Movie: The Ramen Girl

Stupid start--but good teen movie. Great ending--happy. Totally non-conventional movie. Nicely done.

Grade: B

Book: Baking with Julia by Julia Child

Much more down to earth than Mastering French Cooking. Saw PBS series and, yes, includes all the recipes one wants from the series. Great! Ideal cookbook for any library.

Grade: A

Book: Swimsuit by James Patterson

Typical James Patterson--Great!!!

Grade: A

Book: Gotcha!

Romance book in its best. Enjoyable fast read as all books by this author.

Grade: A

Book: Minerva Cries Murder

Written by Mignon Franklin. Ballad, as in all her mysteries – it is well done. Enjoy.

Grade: A

Movie: Agatha Christie's Seven Dial Murder

Boring. Totally British film.

Grade: D

Movie: Julie & Julia

Though not everything has a happy ending, this was the story of 2 women who created one in their personal life, good and memorable.

Grade: A

Movie: Starter Wife

I love it! Yes I would. It was very funny.

Grade: A

Book: Murder by the Slice

L.J. Washburn warm and friendly characters make it enjoyable. Knew who did not kill the old lady, but kept the suspense to almost the end. Funny enjoyable but mysterious.

Grade: A

Movie: The Tale of Despereaux

Cute not bad but defiantly different.

Grade: A

Book: Killer Cousins

June Shaw wrote a book that starts out slowly but gives an indealth characteristics. Not that bad after the first dozen or so pages . Then it gets boring. Then her regret is so much after 4 weeks to read which tells about how good it is.

Grade: D

Movie: Together

Chinese film. A long story of a mans love for his son. His undying willingness to give his all for him heartbreaking get sad Mollie [scuffle].

Grade: A

Movie: Water

Indian film with unusual drama about the hardships of widows in India based on true situations.

Grade: A