Blog Tour: From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess

What if you woke up one morning, planning to go about your humdrum, absolutely average life … and discovered you were really a princess?

If I became a Princess one morning and money were no object, I would:

1. Make sure libraries around the world were funded

2. Require YA Librarians be mandatory in all public libraries

3. Make school librarians also mandatory in all schools

4. Give proper funding to the YA departments in all public libraries  

5. Have all libraries host an awesome YA author at least one a year

6. Have an indie bookstore in every county 

7. which would also sell cupcakes and baked books

8. Make reading in schools super fun and not a chore

9. Require everyone to have a library card

10. Write my own book like Mia did

Did you miss my review of the book, check it out here.

Contest:

If you would like to win a copy of the book, add what you would do if you were a Prince/Princess in the comments. Drawing will be random.

* Contest ends 5/11/15 at 5 pm EST

Movie Matinee: Brave

I love Disney and Pixar movies -and I was SO happy to see this one. 

It wasn't exactly what I expected. I thought that Merida would go off on a quest when instead she visits a witch to change her fate. The witch helps her - but not in the way Merida expected. 

I Loved this movie:

I loved the accents
I loved the brothers - they were so funny and mischievous
I loved Merida and how she wasn't interested in proper behavior. She wanted to be free, to follow her heart, and to life her life on her terms. She was funny, smart, determined, stubborn, and curious. 
I loved the gathering/hunting scene - I cried until I laughed. 
Merida's hair was amazing.
I loved the scenery
I thought the clansmen were funny
I really enjoyed the animated short movie that came prior to Brave - “La Luna” 

Bottom Line: Watch this movie