If you love or hate Monopoly, but love Sonic the Hedgehog, then Monopoly Gamer is for you. Collect rings, choose sidekicks, do not pass go do not trigger a boss fight. Read More
As the virus continues to occupy every waking hour of our nation, in every house a new normal appears. Reluctant home schoolers realize anew the value of teachers, but perhaps being a pseudo-teacher isn’t as bad as we first thought it would be? Read More
We all survived our first week of unexpected home school. Schedules were created and thrown out. We invented the terms night pajamas, and day pajamas. An unexpected, but not entirely unpleasant week. Read More
When cabin fever hits, whether due to snow or virus, GeekMom has you covered with all manner of boredom busters. Read More
On the anniversary of the first broadcast of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,’ here are 42 different ways you can celebrate. Read More
Take a look at the comic strip designed to help kids understand the coronavirus and how it impacts them, courtesy of NPR. Read More
Planning out another glorious year of used book sales, the year starts early in New Gloucester ME. A local library’s Cabin Fever sale sets the bar for 2020 pretty high. Read More
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson has recently been turned into a Netflix movie. Forgoing the shiny new version GeekMom Sarah takes a deep dive into the world of Shirley Jackson. Would you like a cup of tea? Read More
In the debut novel of Anna James, ‘Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers,’ the titular character literally gets carried away in a book. Read More
In her 2018 ‘New York Times’ Bestseller ‘The Hazel Wood,’ Melissa Albert introduced us to the Hinterland, a world of fairy tales that some sought to run from and some ran straight into. At the end of the book, most of us were left wanting more. Albert’s conclusion to ‘The Hazel Wood’ arrived in bookstores this week. In ‘The Night Country,’ we don’t quite return to ‘The Hazel Wood,’ more like ‘The Hazel Wood’ returns to us. Read More
GeekMom Sarah and her family engage in a Perler bead frenzy, discovering that 8-bit games and irreverent cartoons make for great patterns. Read More
Introducing the Peppermint Lane collection from Funko. Frosty, Santa, and Mrs. Claus welcome you to town. Swing by the diner for a cup of cocoa! Read More
Whether you participate in Jolabokaflod or just have a love for books, we have a selection of family Christmas books guaranteed to jingle your bells, from a recycled Christmas tree to a magic snowman (no, not that one) to an English pig. Read More
In a world obsessed with social media, where research and Wikipedia sadly go hand in hand, keenly researched and expertly put together non-fiction for kids is vital. National Geographic has been educating us for over a century; in their books for kids they seek to ground the next generation in research and fact, to understand the difference and place of the real and the mythical. Read More
Sarah can’t get over the wide variety of ‘Frozen II’-themed merchandise there is this holiday season. Overwhelmed? She covers the spectrum from ‘Frozen II’ gum to a rideable Sven. Read More
We recently got to check out the Leap Builders Food Fun Family Farm set, and had lots of family fun at the farm. Read More
There are two genres of music that I love beyond all others: Broadway show tunes, and Christmas music. Read More
Since the early 2000s, Steve Jackson games have been entertaining us with ‘Munchkin’ and its various offspring, and just when you think there’s nothing else to expand with, well here come race cars, lasers, aero-planes. Read More
It is the question that parents have asked since the dawn of plastic toys. Do you let the kids unwrap the factory sealed box on Christmas morning, or do you assemble the toy before you wrap it, for immediate play. I myself have always favored the sealed box option. As a kid, there’s just something… Read More
If you need some games to play, or jokes to tell on Thanksgiving day…if you are in need of something to point the conversation away from politics, we’ve got you covered. Read More
