Wifely Steps

“You’d be surprised how many ways I change on different colored days!” Choosing colors is one way to explain feelings and moods with little ones. Dr. Seuss’ “My Many Colored Days” is one of my favorite concept books to read with my toddler. This book assigns colors to moods, complemented by catchy rhymes. “There comes [...]

Kismet cookies. I’m telling you already! Don’t worry, I’m not giving away any spoilers. Kismet cookies is how you find your true love, according to the cute holiday romance novel “The First Love Cookie Club.” “On Christmas Eve, if you sleep with kismet cookies under your pillow and dream of your one true love, he [...]

Duck & Goose’s How are you feeling? is one of my favorite books for the toddler. Duck, Goose and their friends demonstrate a variety of emotions in adorable ways. Each illustration tells a whole story, such as the scared story: Patience is cute too. Here’s me being patient with the little boy who likes sneaking [...]

First things first: I hated the book. Super to the max galore. Even then, I just had to see the film version as I was curious how director Bill Condon would turn the book around while keeping the story intact. Surprisingly, I liked this movie a little bit more than the first three. Eclipse is [...]

Riveting. The Solitude of Prime Numbers was absolutely riveting. There’s a romantic quote somewhere that goes you know you’re meant to be with someone if you’re comfortable in each other’s silence. But for how long? Can a prime number, one seemed to be destined alone, ever find happiness in the silence of another? Giordano takes [...]

Hi guys! Welcome to the July 3, 2011 edition of book review blog carnival. Thanks so much to Clark for helping me host this and being patient with me as we ironed out some hiccups! Without further ado, here are 23 (wow, 23!) wonderful entries for this edition of the book review blog carnival. Have [...]

Are you: (a) looking for a children’s present? (b) a foodie? (c) teaching any children about the alphabet? (d) looking for ways to introduce Filipino food to children (or adults, come to think of it)? (e) looking for ways to introduce the Filipino language to children (or adults again, come to think of it)? If [...]

What does olive oil with chilis taste like? How about olive oil with lemon? Mmmmm. Wait, what about olive oil with thyme? Or mandarin oranges? It’s 2 am and for the past hour (and give or take a few weeks), I’ve been going back and forth to the Nudo website. I’ve got olive oil on [...]

Ibong Adarna was one of the books I enjoyed reading for school. Brothers Don Juan, Don Pedro and Don Diego searched for the mystical adarna whose song can heal their sick father King Fernando. I wish I had kept that book from Filipino class, with its frayed edges, dog-eared pages and all. If I want [...]

ECLIPSE! I finally saw it. This Twilight fan’s passion for the book series has tempered over the years. Even then, I just had to see how my favorite book in the saga was translated into film. Did it disappoint? No. Did it make me ecstatic? No. I felt like I had to wait a long [...]