This is full of fun and useful ideas for outsmarting your toddler, big kid, tween and teenager. Worth a revisit when my son hits different ages and milestones.

Although I was born in the early 80's, I grew up watching Best of SNL tapes for 1975-1980 so I'm familiar with the comedians and a lot of their more popular projects. I loved getting an insider's view of their working relationships and friendships. It's obvious the author was granted close access to these famous comedians. I also learned a lot of cool trivia about some of my favorite movies. I hadn't thought about how disco would have been popular when the Blues Brothers movie was made. I just assumed that all the musicians involved were hugely popular at the time. I didn't realize how much Chevy Chase struggled with movie roles following his SNL success because the movies I'm familiar with were already classics, and I always wondered what happened to Rick Moranis.

Great book to read if you are already somewhat familiar with the comedians and their work.

Ugh. I normally really enjoy Kinsella's light-hearted novels about bumbling characters, but this one was not so good. Fixie was super annoying with her low self-esteem and complete obsession with such a tool as Ryan. After chapter after chapter of her issues, suddenly all is better with her previously self-involved siblings and her love life. I finished, but I should have just re-read one of her older novels when I felt in the mood for this kind of book.

This was interesting, but I lost interest about halfway through. I think I would have appreciated it more as an article or mini-documentary.

I really enjoyed this adaptation of Jane Austin's Pride & Prejudice. It stays true to the original story line and characters while giving it a fresh take by placing it in Pakistan. It's not just the setting that changes; the culture of modern day Pakistan is a great avenue to explore through the adaptation. I only wish I had read it on a Kindle so I could easily look up the fashion, food and other terms I'm not familiar with.