Currently reading and watching...

I just finished reading this to the children:
It made me cry as I was reading it. It does deal with some matter that some wouldn't want to expose their children to (ie a girl dies, her alcoholic father is abusive, a boy is homeless, etc), but I thought it was a great book with a wonderful lesson about being open to love.

I am currently reading this myself. It is book 5. I have read 1-4. It is very much in the same vein as the Harry Potter. If you didn't object to the magic portrayed in the book, you would surely object to the portrayal of all adult characters as either evil or inept. But I do find them enjoyable light reading for myself at bedtime.

I have just discovered Netflix's "Watch Instantly" option. I watched this on and off for the last two days. I know it was intended to be a negative movie, but I was moved by the young children's commitment to God, even if they were slightly naive (what is childhood without a touch of naivite?). I would be sad to have to watch them changed by the world, because their motives seem so pure at this time.

Dh wanted to take the kids to see Clone Wars. I chose to go alone to see this:

I had no idea what it was about since the library's only copy has been out since I saw the preview. I was surprised that it was about faith. I found that the movie seemed to want faith to be the enemy, but I came away with a different perspective. I was surprised after doing a little wikipedia research to find that the author's intent wasn't to discredit faith. I look forward to reading it to compare and contrast what I saw in the movie.