror Story Murder House app! This is an interactive exploration of famous murder houses in fans’ neighborhoods. The twist is that the first house to explore is actually theirs! As the fan clicks on their house, the infamous American Horror Story house animates over the fan’s house, and then invites the user to explore the house. You can then explore the American Horror Story house or go back to discover other murder houses in their area.

See the murders in your neighborhood now and share with friends to Facebook and Twitter! http://www.ahsmurderhouse.com/neighborhood/

My Take on the DVD
I have not watched this series in the past so I was looking forward to seeing what this was all about.  I have to say after watching this I was quite impressed! The show is quite intense, and has such great complex characters and a plot that is so engrossing and keeps you on the edge of your seat from the start to finish of each episode. That show is also full of so many twists and turns, that you will not see what is going to happen next. If you like a series that is full of great writing, characters, dialogue, sets and artistry, this is the series for you! I am hooked and I know you will be too, just pick this up and you will be impressed!

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Blu-Ray Review - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Anniversary Edition

About the Blu-ray
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Academy Award®-winning director Steven Spielberg’s magical adventure, celebrates its 30th Anniversary with its first-ever release on Blu-ray™ October 9, 2012. Featuring an all-new, digitally remastered picture that delivers six times the resolution of DVD, as well as all-new 7.1 surround sound, the E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Anniversary Edition Blu-ray™ Combo Pack includes the 1982 theatrical movie, an all-new interview with director Steven Spielberg, and “The E.T. Journals” featuring never-before-seen footage from the set of the film. The Blu-ray™ Combo Pack also includes UltraViolet™, a DVD and a Digital Copy of the film, offering fans a chance to relive the mystery, laughter and wonder of the iconic movie anytime, anywhere on the platform of their choice. In 1982, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial became the biggest blockbuster of the year, ranking #1 over 16 different weekends. Even today, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial remains the fourth most successful movie of all-time in the United States. Nominated for nine Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Writing and Best Screenplay, the film took home four statuettes for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Sound and Best Music for John Williams’ (Jaws) memorable score. The unforgettable cast includes the adorable Drew Barrymore (He’s Just Not That Into You, Charlie’s Angels), Henry Thomas (Dear John, Legends of the Fall), Dee Wallace (10, “Sons and Daughters”) and Peter Coyote (“Law amd Order: LA,” Jagged Edge).

“When E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial premiered in 1982, it captured the imaginations of people young, old and everyone in between in a way that was unparalleled in modern movie history,” said Craig Kornblau, President of Universal Studios Home Entertainment. “A global cultural phenomenon—and the biggest box-office blockbuster of its day—E.T. brought out the child in all of us. We are thrilled audiences will now be able to experience the film in the astounding quality of Blu-ray TM.”

Bonus Features
The E.T. Journals: In this all-new bonus feature, retrace the day-to-day experience of creating E.T from never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes footage shot by Academy Award®-winning cinematographer John Toll. This piece will give viewers a unique feeling of being on the set and living the excitement of what it was like to make E.T.

Steven Spielberg and E.T.: Watch an all-new interview with Steven Spielberg, as he reflects back on the film and discusses his experience working with the actors, as well as his overall and current perspective on E.T.

  • Deleted Scenes: Two scenes from 2002 version of the film.
  • A Look Back: A special insider’s look into the making of E.T. featuring interviews with Steven Spielberg, the cast, and others intimately involved with the film.
  • The E.T. Reunion: The cast and filmmaker reunite to discuss their thoughts on the impact of the film.
  • The Evolution and Creation of E.T.: From idea to screenplay, through casting and making the film. 
  • The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams: Interviews and footage focused on the long-standing relationship between John Williams and Steven Spielberg.
  • The 20th Anniversary Premiere: Composer John Williams played the score of E.T. live at the Shrine Auditorium for the re-release premiere of E.T. This featurette gives us a behind the scenes look at this presentation.
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Special Olympics TV spot
  • Designs, Photographs and Marketing
    • E.T. Designs by Production Illustrator Ed Verreaux
    • E.T. Designs by Carlo Rambaldi
    • Spaceship Designs by Ralph McQuarrie
    • Designs by Production Illustrator Ed Verreaux
  • Production Photographs
  • Marketing E.T.
  • UltraViolet™: The revolutionary new way for consumers to collect movies and TV shows, store them in the cloud, and instantly stream and download to computers, tablets and smartphones. Consumers can now truly enjoy their movies anytime, anywhere on the platform of their choice. Currently available in the United States only.
  • Digital Copy: The Blu-ray™ Combo Pack includes a digital copy of the film compatible with iTunes®, iPad®, iPhone®, iPod™, iPod™ touch, Android or online retail partners.
  • pocket BLU™ App: The popular free pocket BLU™ app for smartphones is now even better with newly updated versions for iPad®, Android™ tablets, PC and Macintosh computers, with features made especially to take advantage of the devices’ larger screens and high resolution displays.
  • Advanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray™ player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live™ functions with ease.
  • Video Timeline: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film.
  • Mobile-To-Go: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray™ discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
  • Browse Titles: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU™-enabled titles available and coming to Blu-ray™. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device.
  • Keyboard: Entering data is fast and easy with your device’s intuitive keyboard. BD-LIVE™: Access the BD-Live™ Center through your Internet-connected player to access the latest trailers, exclusive content and more!


