Tome Thursday: Chasing the Wild

 

Hello everyone!

 

I hope you're ready for this WILD ride tonight.

 

Yes, that pun is absolutely intended.

 

Yes, it also probably means exactly what you think it means.

 

No, I'm not going to apologize for it.

 

That said, to be quite clear: the books I'll be reviewing this month when it comes to the holiday picks do feature various amounts of smutty scenes that readers may or may not want to read through.

 

Then again, if you pick up a book which explains exactly what you're getting into in the blurb, then I don't know what to tell you about your expectations.

 

This is a safe space, where we lust after hot daddy cowboys and leave all the other details in the dust, but equally we run a full gamut of emotions and really EARN that happily ever after.

 

That's all there is to it.

 

So without further ado - Chasing the Wild!

 

Talkie Tuesday: A Christmas Adventure

 

"Happy heart, everyone!"

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome to the second installment in Niko's story.

 

And yes, there WILL be a third, coming to your blog screens around this time next week, so make sure you're all caught up before then.

 

Because boy, does Niko have a few more adventures to share with us all!

 

As always, you know the drill: until the holiday season lets up, there will be only Christmas-themed posts on this blog, as has been tradition for the last ... who knows how many years at this point?

 

I don't even know how long I've been blogging! It must be going on a decade at this point.

 

Wow. Time flies when you're having fun!

 

So without further ado, let's have a little MORE fun while we're at it, shall we? Because the reindeer will ensure that's definitely what happens.

 

Let's take a look at Little Brother, Big Trouble: The Christmas Adventure.

 

Tome Thursday: Decked, Wrecked and Pucked

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome to the first of the Christmas books that will be featured here on this blog during the month of December.

 

And boy, have I got a zinger for you!

 

Honestly, I don't know how I haven't run around in circles talking about it.

 

It's the perfect length for the season, it's got a heck of a lot of steamy, spicy scenes, it's got some ice hockey thrown into the mix, and it's got those angsty, perfect feels that'll get you all up there while you're working through everything with the characters along the way.

 

If I haven't mentioned already, the book is written by Lea Rose.

 

Also, if I haven't mentioned already, Lea Rose might just be one of my new all-time favourite contemporary authors. She just has this way with words and writing YEARNING that it's beautiful to witness.

 

So kick back, relax, and get ready to be Decked, Wrecked and Pucked.

 

Talkie Tuesday: The Flight Before Christmas

 

"Don't think: believe."

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome.

 

Welcome, welcome, one and all, to the December Christmas extravaganza that I've been running on this blog for ... oh, a very many years now.

 

It's that time of year when I forego all other releases, literary or film, and focus specifically and solely on anything and everything Christmast-themed.

 

Is it a bit cliché? Yup. Does it sometimes clash with everything else that's happening at around the same time? Also yes.

 

But it's tradition at this point, and who am I to flaunt that?

 

Which is why, as a lovely introduction to this month, we're spending the evening with a cute little reindeer buck. And no, his name's not Rudolph, interestingly.

 

His name's Niko, and he takes off in The Flight Before Christmas!

 

Tome Thursday: Forest of the Pygmies

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome to the final installment of this three-week journey, which began back in the Amazon, stretched across to the Himalayas, and is now coming home to roost on the continent of Africa.

 

Isabel Allende really did a magnificent job with her trilogy, and I, for one, am definitely here for it.

 

Besides, this is the last "normal" book, shall we say, before the Christmas countdown begins on this blog.

 

Yes, just like every year, I'll be reviewing all things Christmas, with any and all influences coming my way! So for the time being, say goodbye to anything that DOESN'T have those gingerbread cookies and candy canes in it.

 

Meanwhile, however, hit pause on it just long enough to read through this blog post, won't you?

 

Because this journey to Africa is kind of important.

 

Especially because it's the last book in the trilogy.

 

Without further ado, let's dive right into Forest of the Pygmies.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Aladdin

 

"A whole new world ..."

 

Hello everyone!

 

I can't believe I've never talked about this movie on my blog.

 

To be fair, however, I'm looking back through ALL my blogs, and somehow, not many of the classic animations even made it on here?!

 

I've apparently been sleeping on these!

 

Dishonour on my cow LOL.

 

ANYWAY.

 

Without further ado, let's go change that right up, shall we? Just like they say in the opening song: 

 

Come on down, stop on by, hop a carpet and fly to another Arabian night!

 

And this time, it'll be a hot one, because it's going to be with this street rat named Aladdin.

 

Tome Thursday: Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome back.

 

Like I said last Thursday, this November we're travelling through the adventures of two teenagers that basically did a roundabout tour around the world across three different continents, found adventure and danger along the way, and eventually ended up becoming the very best versions of themselves!

 

And the best part?

 

As far as I know, there's absolutely no sequel to this trilogy, as in, Isabel Allende didn't go and write about Alex and Nadia in their adult years, rather keeping the magic alive by wrapping it all up in a neat bow when they're just on the cusp of adulthood.

 

That's what I like. I'm not a huge fan of suddenly reading 'oh, you know that thing you loved when you were younger? Welp, it's all gone now because real life and realism got a hold of it and ruined it'.

 

Anyway. Enough with me yapping.

 

It's time for another trip, and this time it won't be into any warm climate whatsoever.

 

This time, we're scaling mountains in Kingdom of the Golden Dragon.