Month: April 2025

April 25, 2025 Comfort Reads: The Lunar Chronicles The Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer The first comfort series that I always return to is The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. It combines elements of some of the most well-loved fairy tales with a futuristic setting. The story begins with Cinder, which is a retelling of “Cinderella.”…

April 25, 2025 QUIZ: Which Hero Archetype are You? Have you ever daydreamed about a fictional story with you at the center? Or pondered how you’d save the world? Or even just wanted to take a silly quiz? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Answer the questions below and tally up your score to…

April 25, 2025 Book Travel: Eat, Pray, Love This week, we are traveling again, but not to find the sights; instead to find wholeness. NYC native Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir Eat Pray Love is a voyage of confronting the truth, finding importance, and forgiving mistakes. She invites readers to come along on the journey of a lifetime:…

April 25, 2025 Celebrating March, a Month of Recognition and Reflection “I put my heart and my soul into my work and have lost my mind in the process.” —Vincent Van Gogh Balancing Remote Work and Mental Health Working or attending school remotely bring both benefits and challenges. It gives flexibility and the chance to balance…

April 25, 2025 For the romantics among us who like to read reviews before we shop…. Fictional Fiancé: Minecraft Villager   With the recent release of A Minecraft Movie, this edition of “Fictional Fiancé” will be focusing on a character with a big, beautiful nose who is always in a striking pose: The Villager! Villagers…

April 25, 2025 Must-See Musicals Musicals are one of the biggest “you either love them, or you hate them” types of films. If you’d consider yourself a member of the latter group, you’d better scroll away now — because this time, we’re talking musical movies! Sometimes they’re taken straight from the stage; sometimes they’re on-screen…

April 25, 2025 Must-See Musicals: Muppets Most Wanted I feel like puppet musicals should be more common. Goofy characters plus human companions always make for a good time. So, can someone tell me why that last theatrical Muppet movie was in 2014? That feels like a crime against humanity. Muppets Most Wanted emerged onto the…

April 25, 2025 Must-See Musicals: Teen Beach Movie What’s better than a totally chill movie about a surfer teen couple whose only worries involve having to break up? A surfer teen couple worried about having to break up who get trapped in a movie musical! I know what you’re thinking: what in the world am…

April 25, 2025 Must-See Musicals: Mamma Mia!  One of my favorite movie musicals of all time is Mamma Mia! (2008). Watching it brings me back to family road trips of driving to my grandparents’ house when I was young while singing along to the soundtrack. Featuring ABBA music and set on the fictional island of…

April 25, 2025 Limited Series Some of the best shows are the ones that are short-lived, always making viewers yearn for more even after watching how beautifly writers have constructed and executed their story.Limited series are one of the most incredible yet tormenting shows to commit to for this reason. So here are a few limited series…