BONUS FEATURES ON THE DVD:

  • Steven Spielberg & E.T.
  • Deleted Scenes
  • A Look Back
  • The E.T. Reunion




My Take on the Blu-Ray 
I still remember seeing this movie for the first time when I was young, and completely falling in love with the characters and of course E.T. This was a skillfully done Blu-ray/DVD pack that has so many extras. For a true fan of the movie, you will love all of the bonus features that will bring you behind the scenes and let you see how they really made this movie come alive. It is hard not to be enamored with this movie, as it has a bit of everything from humor, to adventure to drama, really something for all. For me I loved the deleted scenes and the behind the scenes, making of the movie bonus features, as I always learn so much more about the movie but also about what was going through the minds of the creators when I watch these. All-in-all, I am so happy to have seen this great new release, as it not only brought me back to my own childhood, but it also allowed me to share a great movie with my own children, who also loved E.T.!

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Blu-ray Review - The Great Mouse Detective

About the Blu-ray 
On October 9, 2012, fans can experience Disney’s greatest little mystery, in High Definition picture and sound, and go on a great big adventure as “The Great Mouse Detective” Mystery in the Mist Edition arrives on 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack and HD Digital. When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London’s master toymaker, the brilliant Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime. This family classic on Disney Blu-ray proves big heroes come in small packages.

Talent/Cast:

  • Vincent Price (“Edward Scissorhands”) as the voice of Professor Ratigan
  • Barrie Ingham (“The Triangle”) as the voice of Basil of Baker Street
  • Val Bettin (“Shrek”) as the voice of Dr. David O. Dawson
  • Susanne Pollatschek as the voice of Olivia Flaversham
  • Candy Candido (“Herbie Rides Again”) as the voice of Fidget
  • Diana Chesney (“Robin Hood: Men in Tights”) as the voice of Mrs. Judson
  • Eve Brenner (TV’s “The Mentalist”) as the voice of The Mouse Queen
  • Alan Young (TV’s “Mickey Mouse Works”) as the voice of Flaversham


Directors: Ron Clements (“The Princess and the Frog”), Burny Mattinson (“Tarzan”), David Michener (“Oliver & Company”), John Musker (“The Princess and the Frog”)

Producer: Burny Mattinson (“Mickey’s Christmas Carol”)

Writers: Peter Young (“Oliver & Company”), Vance Gerry (“Hercules”), Steve Hulett (“Oliver & Company”), Bruce Morris (“Hercules”), Matthew O’Callaghan (“Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas”), Melvin Shaw (“The Lion King”), Ron Clements, John Musker, Burny Mattinson, David Michener

Release Date: October 9, 2012

Suggested Retail Prices & Product Configurations:

Mystery in the Mist Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (1 Blu-ray Disc +1 DVD) =$29.99 U.S. and $35.99 Canada

HD Digital = Consumer should check with their preferred digital retailer for pricing and additional information.

Rating: G in U.S. and Canada. Bonus material not rated. Approximately 74 minutes

Bonus Features:

  • “So You Think You Can Sleuth” – Viewers get an introduction to private investigating to kick off the “Great Mouse Detective” film.
  • “The World’s Greatest Criminal Mind” Sing-A-Long Song – young fans can sing along with Vincent Price to the song’s villainous vocals.
  • “The Making of the Great Mouse Detective” – In this bonus feature, fans get a behind the scenes look at this classic film.


My Take on the Blu-ray
As someone who always has liked the Sherlock Holmes stories, this was a fun story that does not always get the Disney acclaim that other Disney movies have in the past (but it should). The characters and plot are strong, and the music within it is memorable. The movie itself, while not like what you would see in movies such as Beauty and the Beast or the Little Mermaid, still has substance and depth, which in my perspective makes it an even stronger movie. If you have never seen this movie, you are missing out and I recommend that you go out right away to pick up a copy for your family. You will not be disappointed!

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Book Review - Complete Cake Mix Magic: 300 Easy Desserts Good as Homemade

About the Book
Anyone who bakes from scratch knows that baking cakes can be time-consuming and it can produce disappointing results. A cake mix is the perfect shortcut solution, because beginning with the best always gets you off to a great start. All you need to add is the rich and flavorful ingredients, such as eggs, sour cream, butter, chocolate or fruit -- the distinctive "homemade" taste no bakery cake can match.

This tempting selection of cake recipes will carry you through every occasion and you'll discover how to easily transform a basic cake mix into a mouthwatering dessert. The more than 300 recipes provide results that really do taste homemade -- in less than half the time it would take to bake from scratch.

Choose from more than 300 delectable recipes, including:

  • Single Layer Cakes
  • Multi-Layer Cakes
  • Tube and Bundt Cakes
  • Angel Food Cakes
  • Cheesecakes
  • Coffee Cakes
  • Loaves and Muffins
  • Cookies
  • Bars and Squares
  • Special-Occasion Desserts


Along with wonderful recipes, you'll find tips and techniques for perfect cake baking every time -- and a wealth of baking knowledge. Complete Cake Mix Magic includes practical equipment information making it perfect for beginner bakers and a great refresher for the experienced. Simple recipes, basic ingredients and no experience required -- you'll find all the elements necessary for outstanding results.

