Thursday, 18 June 2026

Tome Thursday: The Grand Shahala

 
Hello everyone!
 
Welcome to tonight's book of choice!
 
I'm so very, very excited to share this one with you, because, one, I've loved this author from the minute I picked up her very first book release, and two, it's just such a good story!
 
I mean, does it have a few kinks that maybe could do with some ironing out? Yes, of course.
 
But what book doesn't?
 
I think the only one I ever read where I DIDN'T feel that another edit might be appropriate was The Lord of the Rings, and THAT should tell you something LOL.
 
In any event; I was super lucky to join the early ARC team for this one, so I got to read it before it even released. How's that for some charm, eh??
 
And now it's been officially released into the wider world on June 16th, so my review is basically right on time!
 
Without further ado, we're jumping straight into The Grand Shahala.
 

Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Talkie Tuesday: Journey to the Center of the Earth with Willy Fog

 

"It will be my pleasure to help write 

a new chapter in the history of science.

 
Hello everyone!
 
Back to Jules Verne adaptations we go!
 
Because there's two more after Around the World with Willy Fog, and of course, if you know me, then you'll know I WILL be watching both of them.
 
How could I not?
 
This is basically my childhood caught in a bottle, or a snow globe, and I'm here for it.
 
I'm loving it, as McDonald's would say, haha!
 
Plus it's also just ridiculously entertaining and fun if you ask me. Who else would come up with stories like this one than the old animators in the 1990s who apparently all had the same way of thinking??
 
So without further ado, it's time to head on another little trip, just not around the world this time.
 
This time, Willy Fog will go on a Journey to the Center of the Earth!
 

Thursday, 11 June 2026

Tome Thursday: The Mysterious Billionaire

 
Hello everyone!
 
So I literally just realized, as I sat down to review this book:
 
I never put the review for the FIRST book in this series on here!
 
I'm honestly a dunce LOL.
 
I'll see about getting it done just as soon as I can, because, a Serenity Woods book DEMANDS to have its own blog post, no matter the when of it!
 
Ahem.
 
Moving on to tonight's book of choice, as you can see it's the SECOND in a new series that she's currently writing, and honestly? More billionaires who know how to be soft for the women they love and when to take control of the situation? Yes, please!
 
Without further ado, let's hop right into it, shall we?
 
Because, there's just nothing on this planet that would be better than The Mysterious Billionaire.
 

Tuesday, 9 June 2026

Talkie Tuesday: Around the World with Willy Fog

 

"We'll set a new world record!"

 
Hello everyone!
 
Ready to go on an adventure tonight?
 
Because we're about to travel around the world.
 
And no, we aren't going to take forever doing it, nor are we going to jet around in, like, 24 hours or something, the way some influencers online tend to do it.
 
We're going to be doing it in 80 solid days.
 
You probably already know where this might be going, but it's not ACTUALLY a Jules Verne thing, even though he's the one who originally wrote the book.
 
No no, this is an adaptation, and a really fun one to boot, because - and get this - it's animated with animals acting as characters, and an entire 600+ minutes series is condensed to roughly over 70 minutes, making it immediately watchable in one sitting.
 
So without further ado: Around the World with Willy Fog!
 

Thursday, 4 June 2026

Tome Thursday: The Charmed Coin Mystery

 
Hello everyone!
 
So after the mammoth of the post that ended up happening on Tuesday, I decided to do something a little lighter this Thursday for my book choice of the week.
 
And when I need something like this, I usually always return to one of two preferred authors!
 
You always have to have some in your back pocket that will help you in times like this.
 
Especially when you don't want to spend yet another two to three hours typing and editing and padding up a post! Hah.
 
Honestly though, it's not that I mind. It's that I slept horribly tonight (I only got a solid five hours, and the rest was definitely fragmented until I just gave up) and I feel like it's going to be a long ass day without a lot to show for it in the end.
 
Which means I'm going to try not to complicate my life even more while I'm at it.
 
Without further ado, then, let's hop straight into the next mystery our favourite rapscallion girl Twyla ends up in.
 
Ladies and gentlemen: The Charmed Coin.
 

Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Talkie Tuesday: Pursuit of Jade

 

"Be a good pig in this life; be a good man in the next."

 
Hello everyone!
 
Welcome back.
 
Sorry for a bit of delay on Tuesday's reviews, I took last week off because there were other things happening (as said before, it was a special day!) and now I return with a MAMMOTH of a thing.
 
There's no way it's not going to be.
 
Not with the show being 40 episodes long, and each episode covering so much ground it sometimes feels like they're trying to shove a book into 40 minutes, each.
 
And in all honesty I fell into the hole completely by accident!
 
Netflix kept shoving the promo for it right on the front page. Eventually, I decided you know what? FINE, I'll watch.
 
I've since already breezed through twice. And the rest, as they say, is history.
 
So let's take a look at it together in Pursuit of Jade!
 

Thursday, 28 May 2026

Tome Thursday: Heartstrings

 
Hello everyone!
 
Welcome back to the blog.
 
I know I skipped this Tuesday, but that's because it was my birthday.
 
I decided to sleep in and just laze about for the day, which, can confirm, was a GRAND idea all in all.
 
And then today it's back to the drawing board.
 
Especially since we're gearing for the release of book two in this series.
 
Kes Winters is an author I randomly stumbled on when I was looking through BookSirens, and I picked up one of her fairytale-inspired romances, but it turns out she writes COWBOY romance, too.
 
And she does it REAL good, y'all!
 
Ahem.
 
Without further ado, let's step right into this world: in Heartstrings.