Talkie Tuesday: The 100

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I'm back this week, even though I'm fighting off one heck of a cold (it went through our house like wildfire, and I'm not kidding, dad brought it in and then it went through all of us, ugh). Yesterday my eyes were watering so bad I thought I was going to have to sleep through the rest of today! Luckily, it seems to have just been a rebound or something, since Sunday had been the worst day for me with most of the afternoon spent in bed and nursing a headache, a sore throat, runny nose, and maybe even a slight temperature, not that I checked. That being said, however, I feel sufficiently better this morning to get this blog post up and running, and stop complaining about it! It won't help, either way.

So I know The 100 finished a couple of weeks ago (boo!) and most of the reviews are already in, the recaps obviously overdone, but I figured I could toss my own two cents into the mix while I was at it, considering this is one of my absolute favourite CW shows the network has pushed out in the last couple of years. And I mean, talk about a finale! 

Tome Thursday: Lord John and the Private Matter

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As promised, I didn't manage to get to the movie/show review this week for obvious reasons, BUT I'm back with a book blog, and, again as promised, I'm going to be talking about Diana Gabaldon again this week.

Or, well, okay, not about HER, but about another one of her awesome characters, Lord John. 

Now, you're probably thinking: wait, this guy's name is Lord John Grey, which is basically the 18th-century equivalent for 'John Smith' or 'John Doe', how can he be an interesting character? Truth be told, I didn't even know books about him existed until I got past the current halfway point of the Outlander books, and he just keeps popping back up like a Jack-in-the-box (not posting any spoilers here, however, about why, precisely, he keeps doing that)! Also, some additional research on Gabaldon's website gave me this magnificent quote: 

"He's what I call a 'mushroom' - one of those unplanned people who pops up out of nowhere and walks off with any scene he's in - and he talks to me easily (and wittily)." (D. Gabaldon)

No 'Talkie Tuesday' this week!

Hello everyone!

Sorry about not getting the blog up yesteray - unfortunately my time suddenly disappeared even though I had been hoping that I'd be able to get something up!

But my dad's birthday was yesterday so we sort of had a whole lot of foot traffic going on in and out of our house, and I was pretty much in chaos from the time I got up to the time I sat down to watch a movie before bed - and I fell asleep halfway in!

Tomorrow, the book blog is going up according to plan, however, and 'Talkie Tuesday' returns next week!

xx

Tome Thursday: The Rescue

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So as you know, my books of choice are usually connected with either mystery, something historical, or at the moment the Black Dagger Brotherhood series (is anyone else excited for Black Dagger Legacy? Raise your hands!). I'm actually reading a number of books at the moment, namely one by Diana Gabaldon (from her Lord John series, I might do a review on it next week), the book written by Derek Hough, a book about Boudicca ... yes, I have issues. This is what happens when you have an e-reader which allows you to book jump a whole lot! But generally speaking I usually go through one or two books before starting anything new and such.

And from time to time, I also need a break from all the harrowing stuff I read, and then I decide to pick up Danielle Steel, Susan E. Phillips, or Nicholas Sparks.

Yes, Sparks.

Of course I don't pick this last choice often - mainly because his books (and movies) ALWAYS make me cry! But when I do, I just suck it up. My latest choice was 'The Rescue'.

Talkie Tuesday: Hercules

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So last year (yes, for real), I noticed that there were two Hercules movies coming out within the span of a couple of months: The Legend of Hercules (starring Kellan Lutz) and Hercules (starring Dwayne Johnson). The Legend was the first one I sat down to watch, but then I had to wait a bit before I could get to Hercules, since I went to the seaside for a month during the summer period, and then sort of forgot about it. Oops. Anyway, I finally got around to watching the second one too! So this review will sort of be a comparison of the two movies, and also a general recap of them both. As you can probably tell, both of them obviously deal with the Greek hero who was rumoured to be the son of Zeus, named to please the goddess Hera, but she was generally pissed off that her hubby dear had another bastard brat on Earth, and decided she wanted to do away with him. How's that for family love? And we thought the Mikaelsons had it rough ... 

Tome Thursday: The Ruby Circle

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Back in February, I wrote a quick little review about The Silver Shadows, the fifth book in Richelle Mead's Bloodlines series, and obviously I was late in doing so because it took a while for the physical book to arrive (I did have the electronic version, but truth be told I enjoy reading these ones in their original forms). Which meant I was pretty much just weeks away from the publishing date of The Ruby Circle, the sixth and final installment in the series, as well as the much-anticipated grand finale of the whole saga begun with the Vampire Academy years back.

Cue my excitement!

I can't even remember how or why I got into these books in the first place, I know for Twilight that I honestly wanted to know what the hype was about, and A Song o Ice and Fire was introduced to me on a weekend trip, but these books? No idea. I started reading Bloodlines because I loved the Vampire Academy series, and so it was sort of bitter-sweet for me to pick up the very last book (or it's last according to the author).

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Talkie Tuesday: The Mockingjay, pt. 1

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I seem to always start the blog with the same two words - oops! Oh well, I guess I'll eventually figure out a better greeting or something. In the meantime, I'm going to jump right into the movie review for this week, and I think you're going to like the topic. Or I hope you will! 

This past weekend, I got some much-needed friend time in, as a couple of my girlfriends got together for a movie night. Honorary mention goes to: boyfriend of one of them, who had to put up with FOUR women all on his own through the movie, and then the subsequent conversation after it was over. Thumbs up and a whole lot of stars, considering it really can't have been easy, but we DID have a blast, all of us! The Mockingjay was picked because, back when the last part of the Hobbit was playing in cinemas, there was a consensus that it would be viewed in theatre, and then we'd get together for the Mockingjay later on, all of us, in the comfort of someone's home, where we could just relax, unwind, and comment to our hearts' content. That's precisely what we did, and if the movie itself lacked in substantial action, at least there were four others around you who felt the same way and you could complain out loud! 

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Tome Thursday: After the Funeral, p.2

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So last week, I started the review on 'After the Funeral', but since I hadn't managed to finish the book by then, I left at the point where there have been two murders (Richard Abernethie and his sister Cora), and Hercule Poirot has made his appearance, while the lawyer Entwhistle has done some poking about, and I had the feeling that there would be more murders hanging about.

I was close.

But not quite.

Talkie Tuesday: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

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Today I'm writing about an oldie (but a goldie), since the movie is now seven years old already (time flies!), but it was screened on TV this weekend and we made a sort of family night out of it, so I thought to myself, why not? So we watched The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, although my original thought (come into reality the first time I watched it, seven years ago) remains the same, which is that it really fell woefully short of the first two movies (The Mummy, and The Mummy Returns). Now, THOSE two were definitely worth their salt, and I always laugh when I watch them - even if I watch them now, a millionth time later. That's saying something about comedic relief, right? But then, Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz had it all down pat as far as I'm concerned, and while the third movie brought in some old anecdotes and connected to the previous ones, it still just ... wasn't quite there.