My Take on the Book
What was amazing with this cookbook was the array of desserts that the author shares with you and all you need to start is a cake mix and she takes you from there. I have tried out a number of the recipes and let me tell you, they are easy to make thanks to the step-by-step directions that the author provides and you can gauge your success through the amazing color images that are provided within the cookbook for some of the recipes. What would have made the book even stronger in my opinion was images for all of the recipes! Overall though, I was impressed and amazed at the number of recipes that were provided and the fact that all you needed to start was a cake mix (who would have thought).

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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Book Review - The Baseball Hall of Shame

About the Book
The game of baseball has seen its share of memorable postseason mishaps, but Babe Ruth's World Series base running blunder tops the list, according to Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo, authors of THE BASEBALL HALL OF SHAME: THE BEST OF BLOOPERSTOWN (Lyons Press 2012). Nash and Zullo have chronicled more than 125 years of outrageously funny moments in the major leagues in the latest installment of their best-selling Baseball Hall of Shame series. The newest edition includes the most mind-boggling goofs and gaffes of the postseason committed by some of baseball's greatest players, headlined by the Sultan of Swat himself.

Ruth made the biggest boneheaded play of his stellar career in the top of the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 1926 World Series. With his Yankees trailing, 3-2, Ruth drew a two-out walk to bring up cleanup hitter Bob Meusel. Batting .315 for the year with 81 RBIs, the hot-hitting Meusel had success against Cardinals reliever Grover Cleveland Alexander the day before, notching a double and a triple. But Meusel had the bat taken out of his hands by Ruth, who defied logic when the lumbering Bambino tried to steal second base with the game on the line. Never known for his speed, Ruth took off for second only to be thrown out by five feet for the final out of the Series, handing the title to St. Louis. "He didn't say a word," Cardinals second baseman Rogers Hornsby recalled after tagging Ruth to end the game. "He didn't even look at me. He just picked himself up off the ground and walked away." Ruth later explained that he tried to catch the Cardinals by surprise, thinking no one would ever expect the steal. No other World Series has ever ended on a player being caught stealing.

Some of the other memorable miscues in postseason history featured in THE BASEBALL HALL OF SHAME: THE BEST OF BLOOPERSTOWN include:


  • Herb Washington proved that the idea of a designated runner - the brainchild of Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley - was way off base when the former college track star was picked off first base, snuffing out a ninth inning rally in Game 2 of the 1974 World Series.
  • During a heated argument in Game 4 of the 1933 World Series, Washington Senators base runner Heinie Manush snapped umpire Charlie Moran's elastic bowtie into his throat, leaving the arbiter momentarily speechless. When the ump regained his voice, the first thing he said was, "You're out of the game!"
  • While celebrating the Minnesota Twins' 2002 Division Series championship, utility man Denny Hocking ended up at the bottom of the raucous pileup, injuring his hand so badly that he couldn't play in the ALCS.
  • In Game 2 of the 1917 World Series, Chicago White Sox pitcher Red Faber tried to steal third base only to discover that teammate Buck Weaver was still on the base. After Faber was tagged out, Weaver asked him, "What the hell are you doing here?" Dusting himself off, the embarrassed hurler replied, "I'm going out to pitch, of course."
  • Never in Fall Classic history have two teams displayed such amazing incompetence as the St. Louis Browns and the Chicago Cubs (then known as the White Stockings) when they made six more errors than hits in the 1885 World Series. The blundering players racked up an astonishing 102 errors while collecting only 96 hits.


The original Baseball Hall of Shame, first published in 1985, was an instant hit with fans of all ages, becoming one of the most popular sports humor books of all time. It spawned a Hall of Shame publishing franchise, with additional volumes on baseball, as well as football, basketball and other sports. The series has sold over 750,000 copies. For Nash and Zullo, their motto has always been, "Fame and shame are part of the game."

The book is available for purchase on Amazon.

For more information visit Bruce Nash's website http://www.nashentertainment.com

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My Take on the Book
This book had so many great stories within it, that for a true baseball fan will just draw you in and will make you not want to let go. This was a great book, and with the stories being as short as they were you come out of reading the book so much more informed about some great stories. Some of the stories were ones that I had heard of in the past, but there were so many that were new. After I was done reading this I passed it on to another baseball fan as I knew that they too would simply love this book! The authors do such a great job at transporting the reader to the field and in many cases right into the game itself. I know that while I was reading this, I could close my eyes and see everything that was happening - a true mark of a well written book!

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Book Review - Your Superpowers Dream It, Achieve It


About the Book
Junior high and high school is tough few years for just about everyone. It can be difficult going to school, trying to fit in, and trying to make sense of all the changes in life. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a roadmap that helped teens through the “growing up” years so that they don’t turn out to be all pain and no gain?

In the new book Your Superpowers: Dream It, Achieve It, author and life coach Steve Gardner makes the case that teenagers have superpowers that are just waiting to be released.

The basic premise of his book is that each and every teenage boy or girl has latent superpowers including the power to be creative and to attract the things they want and need in their lives.

“The human brain is even more incredible than the world’s most impressive supercomputer,” he says. “Teenagers need to learn they can create whatever kind of reality they want.”

