Category: Entertainment

Book, movie and CD reviews – Bonnie Way shares honest opinions of family entertainment. Her family enjoys a variety of reading, viewing and listening experiences.

Awesome Canadian Authors Who Write about Canada. Stock photo of books sitting open on a desk with a blue background.

Bonnie Way April 16, 2025

Awesome Canadian Authors Who Write about Canada

Fiction

"A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bare-headed, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes." opening sentence of A Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Bonnie Way April 8, 2025

The Scarlet Letter (a Telemachos Guided Reading Edition)

Curriculum Reviews

Lynn Johnston's Allottabotz Adventures continue! Picture of boy holding A Little Kindness by Bonnie Way.

Bonnie Way March 13, 2025

Lynn Johnston’s Allottabotz Adventures continue!

Kids Books

I divorced the man I worshipped simply because he was my husband. I also divorced the god my religious community worshipped. A scary little god who didn't even exist. That meant I got to discover a Bigger God. That mean I got to actually live my own life. ~ Natalie Hoffman, author of All the Scary Little Gods.

Bonnie Way February 25, 2025

All the Scary Little Gods by Natalie Hoffman (book review)

Nonfiction

Home Entertainment Ideas the Whole Family Will Love. Photo of people partying around a large table by vivienviv0 from Pixabay.

Bonnie Way January 27, 2025

How to Keep the Family Entertained at Home

Entertainment

Joshua Harris Kissed His Books Goodbye.

Bonnie Way January 16, 2025

Joshua Harris Kissed His Books Goodbye

Nonfiction

A Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings is "memoir of a girl who grew up in an evangelical megachurch, married an abusive man, tried her best to be a "good Christian wife" for years, and finally escaped from the deeply unhealthy life she was living." (book review by Bonnie Way of the Koala Mom)

Bonnie Way January 6, 2025

The Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings

Nonfiction

Ultimately, this is a tale about the struggle between good and evil. I hope you enjoy it—hold on for a thrilling ride! ~ Antony Barone Kolenc

Bonnie Way December 16, 2024

The Devil’s Ransom by Antony Barone Kolenc

Kids Books

"When Catholic hear mention of St. Josemaria, too many think, 'Oh, he's the Opus Dei saint,' and then relegate his life and teachings as only applicable to Opus Dei members. What a shame." Eric Sammons, author of Holiness for Everyone

Bonnie Way December 2, 2024

Holiness for Everyone: The Practical Spirituality of St. Josemaria Escriva

Catholicism

Rediscover Homer's The Odyssey with Epic: the Musical. Epic cover art by Jorge Rivera-Herrans.

Bonnie Way November 28, 2024

Rediscover Homer’s Odyssey with Epic: the Musical

CDs