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A Dream Called Marilyn by Mercedes King — Book Review
As soon as I read the information on A Dream Called Marilyn by Mercedes King is I could tell it would be a book that pulls you right into a version of Hollywood that feels both familiar and a little unsettling. It takes Marilyn Monroe and places her into a fictional 1962 story where her life becomes even more complicated than what history already tells us. The story follows Dr. Charles Campbell, a psychiatrist hired by a Hollywood studio to help manage Marilyn. From the very beginning, he expects a difficult patient, someone unpredictable and weighed down by fame. What he does not expect is how quickly she changes the…
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Alice in Wonderland Homeschool Lesson Plan: A Week of Learning Down the Rabbit Hole
As a child I was always intrigued with Alice in Wonderland and loved watching the movie and reading the book. Here lately the more I work on the blog the more I feel like I’m going down the Rabbit Hole so I thought it would be fun to share a new lesson plan with you based on Alice in Wonderland creating a Homeschool Lesson Plan: featuring A Week of Learning Down the Rabbit Hole. Even though Charlie has graduated I wouldn’t mind doing this lesson myself. Would you want to join me? For me and my family there are some books that seem to stay with us no matter how…
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I Finally Bought the Book I Kept Putting Back
Inside this post is my affiliate links. If you make a purchase using my links I will make a small percentage off the products you purchase. As a mom it’s hard for me to purchase things I would like to have even though I deserve them. One of the items I always struggle with is purchasing books because I know the money I would spend can be used for something else we need. The other day David and I were in Walmart. After we finished our shopping I ventured over to the Book Section because there was a couple books I wanted to see if they had. While in the…