Here are just some of the incredible insights this useful book contains:


  1. Brains surpass computers - Human brains imagined the idea for computers in the first place, and they continue to this day to use their creativity to make computers smaller, faster, cheaper, and better. The real gift: the ability to create things in your mind and work on them until you have created them physically.
  2. You are not only the world’s most powerful computer, you are also the world’s most powerful and magical magnet! When you become interested in something, anything at all, then the energy inside of you starts to change. Stop and think about that. Everything you are experiencing is something you helped attract to yourself.
  3. You monitor your “inside world” so that you can influence your “outside world.” You must be aware of your thoughts and feelings. Once you know what you want and don’t want, then you can start changing your energy so you attract the best in life back to you. You can use your superpower to attract good and fun things back to you, instead of the boring, mean, or frustrating things.
  4. Once you discover what is in side you, do what is in your heart. Whatever the prompting is, your job is to hear it and do it. Even when what you feel prompted to do doesn’t make any sense, you must still follow it. Your job is to take action.
  5. Grow with the Flow. You are doing something new. Once you get the hang of things and it is easy to use your superpowers, you’ll look back and think how silly it was that at one time you didn’t manage or control your energy. For the rest of your life, you will probably look around at all the people not using their superpowers and wonder what they are afraid of. You will discover that either they don’t know they have superpowers or they just don’t want to dust them off and use them.


Gardner says that a teenager’s superpowers do not end with his or her mind. Each person is connected to a greater force. With our energy, we can all tap into this force, if we learn how to do that. His book gives stories and guidance about how to access that greater power and use it to create exactly the life they want.

About the Author
Steve Gardner has worked with teenagers and pre-teens as a high school teacher, a counselor, basketball coach, and much more. He wrote Your Superpowers to help the youth uncover their own latent talents and abilities. Teenagers do not have to be victims in school and home. Your Superpowers teaches them how to be empowered. Steve as a keynote speaker has spoken in Europe and Asia, in addition to being a popular speaker in America for many years. Some highlights include being interviewed on live talk shows in front of television audiences of 20 million people! he mixes humor with powerful stories to inspire and teach audiences wherever he goes.

My Take on the Book
This book is short, but sweet and provides insights that are easy to follow and solutions that are easy to implement. The book speaks directly to the reader and gets on their level, helping them to see the things that makes them special and unique, as well as how the young reader can make the life that they want for themselves if they put their mind to it. I liked the fact that the book is set up like a workbook and you can work your way through it to start making changes that will help you be the best person that you can be! This is a book that all teenagers would learn much from!

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Book Review - Moon Hoax

About the Book 
In Moon Hoax, China claims the moon landings never happened and they have proof. Losing worldwide prestige is not an option for the United States. Paul Gillebaard's brilliant debut novel is a magnificent tale of seemingly doing the impossible, sending an American back to the moon...today.

CIA agent and former NASA candidate Peter Novak, son of a U.S. moonwalker, is selected to fly a mission back to the moon against UN sanctions to set the record straight. With no manned rocket close to flying, America must figure out how to get their man into deep space undetected and without international help.

Restoring his father's good name and the reputation of his country on a one-way ticket to lunar orbit sounds crazy--but it's Peter's only chance to break free of Earth's atmosphere and fulfill his dream as an astronaut. Peter enlists a former space rival as his unlikely co-pilot, and the two battle to outwit China's efforts to sabotage the operation and beat the Chinese back to the moon. For more information, visit http://www.moonhoaxbook.com/


About the Author
Paul lived in Nassau Bay, TX during the moon shot years, home for many of the Apollo astronauts. Living among these men who would make history inspired Paul to write this book. Paul currently resides in Orange County, CA with his wife and two children.

My Take on the Book
This book takes a theory that landing on the moon to a whole new level and adds a mystery into the plot as well. While I did not know what to expect, I was very pleased with the overall results. The author did a great job not only with the story, but also with establishing the characters and the relationships between them. The story was engaging and I found myself not wanting to put it down! I think for me some of the reason I found this to be such a good book was because I could tell that the author had researched and lived through what he was sharing in the book, which made the story that much better in my opinion! If you enjoy stories about the space race, you will love this!

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Book Review - Revival, Hallelujah!

About the Book
REVIVAL, HALLELUJAH! presents a collection of evangelical poems by author Paul Juby as a personal message to unbelievers, fencesitters, pastors, church leaders, and congregations. Church leaders are wonderfully dedicated people, yet their churches are often lacking in members. They need the Holy Spirit to awaken in them the need to evangelize, to bring people to accept Jesus, and to save lives. Revival can be accomplished through enthusiasm that is contagious and sets each church and congregation on fire•by telling people gently but firmly that they need to move into action for Jesus.

A dedicated worship leader can read the poems from Revival, Hallelujah! to their congregations as they worship together. Too often people talk of revival as impossible, but God delights in impossibilities. These poems can help to spur anyone into action who might be hesitating.

About the Author
PAUL JUBY is a preacher's kid. He went to Malaysia at the age of twenty and was converted by Asian teenagers. He then became a pioneer youth leader in Malaysia with the Boys Brigade, which has since grown to 10,000 members. Now in the United Kingdom, he is an evangelical Methodist lay preacher.

My Take on the Book
An interesting and motivational collection of poems that will make you truly think about what it means to be a christian and what it means to be passionate about your own worshiping of God. The poems cover so many different areas and are a mix of facts as well as well written dialogue that engages and invites and will definitely make you rethink about your own thoughts and beliefs! This was a great book that is a breath of fresh air when it comes to evangelical books!

