I am SO glad the holidays are over; anybody else? Watching my kids open presents is all well and good, but the stress of the season really got to me this year; and the cabin fever absolutely has my eldest child under its spell. We've all been driving each other nuts for days! Reading is always a good solution to stress, right? I was so excited about this months books because I decided to only choose books that have film adaptions. Trust me when I say it was extremely difficult to choose which ones to read, because obviously I want to read all of them. It took me almost two weeks to decide on the lineup; to make it easier I decided to categorize my selections. I chose an older book, a newer book and a book whose film adaptation I had not seen. Here's what I came up with for this month's books. "Terms of Endearment" by Larry McMurtry I absolutely love this film. It was a staple in my house growing up; I swear we watched it at least two to three