I just finished Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry, who did a lovely job of creating a fairy tale world that feels real and fragile and poignant and fresh all at once. Her story reminded me of Gail Levine's Ella Enchanted and was almost as well done in that I came to care about the multidimensional...

This thread is for sharing about your latest museum-based adventures... Okay, I'll start. This week I got my family and some friends to go to see the Dog Architecture exhibit in a local art museum. This exhibit features dog-inspired structures by a group of artists from Japan. For example there was ...

I agree with Mercy; this play is worth a drive. MacLean does an excellent job editing the Screwtape Letters so the key story is there without feeling edited, and the staging keeps things moving forward very well.

Wow, Ajji 0.0 How special to see that show in the Kilns!
I have not seen it, but would love to see it if it comes around where I live.

Another aspect of what has been discussed is the theme in the Chronicles of the young, small or humble characters being used to accomplish great things or say wise things, like *Lucy leading the way in LWW and PC and being so spiritually sensitive *Reepicheep in PC, the ultimate oxymoron: a valiant ...