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Book Review - The Ultimate Timeline of World History

About the Book
Timelines with captioned color photos and illustrations, plus capsule summaries recounting the deeds of generals and statesmen, the rise and fall of nations, battles and cataclysms, royal dynasties, world-changing inventions, and great moments in history fill the pages of this eminently "browsible" book. It's a sweeping pictorial narrative that begins with descriptions of humanity's earliest origins, and extends to the twenty-first century. A few of its highlights include--


  • Archaeological finds of prehistoric tools and artworks, including artifacts that date from as early as 100,000 years ago
  • Summaries of early civilizations in Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, the Indus Valley, ancient China, Greece, and Rome
  • Medieval Europe and Christianity, Viking explorations and attacks, Mongol expansion in Asia The European Renaissance and global exploration
  • The European Enlightenment, the American and French revolutions, and the Napoleonic era
  • The industrial revolution, early inventions, the beginnings of modern science
  • The twentieth century, world wars, the age of high technology
  • World affairs since 9/11. . . and much more


Major eras are introduced with timelines on fold-out double-page spreads featuring large tabs extending from page edges and labeled with topic titles and their historical dates. Hundreds of color illustrations.

My Take on the Book
What an amazing resource this book provides for the whole family. East to read with amazing images this book makes world history easy to comprehend and so interesting for the reader. This was a great book that I have been reading with my daughter. It has been a lot of fun going backwards in time (for her sake) so that she can get a better grasp for time. Her eyes have been as big as saucers as we have been reading through this as I show her things about wars, and past civilizations. It has been so much fun sharing this with her and I know that will find find the same joy in sharing this with your own family!

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Book Review - How to Make Your Own Brewskis

About the Book
Beer lovers who want to start making their own brew have excellent chances for success if they start with this book! Back in 1980, nearly everybody in America was drinking similar beers. Only a few major brands dominated America's brewing industry, selling palatable but fairly bland beers. At that time, a mere eight craft breweries were doing business in the United States--but those small operations became the start of a trend. Today, the success of more than 1,700 American craft breweries has also inspired a burgeoning home brewing scene. How to Make Your Own Brewskis is both a detailed description of different types of beer and a fail-safe home brewer's recipe book.


  • Offers recipes for the home brewer who wants to avoid those less-than-ideal malt extract kits and brew with wholesome grains
  • All recipes have been field-tested and are easy to follow
  • Describes all needed equipment and ingredients, and tells where to get them
  • Presents recipes for the four basic styles of beer: Pilsner, California Common (the original American craft beer), Porter, and India Pale Ale
  • Features more than 200 illustrations, including many demonstrating step-by-step directions


Here is every beer connoisseur's first step toward the enjoyment of rich-tasting and distinctive brews he can be proud to claim as his own and serve to his friends.

My Take on the Book
This was an amazing book and resource for any amateur brewer! As someone that has been wanting to get into brewing in the future, this book was a great resource with so many great ideas and step-by-step instructions about how to brew beer. I loved the illustrations and how each of the pages brings you from start to finish in the brewing process. Beyond the general beer making process, this book also did an amazing job at talking about the different types of beer and what you need to do to make this as well. I have read through other books that are much more complicated, but this book instead keeps it simple and helps the reader to completely understand what they need to do and how to do it. A great book for the beer enthusiast!

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Book Review - Breaking Free from Fear


About the Book
Break free from Fear

Life is filled with all sorts of fears that can assault your mind, trouble your soul, and bring untold stress. But you don’t have to remain captive to your fears.

In this six-week study you will learn how to confront your circumstances with strength and courage as you live in the fear of the Lord—the fear that conquers every other fear and sets you free to live in faith.

40 minutes a week could change your life!

The 40-Minute Bible Studies series from the teaching team at Precepts Ministries International tackles the topics that matter to you. These inductive study guides, designed to be completed in just six 40-minutes lessons with no homework required, help you discover for yourself what God says and how it applies to your life today. With the leader’s note and Bible passages included right in the book, each self-contained study is a powerful resource for personal growth and small-group discussion.



About the Author
KAY ARTHUR founded Precept Ministries International with her husband, Jack, in 1970. What started as a fledgling ministry to teens is now a worldwide outreach with Inductive Bible Studies in nearly 150 countries and 70 languages. Arthur has written 100-plus books and Bible studies, including the Gold Medallion-winner Lord, I Need Grace to Make It Today. Arthur reaches over 90 million viewers and listeners through her half-hour television program Precepts for Life and the one-minute radio feature Precepts from God's Word, aired on nearly 1,000 radio and television stations worldwide and available online at www.preceptsforlife.com.

Kay received the National Religious Broadcasters "Best Television Teaching Program" award in 2004 and in 2009 for Precepts For Life, Precept Ministries' half-hour television program. She holds an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Tennessee Temple University. For more information about Kay Arthur and Precept Ministries International, visit www.precept.org.




My Take on the Book
This book was such a practical read. You take 40 minutes each day for six weeks for a great bible study. Each lesson was great and helped me to better understand the bible. I am only a few days in now, but I do have to say that I am impressed. Not only is it easy to understand, but you also get a lesson with no homework and not too long of a lesson either. The lessons were also very interactive and discussion oriented so that you can use this with a group without any issue. All-in-all I am looking forward to the rest of the 6 weeks of learning.

