Saturday Snippet: Hi, I'm Sauron

 

I don't like most of Valhalla ... but this is cool xD

 

xx

*video not mine

Tome Thursday: The Emissary

 

Hello everyone!

 

I'm back with another book review tonight and I might have actually been more excited to begin with about this one if it had been marketed the way I think it wanted to be, but sadly it wasn't, or at least I'm not aware that it was.

 

Either way, I'm happy I picked it up from Booksirens.

 

Yep, we're back with Booksirens, baby, because who doesn't want to be able to pick up free electronic book copies? With the only caveat being deadlines by when you have to finish reading them - and most of these are at least two to three months which is TOTALLY doable - there really is virtually no reason why you shouldn't check it out either.

 

It's free, it's got an amazing plethora of books to choose from, and they keep on adding more features AND more books.

 

Tonight's pick was recommended to me in a random email I got, and I'm pretty happy I picked it up actually.

 

So without further ado, let's jump right into this one: The Emissary.

 

Men in Kilts: Scottish Sport

 

"Skinny-dipping."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Sadly this week the blog post will be a little bit shorter as I've been dealing with the plague on human kind - and not COVID either, but taxes.

 

Adulting is one of those things you wish you didn't have to do once you actually become an adult, heh.

 

Other than that, however, we are once again blessed with some good old fashioned shot of testosterone, which would never be more imminently evident than in sports, because where else do men EVER want to clobber one another over the heads and be better than their opponent?

 

Sam and Graham didn't escape this vice either, and I think they enjoyed it much more than most.

 

Then again, they'd done it before on Outlander already, if you recall that episode in season one during which they go toe-to-toe in a hair-raising game of what looks to be a rather 18th century version of a mix between lacrosse and field hockey.

 

But I digress!

 

We return to our Men in Kilts.

 

Saturday Snippet: Miss Marple

 

The scariest image you will ever see.

 

xx

*image not mine

Tome Thursday: DH Beauty from Ashes

 

Hello everyone!

 

I'm picking up a slightly different book this week, one I stumbled over VERY randomly - I don't even know how or where, to be honest, just that I really liked the blurb and figured I could give the story a shot, so that's how it ended up on my shelves.

 

But then it took a bit for me to actually get to the reading of it part, and so I forgot how it got there.

 

Oops.

 

ANYWAY.

 

If you know me, then you'll know I'm also a sucker for anything and mostly everything related to either WWI or WWII as I firmly believe we should remember (though not to the detriment of making progress and taking huge leaps forward). So naturally, seeing that one of my favourite stories was tweaked to fit into a WWI timeline, that caught my interest.

 

Jane Austen is a favourite of mine and has been for a while, but I will say that seeing Elizabeth and Darcy in a different setting is also quite amusing.

 

So let's go ahead and have a look at Darcy's Hope: Beauty from Ashes, which is a WWI Pride and Prejudice variation story!

 

Men in Kilts: Food & Drink

 

"Scotland."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Or should I say slainte?  

 

Either way, welcome to what is bound to be a real Scottish extravaganza in terms of both learning anything and everything about Scotland - the beautiful country many of us have fallen in love with through watching Outlander - and just trying to follow along with two men on a roadtrip.

 

That's right, lads and lassies, the full title of this show includes a subtitle which I didn't include in the opening sequence, as it would just be too long.

 

But I mean, our two hosts need virtually no presentation. Both of them have made lasting impressions on the previously-mentioned time-travelling show, and now both of them have decided they needed to spend MORE time together, showing us just how giggle-inducing that can be.

 

And I'm telling you - the giggles are real.

 

So is this show though. Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham, follows the break in the text just here. Enjoy!

Saturday Snippet: CAKE!

 

When in doubt ... bake cake!

 

xx

*video not mine

Tome Thursday: Light of the Jedi

 

Hello everyone!

 

We are, once again, travelling to the galaxy far, far away.

 

And man have I missed it.

 

Every once in a while I honestly feel like jumping into an X-wing and taking off, but it's not every single day that I'm in the mood for it. However, I've been pretty excited about the announcement that came from the Star Wars franchise regarding the direction they'd be taking their publishing efforts.

 

When someone mentions ANYTHING connected to the Republic - any version of it - I'm going to get excited.

 

So this entire new premise for the publishing group sounds like something that might go into a REALLY good place after they get over the initial hurdles.

 

And boy ... are there hurdles, let me tell you.

 

This new era for Star Wars books begins with Charles Soule's story, titled Light of the Jedi. Let's see what it's all about!

 

Talkie Tuesday: Wonder Woman 1984

 

"Be careful what you wish for."

 

Hello everyone!

 

In this week's movie blog post, we return to the land of superheroes, impossible magic ... and fanny packs.

 

That's right people, we're going to the 80s!

 

Now obviously, people who've actually lived through the decade probably have a different view on what this movie showed, but at the same time you have to give some credit where credit's due: they took what people PERCEIVE the 80s were and made it funny, or as funny as they could possibly make it in that moment.

 

And well, most of the time it worked!

 

Plus I mean, there's just something about 80s fashion that will either make you laugh or cry your eyes out at the absolute disaster on screen.

 

Add in Perdro Pascal in a blonde wig and you probably know what movie I'm talking about here.

 

Look to the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!

 

Nope. It's Wonder Woman 1984.

Saturday Snippet: Friendship

 

xx

*image not mine

Tome Thursday: The Perfect Sister

 

Hello everyone!

 

So for tonight's blog post, we're going back into the past a little bit and working through a murder mystery, some political intrigue, and a whole lot of character drama, because we're just that cool.

 

LOL.

 

If you know me (and if you've been following this blog, you probably do at least a little by now) then you'll know I enjoy looking through any and all mystery books. I've been an Agatha Christie fan since I can't even remember when, but the Queen of Mystery (and murder AND mayhem, usually including harmless looking little old ladies or egg-head shaped detectives with big mustaches) tends to make her way onto my reading list often enough.

 

When I see something that might resemble that, I go all for it.

 

BookSirens is definitely a good place to be in that regard as there are quite a few mysteries like that around, and when I saw the title I'm working with tonight, I knew I had to read it. I didn't end up liking it quite as much as I'd hoped, but it was still entertaining to a degree.

 

The Perfect Sister isn't quite as perfect as the title says. Then again they never are.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Snowkissed

 

"What is the answer to life?"

 

Hello everyone!

 

So.

 

It's always the January movies, I've found.

 

Generally speaking, I usually manage to avoid, or mostly avoid, Hallmark movies that actually make me cringe or look up at the sky while asking for patience. Over the years of watching them I've kind of developed a bit of a skill at weeding out exactly what would tick me off.

 

It doesn't always work out that way.

 

I was super excited for the movie in tonight's blog post because I love the leading actor and think he should be featured in more things, plus the movies he's done before are pretty good. The lead actress is also one of those I have no trouble seeing different takes on.

 

But something about this particular movie did NOT actually click.

 

Snowkissed, here we go.