Tome Thursday: Red and Her Wolf

 

Hello everyone!

 

This week's book choice once again comes from BookSirens, which, is there any surprise there?

 

When you can pick up so many really great books for free - the only price being getting a review up - there really isn't much competition or to think about.

 

The service has definitely helped me discover some really cool books and authors since I joined, so I encourage you to give it a try. It's really good!

 

But back to the show.

 

This week we're weaving through the realm of paranormal or supernatural again, but this time there's also the element of a fairy tale retelling.

 

There really isn't all that much more to say about it other than to simply dive right in, otherwise what good is an intro, right?

 

Deja O.Grey's Red and Her Wolf is up next.

 

Outlander: Sticks and Stones

 

"Everything that happens here is everyone's business."

 

Hello everyone!

 

So after a brief pause and a week in between that had nothing to do with time travel but - on this blog at least - everything to do with Regency, we now return to the United States pretty much almost on the verge of the Revolution.

 

And boy, as we all know, things are heating up.

 

I'm still side-eyeing this particular plot like it's no tomorrow, because to be perfectly honest with you, A Breath of Snow and Ashes has a whole lot more going on in it than just 'Who's the baby daddy?'.

 

But the producers and show runners made the executive decision to focus solely on this one plotline for the sake of perfect drama, I suppose.

 

As such, I really wonder just how they're going to push and spin the threads further by the time we see season seven come about. HOPEFULLY we get to cover some more actual history again and not just this made-up nonsense.

 

It's Outlander; there's more to it than what we got this year.

 

Saturday Snippet: Moon Knight TRAILER

 

HAH please watch this if you haven't yet. The chaos!

 

xx

*video not mine

Tome Thursday: Ghost of the Gaelic Moon

 

Hello everyone!

 

I have a slightly different book review for you tonight, seeing as I don't usually go for the paranormal in any way, shape or form.

 

Yeah, I'm basically a coward. LOL.

 

But this one got me as I was browsing some new ARC suggestions on BookSirens, that online hub of authors and reviewers where we exchange opinions and books, because it had an interesting enough premise.

 

I mean, a woman goes to Ireland and falls in love with a ghost? What's not to be intrigued about?

 

So I decided to pick up a copy of this book and sit down to read it over the course of the last two days or so.

 

And the only reason it took two days was because of of the fact that I needed to give my eyes a break in between, otherwise I probably would have gone right through it in one sitting.

 

But enough of me blabbering - Ghost of the Gaelic Moon wants an introduction!

 

Talkie Tuesday: Bridgerton

 

"All is fair in love and war."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back to the world of regency London and, er, questionable choices.

 

Editorial, make no mistake, as well as production choices.

 

Back during the heart of the pandemic, Netflix decided it was going to release what quickly became probably one of the most-watched shows of all time, and that's saying something since binge-watching is a thing.

 

Then they said they'd be coming back for season two.

 

And they did.

 

And I'm not okay with it.

 

Listen, I have thoughts, and this is my corner of the internet to share those thoughts. So strap into your stays and corsets and make sure you've got that money ready for the latest edition of Lady Whistledown's paper.

 

Because Bridgerton's second season was an even bigger doozy than the first.

Saturday Snippet: Happy Easter!

 

xx

*image not mine

Tome Thursday: Raiventon

 

Hello everyone!

 

I return to one of the best random finds I've stumbled onto using BookSirens, and that's saying something given how many books I tend to pick up and go through.

 

But this series was special from the minute I reached for it.

 

I really don't even know what it is about it, the combination of romance and mystery, maybe, or the writing style, but it hooked me all the way through and now I can't wait to continue with the third one, knowing there's more to come.

 

My excitement when I saw just which one is releasing in the summer was palpable, let me tell you!

 

But first, we have to recap and review the second book, since, you know, you can't just skip steps, not in a series that's so interconnected as this one.

 

Sarah Westill was on to something when she started writing her Guardians of Sziveria.

 

And her second book continues proving it more and more.

 

Raiventon, everybody.

 

Outlander: The World Turned Upside Down

 

"This too shall pass."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Well, we got to that point.

 

The one readers have been dreading ever since the announcement that no one had the brains to suggest the Christie subplot should (and ostensibly COULD) have been removed from the storyline altogether.

 

This was problematic in the books already, and the books are thousand pages long behemoths.

 

A show that's boxed into eight episodes that can really only cover SO MUCH before it runs out of time should, in my opinion, focus rather on the bigger picture.

 

And this one had nothing whatsoever to add to the bigger picture.

 

Plus, I still don't even get it. Maybe someone can enlighten me a little bit? I'm genuinely not trolling, I really just don't understand.

 

Now that my little Ted Talk is out of the way, let's have a look at Outlander's latest episode, The World Turned Upside Down.

 

Saturday Snippet: MIKAELSONS REUNITED

 

Okay so I don't watch Legacies but ... MY HEART 😭

 

xx

*video not mine

Tome Thursday: Sand and Stars

 

Hello everyone!

 

Time for another book review and, I will admit it, this one started off purely because I liked the look of the cover design.

 

That might sound shallow considering, but honestly? I really don't usually go for this type of thing, so here we are.

 

There's something to be said about winged characters, which have definitely been on the rise since the Court of Thorns and Roses series, but it's been a while since I've personally read about any of them, as I usually stick to different genres nowadays.

 

However, a good fantasy romance, paranormal romance, or anything of the sort hasn't killed anybody yet, so here we are, right?

 

Right!

 

Olivia Hart is an author unknown to me, and I will admit that the founding idea for the story held a lot of potential - the execution though, not so much. Sadly.

 

Let's have a look at Sand and Stars, shall we?

 

Outlander: Give Me Liberty

 

"The tide has turned."

 

Hello everyone!

 

This week on our favourite time-travelling show, we catch up with some familiar faces and start running neck-deep into the Revolution that's about to happen.

 

As a very helpful Claire points out: the dates that we have in our heads are for when the Declaration of Independence was signed, not for when the war actually began.

 

That stuff, the scary, shoot-people and stab the rest kind of deal?

 

That starts WAY before anything can ever be signed.

 

And it's that which worries anyone who has a modicum of knowledge when it comes to the future, among other things. But there's a lot to unpack for this episode, even though my personal favourites will be and always remain the guest stars.

 

Listen, Starz, can you just, ignore whatever prequel thing you're doing for Outlander and give us a Lord John spin-off instead?

 

Much obliged. But Give Me Liberty first.

 

Saturday Snippet: Limoni

 

LOL

 

xx

*video not mine