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Friday, September 28, 2012

BLU-RAY TRAILER PREMIERE: PETER PAN: Diamond Edition!!!

Peter Pan has returned…




Join mischievous Peter Pan, the young boy who refuses to grow up, his hot-tempered pixie pal, Tinker Bell and the Darling children as they soar away to the mysterious Never-Never land where childhood lasts forever in this magical, musical adventure!


Peter Pan: Diamond Edition will be available for a limited time on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Copy!




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Kidz Bop Shares Some Great Holiday Gift Ideas!



I had the opportunity to review the new Kidz Bop Christmas CD and I have to say is wow! This is a great collection of 15 holiday classic songs that your whole family will enjoy. I know that it's a little bit early to think about Christmas but as someone who always enjoys good music I will tell you that this is an upbeat collection of songs with great singing that will keep your whole family about the holiday season year-round. I highly encourage all fans of Kidz Bop to pick this up as well.

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Chuck E. Cheese's kicks off "Chucktober" with free tokens!


Costumes, candy and colorful props are all part of family entertainment leader, Chuck E. Cheese’s new fall promotion, “Chucktober 2012.” Beginning today, parents and children can log onto www.chuckecheese.com to print out a series of fun and exciting props to pair with their costumes. Children who bring in the coupon from the activity to participating Chuck E. Cheese’s locations during the month of October can enjoy 10 free tokens to be used to win cool prizes and create great Chuck E. memories with the family. 

“At Chuck E. Cheese’s we love to spend time celebrating the different seasons with our friends and families,” said Scott McDaniel, chief marketing officer, Chuck E. Cheese’s. “Chucktober 2012 is especially fun because our cast members and Chuck E. get to see all the kids in their cool costumes and the props from our activity.”

As part of the special “Chucktober 2012” promotion, weekend visitors will enjoy a new Chuck E. trick – a candy splash featuring free candy and tickets! The splash takes place at 12, 2 and 4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays only. Parents can look for more details in Chuck E. Cheese’s latest email blast.

Kids can also sing and dance along to Chuck E.’s new downloadable song, “Them Bones,” every hour daily during the free ticket splash. Families can learn the dance together before their trip by watching Chuck E.’s new video on YouTube.

Families who want to make “Chucktober 2012” even more exciting can pose for photos in their costumes and props. Guests can share their memories by emailing pictures or videos to memories@cecentertainment.com and they may turn up on Chuck E.’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/officialchuckecheese or the Chucktober Pinterest board featuring all the treat- and tweet-worthy looks.

In addition, guests can find October’s activity, as well as other fun Chuck E. activities, on the Chuck E. Cheese’s website at http://www.chuckecheese.com. For even more fun, visit the Chuck E. Cheese’s YouTube channel to watch entertaining videos that feature the famous Chuck E. having fun with kids and families nationwide.


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Book Review - A Random Book about the Power of ANYone

About the Book
When Talia Leman was just ten years old, she rallied students from four thousand U.S. school districts to report more than $10 million for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Realizing the potential harnessed, she founded RandomKid, a nonprofit organization that brings youth together across the globe, providing them with innovative tools and resources to create positive change. Today RandomKid has unified the efforts of 12 million children bringing aid to four continents. In A RANDOM BOOK ABOUT THE POWER OF ANYONE (Free Press Paperback Original; October 2, 2012; $14.99), Talia Leman—now seventeen and a senior in high school—shows readers how to find their passion and make room for life’s surprises, demonstrating that everyone has what it takes to make a difference for anything that matters to them.

Passionate about the potential we all have inside us, Talia writes, "The truth is, our power comes from being who we are, exactly as we are, and doing what we do, exactly as we are compelled to do it! When you spread value—by generously giving it away from the genuine place of you—people sit up, wake up, and pay attention.”

Writing with infectious enthusiasm, humor, and resoluteness, Talia shares her secrets for being greater than you know how to be, including:


  • Sideways is a better way to go forward
  • If life gives you lemons, lemonade is just one option
  • Too many cooks is the right number
  • Purpose happens by accident
  • Passion beats perfection
  • Mission before brand
  • Don’t line up Your Ducks
  • It's not about thinking outside the box; it's about not having a box at all


In A RANDOM BOOK ABOUT THE POWER OF ANYONE, Talia explains why there is no better investment than kids. “When you invest in a youth project,” she says, "you are not just investing in their cause, you're investing in them. I discovered when a person gives a dollar to a cause like the earthquake in Haiti, they give a dollar to that cause. But when they give that same dollar to a youth project benefiting that cause, those kids will take that dollar and turn it to $2, $3, $4. . . And sometimes more than $10. That's a 100 to 1000% return.”

In an interview about A RANDOM BOOK ABOUT THE POWER OF ANYONE, Talia Leman can discuss:


  • How she was able to raise $10 million when she was just ten years old
  • Why her brother Zander—who has an autism spectrum disorder—was the inspiration behind RandomKid
  • How to find your passion
  • Why investing in a kid who is raising money for charity yields a better return than simply investing in the charity
  • How to make a great mistake (and learn from it)
  • Why donors are not allowed (and success only happens when everybody wins)
  • How to get what you need without asking for a dime
  • How to create a message that spreads
  • "The Big Return" – a project she launched in St. Louis in October 2011 that leverages the power of local youth to create big change in the world. And how she plans to roll it out to all fifty states


As Talia writes, "Passion can be sourced many ways. Sometimes people change the world because of the empathy they feel, and sometimes they change the world out of curiosity, frustration, or the desire to innovate. With the right tools, your reasons don't matter. You simply can, for whatever inspires you."

