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I knew it was time for Hit or Miss: January. I stopped by Shelly’s place to see what her list looked like. Again, she has done lots of reading and watching. My list looks pale compared to hers!

Screeps--This second book by Ed Wicke follows The Muselings. Again it is the adventure of children in an alternate universe. I did not like it as well as the Muselings, but once a certain character was met, I enjoyed it more. I would say this book was a HIT for me.

The Homework Machine-I gave this book by Dan Gutman to my nephew for Christmas. I have enjoyed Gutman’s The Kid Who Ran For President and thought this one would be good too. I was disappointed to find this book was too “mature” for my nephew. The book is about fifth graders and I did not like one of the words used to describe homework. I also did not like how the characters talked about “going out” and holding hands, things I think fifth graders are too young for and I did not want my nephew thinking that is what fifth graders are expected to do (he’s in third grade.) The story overall was ok, cute premise and I did like how the characters melded together otherwise. I guess just for the audience I purchased this for, I call this one a MISS for me.

Game Show In My Head-this new TV game show/series has become a HIT for my family. It comes on Saturday night (pizza night in our house) so we have been looking forward to it. When it did not air last week, we were all disappointed. The show has contestants going around performing crazy stunts that are piped into their ear via radio. Others around them have no idea what is going on. At times, I do cringe as folks get taken advantage of. I am hopeful that they are later let in on the joke.

And Then There Were None-we were excited to see the stage performance of this Agatha Christie mystery last night. At first I was unsure of the “look” of some of the cast, but it turned out to be a pretty good show. I was surprised at the length of the show, three hours with two intermissions. We had seen one of the actors perform Huck Finn at another theater last fall. I enjoyed his performance here as Capt. Lombard better. The play ended more like the movie, not like the book. I was a little disappointed in that, but had wondered how they would adapt it for the stage. All in all, though, I would call it a HIT.