Saturday Snippet: Easter!

Happy Easter!

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Tome Thursday: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Hello everyone!

I picked a slightly different book for my review tonight, mostly because a ) I honestly think it's an interesting read and wish it gets translated into English and b ) I never got around to finishing the book I was MEANT to review.

Oops?

Let's just say, the week going into Easter Weekend is having me hopping about like the Easter Bunny, only I'm not really carrying chocolate eggs with me, sadly.

Instead I feel like I'm all over the place, so you'll forgive me if this review post seems to be slightly pulled out of the magician's hat. I kind of feel as if I SHOULD be able to do a better job, but occasionally life does take the front row seat and everything else has to relocate.

In any event, however, I picked a Slovene book this time, which would roughly be titled Death of an Heir: Following Slovene Interpretations of the Sarajevo Assassination.

If you've guessed that this will be all about Archduke Franz Ferdinand, cookie for you!

Talkie Tuesday: Murder on the Orient Express (2)

"I do not approve of murder."

Hello everyone!

So a little while back I sat down to watch the re-make of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, helmed by Kenneth Branagh and some other famous film stars. 

Unfortunately, you may also know that one did NOT go off without a hitch.

In the spirit of trying to cleanse my taste buds from that foul thing, I ended up rewatching the David Suchet version with my friends (and then to top it off a couple of days ago, I also hunkered down for Death on the Nile, also with Suchet playing the titular role of the Belgian detective). Needless to say, the final consensus was that the Suchet apparition was much better than the Branagh one.

This does not necessarily have everything to do with the role of the sleuth, however, but with everything else happening around him, and how it's portrayed.

And while I will agree that, story-wise, there weren't that many differences between 2010 and 2017, the presentation of said story remains wildly opposite.

Back on the Orient Express we go!

Saturday Snippet: Frary

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Tome Thursday: Making Sense

Hello everyone!

If you're looking at the nifty Goodreads gadget I have here to the side of the blog, you're probably thinking: gee, it's taking her a LONG time (and I mean, super extra long) to read some of these books that aren't even two hundred pages long.

This is also me cheerfully ignoring the fact that I really need to buckle down on the Plantagenet book, too.

But yes, sometimes, you'll see a book on my 'currently reading' list that I add on there so I don't forget, but then I don't actually sit down and read it before some time has passed.

This was what happened with Making Sense.

Serenity Woods still remains my favourite contemporary romance author (even with a supernatural twist!), but somehow I got sidetracked reading everything else except this particular book.

Then again, when I did open it up, I finished it in about two hours. 

Talkie Tuesday: The Last Jedi

"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ..."

Hello everyone!

This is where the opening notes of John Williams' Star Wars title theme start playing, and yellow texts unrolls in front of your eyes so you can read up on all that's been happening in a galaxy far, far away while we were waiting for the next instalment. 

And yeah, okay, this is also where I admit that I was kind of waiting for the right moment? I guess? To watch this movie.

Not sure if this is the one, but on Sunday afternoon I thought to myself 'You know what, now you're just stalling' and popped the play button on Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, or, as it's alternately known, the penultimate film of this sequel trilogy.

At least, I THINK that Episode IX is supposed to be the very last one, but who am I to know?

In any event, it's time to hold on to your lightsabers, because we're about to make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs while we review Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Saturday Snippet: Poirot Problems

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Tome Thursday: Unveiled

Hello everyone!

It's Thursday again and once more I'm back with another Noelle Adams book to review for you. Or, well, it's a novella, not really a book, since it's under one hundred pages, but that's beside the point, right? Right.

I started her 'One Fairy Tale Wedding' novella series because, honestly, the premise sounded really neat. Who doesn't want to find their own fairy tale at a wedding?

That being said, however, I have to admit that, as so many people have already mentioned, sometimes only the first book in a series is really SUPER good. The rest just never seem to live up to expactations apparently ...

Or maybe I'm being a little down for some odd reason or another.

In any case, Unveiled, being the third and last in the series, is the book I'll be talking about tonight.

Talkie Tuesday: The Man Who Invented Christmas

"Bah, humbug!"

Hello everyone!

Okay. OKAY. 

I know what you're thinking.

The weather ouside is FINALLY starting to warm up, the sun's shining, the birds are tweeting around, and here she is, watching Christmas movies.

In my defense, I watched this one just as the tail end of the last snowmageddon rushed through our town.

So really, there's no excuse not to post the review, right? Right.

Anyway, I was sold on the movie when I saw the trailer, which was a while ago, so The Man Who Invented Christmas was on my watch list in any event.

Saturday Snippet: Napping

Me today.

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Tome Thursday: An Uncommon Sense

Hello everyone!

I've started yet another book trilogy to read and review for you, although granted I'm sure many of you have already read these. Or maybe not. If not, I hope you give them a try!

Serenity Woods is, as per usual, one of my favourite go-to authors when I need a HEA and just to spend a few hours immersed in a different life than my own. It's kind of funny in a way, and maybe kind of sad too, but it is what it is.

I'll admit that I've had her Sensual Healing trilogy on my computer in electronic version for a while, but never actually got around to reading it. I was always either too busy, or it didn't spark my interest, or something else came along and distracted me.

But when you're digging through old files and find books like these, well, you just have to read them at some point, right? Right.

So let's begin where you usually would: at the beginning, with An Uncommon Sense.

Talkie Tuesday: Justice League

"This isn't the plan. This is the team."

Hello everyone!

So, fun fact: I'm only slowly getting into the DCEU. Probably because DC is a little bit on the slower side when it comes to their movie franchise as opposed to Marvel that's currently way, way into the MCU. 

That being said, however, I again state that I'm not someone who's going to play favourites and go from one camp to the other trying to infuriate people.

I really don't care about this so called "rivalry". I like Thor but I also like Superman, so if I want to watch both movies and see Chris Hemsworth and Henry Cavill rocking it on screen, well, that's about everything that should be said on the matter.

Still, it took me a little bit to get to the hero team-up DC dreamed up as their answer for the Avengers. I think I'm still jaded after trying - and failing - with Batman vs Superman.

Wonder Woman restored my faith somewhat though and I figured I might as well give Justice League a try, too.

Saturday Snippet: Catching Up

Me tonight, watching TV shows.

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Tome Thursday: Untouched

Hello everyone!

It's time for the weekly book review, and this week I was once again lucky that one of my favourite authors released another novella from her Fairy Tale Wedding series.

Noelle Adams has quickly found her way back to my regular reading list, and as I've already done a review on Unguarded, I figured I might as well do myself (and my OCD) a favour and continue along the trend which would enable me to have the entire trilogy on here once it was out and about.

So like I've already mentioned elsewhere on this blog, Ms Adams is one of my go-tos when I'm feeling down or in need of some old-fashioned happily ever after with reasonable characters.

You know the feeling, right? When all you want to do is immerse yourself in someone else's life through a book but end up dissecting it instead because they come off as just SO unrealistic that it's impossible?

Yeah, that's usually me. Not so with Untouched, however.