For kids, parents, educators, investors, philanthropists, reformers, and activists alike, A RANDOM BOOK ABOUT THE POWER OF ANYONE inspires us to rethink and reimagine what's possible, one random inspiration, one random idea, one random person at a time.

About the Author
Seventeen-year-old TALIA LEMAN, author of A RANDOM BOOK ABOUT THE POWER OF ANYONE (Free Press Paperback Original; October 2, 2012; $14.99), is a random kid from Iowa. At age ten, struck by images of the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Talia embarked on an accidental journey that rallied students from four thousand U.S. school districts to collectively report more than $10 million for relief efforts, ranking the giving power of youth among the top five U.S. corporate donors. Realizing the potential harnessed, RandomKid was founded, Talia’s nonprofit organization that brings youth together across the globe, providing them with innovative tools and resources to create positive change. Today RandomKid has unified the efforts of 12 million youth from twenty countries bringing aid to four continents, garnering up to a 1000 percent financial return for youth-led causes. Talia’s platform has been recognized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations as a premiere model for promoting peace; and she has been named the recipient of the national Jefferson Award (called “the Nobel prize for public service”) and honored with the International Youth Talent Award from the European Union. Talia travels the world speaking about “the power of ANYone.”

Talia’s national media appearances include The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, CNN and ABC World News Now. An incredibly powerful and inspiring speaker, Talia has addressed audiences all over the world; she’s spoken at Newsweek and The Daily Beast’s Women in the World conference( http://www.livestream.com/womenintheworld/video?clipId=flv_5c1c0b80-3123-4d72-b299-1771727083c2) a TED satellite conference (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EuPSF-UgQA), the Young Presidents Organization (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6f-zpQQ9hM), done presentations for UNICEF and the United Nations, and gave keynote at the American Association of Fundraising Professional annual conference.

A world-renowned fundraiser, Talia is currently spearheading RandomKid’s The Big Return, a project that launched in St. Louis, Missouri in October 2011. Seeking to leverage the power of local youth to create big change in the world, The Big Return-St. Louis pilot was a huge success. Starting with 247 youth, they rallied 20,000 additional kids, and together they yielded a 911% return on the investment that local corporations provided to them, benefitting more than 100,000 people. They plan to roll out The Big Return to all fifty states. For more information on RandomKid, visit www.randomkid.org.

My Take on the Book
Talk about an inspiring young person! This young woman has done more in her seventeen than most have done in their entire lives. This book brings together many of the great ideas that the author has used to be successful into one location. The book provides the reader with so many great, innovative ideas and resources about how they can change the way that they think about things as well as providing the motivation and inspiration to make the changes that need to be made. The book was so easy to read, and with short, to the point sections, you can easily understand the concepts and bring away so much from the book itself. This book is geared toward all ages and can serve as an inspiration to anyone who is trying to accomplish anything!

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Angie's Kettle Corn Snack Packs Offer a Halloween Candy Alternative


I wanted to send a suggestion for a Halloween candy alternative to all of my readers. I recently had the chance to try out Angie’s Kettle Corn. Angie’s has what are called snack packs, in Classic Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn varieties which are a great balance of sweetness and salt. Thus this becomes a great way to break up the candy overload, Best of all Angie’s is pure and natural with ingredients you can pronounce and a tasty treat for kids and parents alike!

I had the chance to try out these snack packs and they were delicious. Even better, the portion sizes were manageable and set up to be a true snack. Thus, children will not over-indulge but instead will have a set amount that will satisfy!

Angie’s Classic Sweet and Salty Kettle Corn

Bag Size
24 individual bags, 0.5 oz. each

Ingredients to Love
Popcorn, Corn Oil, Sugar, Sea Salt

Nutritional Attributes

  • Made with non- GMO corn
  • No high-fructose corn syrup
  • No artificial ingredients, all natural
  • No MSG
  • Gluten-free certified
  • Kosher certified

Nutritional Information
(per 1 bag serving)
70 Calories, 3.5g fat, 0g saturated fat, 0mg cholesterol, 65mg sodium, 8g carbohydrate, 1g dietary fiber, 4g sugars, 1g protein

Price
Starting at $7.99

Where to Buy
Select Target and Sprouts locations

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Matt Damon, Tom Brady and Gisele Join UNREAL'S Efforts to Reinvent Candy



“Unjunking candy is just the first step in our mission to Unjunk the World™,” said Michael Bronner, founder of UNREAL™ Brands. “Our goal is to educate people on the benefits of removing junk from products, and to provide great-tasting alternatives. With this video, we are thrilled to give consumers an inside look at UNREAL.”

After two years and thousands of recipes, UNREAL™ launched this summer in over 18,000 stores nationwide with five candies that retail for a comparable price yet do not contain corn syrup, hydrogenated oil, artificial flavors, GMO’s or synthetic colors. In fact, UNREAL™ candies are made with only the best ingredients. The dairy comes from pasture raised cows in New Zealand and California without antibiotics or added hormones. The organic palm kernel oil from a sustainable and organic plantation in Brazil. Traceable cacao beans from farms in Ghana and Ecuador. Natural colors instead of synthetic dyes, like red from beets and blue from purple cabbage.

“UNREAL has done it with candy. And if they can do it with candy, we can do it with anything,” comments Dr. Mark Hyman, Chairman of the Institute for Functional Medicine, four-time New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized leader in his field.

UNREAL products are now available in 18,000 stores nationwide, including CVS, Walgreens and Kroger, and will be available in more than 30,000 retailers by mid Fall, with suggested retail prices ranging from $.89 to $1.29 for individual bars and $4.99 for the family sized bags.

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Book Review - Decisionology: A Guiding Compass For High School Students

About the Book
According to DoSomething.org, more than 60% of teens said that drugs were sold, used or kept at their school. They also state that teenagers whose parents helped prepare them for the threat of drugs are 42% less likely to use drugs than those whose parents do not.

With his new book, Decisionology: A Guiding Compass for High School Students, author Daniel P. Gates hopes to help educate teens on how to make the best decisions for themselves and their futures.

“Decisionology was written as a resource that can be used whenever young people encounter challenging decisions or choices,” says Gates. “It does not provide answers, but rather explains different types of decisions and the ways they can be approached in appropriate, effective ways.”

Addressing topics including college, driving responsibly and relationships, the book guides the reader through example scenarios and gives guidelines to the most positive way to make a decision.

My Take on the Book
This was a quick, insightful book that is written with the reader in mind. You get a true perspective of how young people can make good decisions within their lives. Beyond this though, the book also provided many valuable thoughts on important decisions and choices that will impact all young people, and helps them to filter out the noise, and focus in on what is most important. This is a book that I believe any teenager would greatly benefit from reading!

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Book Review - The Child Whisperer

About the Book
You've been there feeling helpless, clueless, when a child you love totally bewilders you.

Maybe it's the tantrum at the store, or the hour-long bedtime battle, or the head-scratcher of getting your child to eat veggies. You wonder what on Earth to do, so you get advice, read books, watch videos, ask the internet. And still, something's missing.

You need a plan that addresses your child's needs, not everyone else's. Why couldn't children come with a handbook?

Turns out, children are born with a handbook they are the handbook.

In The Child Whisperer, bestselling author Carol Tuttle explains that children tell their parents every day exactly how they need to be parented. They tell their teachers exactly how they need to be taught. Children are trying to tell adults who they are so they can be recognized and treated in a way that honors them uniquely.

The Child Whisperer reveals that the key to raising happy, healthy, cooperative children lies in understanding and responding to a child's inner nature.

Children's true natures are written in the shape of their faces and expressed daily in their appearance, body language, tone of voice, and choice of words. Your child's unique laugh, cry, joys, worries, and even tantrums speak volumes about they type of parenting they need. And you'll learn exactly how to offer it by reading The Child Whisperer.

This simple but unique approach actually makes parenting more intuitive, fun, cooperative, and most importantly customized to your individual child.

The Child Whisperer will give you the tools to:


  • Have a happier, more cooperative child, using less discipline
  • Foster more confidence and natural success in your child
  • Repair trouble parent/teen relationships
  • Reconnect with your adult children


The Child Whisperer teaches how to read unsaid clues that children naturally give every day, and shows how parenting, teaching, coaching, and mentoring children can be an even more intuitive, cooperative experience than ever.

About the Author
Carol Tuttle is the best-selling author of five books and the creator of online learning programs Energy Profiling and Dressing Your Truth.

Carol received her post-baccalaureate training in numerous energy psychology and natural healing methods. For over 20 years, her work in the field of self-help and personal development has helped hundreds of thousands worldwide to improve every aspect of their lives--from money, to health, relationships, fashion, parenting, to overall emotional well-being.

Her first two books, The Path to Wholeness and Remembering Wholeness, promote personal growth by teaching empowering energy healing methods.

In her experience with energy healing, Carol observed that different people express different energies and natural movements. She developed a program called Energy Profiling that helps people identify and honor their true natures, strengths, and gifts. Her book, It's Just My Nature, explains this program in depth.

Applying her Energy Profiling model to beauty and fashion, she then created an online makeover program called Dressing Your Truth. Women from over 60 countries around the world have become members of Carol's Dressing Your Truth program. Carol's book Dressing Your Truth: Discover Your Personal Beauty Profile is the first step to dressing true to your nature.

Carol Tuttle's latest book applies Energy Profiling to the world of parenting. The Child Whisperer turns longstanding parenting assumptions on their heads and shows how parenting can be an even more intuitive, cooperative, fulfilling experience than any good parent even imagines.

Carol is the mother of five grown children. She and Jonathan, her husband of 32 years, reside in Utah. Carol enjoys the outdoors and loves to challenge herself through competitive tennis and triathlons. Her favorite place in the world, besides home, is the North Shore of Oahu.

My Take on the Book
This was a practical book that provides the reader with some sage advice on how to develop strong and lasting relationships with your child while still maintaining a sense of decorum within the home. The author provides so many tips that any parent can utilize right away to change the way you discipline as well as really listening to your child to hear how they wish to be disciplined. The ideas that the author shared in this book made sense and to me were ones that I could see any parent using. While I can tell that the concepts will take time and patience to implement, they were straight forward and were concepts that made a lot of sense. This was a great book that all parents will appreciate!

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