Game of Thrones: The Door + Blood of my Blood

"Hold the door!"

Hello everyone!

So after last week's internet disaster, I'm back, and as I promised, tonight's blog post is going to combine the recaps of both the fifth and the sixth episodes of Game of Thrones (season 6, of course, let's not get ahead of ourselves here). 

The reason for this being because I've promised to recap the entirety of the season as it rolled along, which means that I can't stop now, can I? I need to see this through.

Not that it's a hardship.

Every Monday night, regardless of the fact that there used to be a number of shows which aired Sunday and I could only watch them a day after (less now as most of them are on a summer break), I'd first watch the hour in Westeros just to ensure myself that all was right in the world.

I mean, honestly?

If you think you have it bad, all you have to do is watch one of those episodes; you'll be darn sure by the end of it that your life is a walk in the park compared to these guys.

Saturday Snippet: Back in the Saddle

Hello everyone!

So unfortunately, hell week happened.

No, I'm serious.

The main part of said hell week being that a storm which ran through on Monday night fried my router and pretty much decked any ideas I might have had about potentially doing blog posts. Among other things.

Things have now been fixed, however! And Tuesday night, I will be doing a double recap of both the fifth AND the sixth Game of Thrones episodes.

xx

Tome Thursday: The King

Hello everyone!

Back yet again with another book review, and what do you know (or, let's phrase it in the way it should be for this review, whaddyaknow) I'm back on a vampire binge. Only, really, I've never honestly gotten off it, especially not since reading the latest in Ward's series of books.

Mostly, it has to do with the fact that while I was reading the fourteenth one, I was struggling on occasion to figure out just what it was she was talking about. 

It had been a while, after all, since the last time I've read these, even though I never, ever delete them from my e-reader.

Nope.

Best to have them on hand in case I ever feel like nibbling one of them open again. I'm honestly thinking of just buying the whole thing in a physical shape as well, because ... well, why not?

So lt's get with the program, as the vampires say, and sink our teeth into book number twelve: The King.

Game of Thrones: Book of the Stranger

"You will not serve - you will die."

Hello everyone!

It's back to Game of Thrones for the week, and BOY was it a whooper of an episode this Sunday! 

Naturally, most of the episodes in this series are the likes of, you know, oh my God who's going to die and who lives?! kind of thing, but really, some of them stand out even further along the already amazing stuff we see on screen.

What I'm most thrilled about is the fact that we are now seriously past the action of the books, because they've come to a stalemate and I think I even remember Martin saying he probably won't finish Winds of Winter this calendar year either. Which is just bleh in my opinion since honestly, drawing it out so much? That isn't stringing fans along anymore, that's losing them.

Anyway.

As the show moves into its own territory, I agree with some that certain aspects are probably slightly more erratic than in the books, but for the most part? Yes, PLEASE, don't follow anything written down anymore!

Saturday Snippet: Eurovision

Ready, set, go!

*image not mine

Tome Thursday: Shadow Titan

Hello everyone!

Yes, I am BACK with another Lizzy Ford book, or novellette, or novella, or short story, whatever you want to call it!

I'm always so excited when I open up my email account and see that the ARC arrived, it's been such a fun experience so far because it's so incredibly different for me and something out of the ordinary, but I love the anticipation and the feeling of knowing something's coming at the beginning of the month which I can look forward to!

Especially with this one, because, with each short story I get sucked into the world of Theta, more and more, I'm not going to lie.

I thought it was amazing when I read Silent Queen, and then it was awesome when Mercenary rolled around, but now it's time for the second-to-last, Shadow Titan, and honestly, let's not waste too much time with introductions!

Because the story is too gripping to ignore.

Game of Thrones: Oathbreaker

"My watch is ended."

Hello everyone!

Back to Game of Thrones, of course, as it's Tuesday and therefore time for another episode recap! With so much stuff going on it's a wonder that I manage to keep my head on straight through the lot of it. 

What keeps on astounding me is how the producers are now finally moving forward with the plot and all the unanswered questions that the author still hasn't gotten to as he hasn't yet finished writing his books. It will, however, admittedly be weird when he does end up publishing the last two as the show will be over by then and they might pick a different kind of resolution even though they know the ending, or so it has been said.

Until then though, we're going to have to make do with HBO's version, and I can't say I'm arguing against it!

Some of the stuff I've been anxious to see ever since the show started, so this season is DEFINITELY bringing me up to speed with that - and not just me, but everyone else around who's an ardent Game of Thrones fan!

Sunday Rain

Hello everyone!

Catching up on some things and just generally relaxing, I'm listening to the rain fall outside and wondering when May turned into April in terms of weather.

Apparently, it just happened.

xx
*image not mine

Tome Thursday: Rusty Nailed

Hello everyone!

My head is debating whether or not it should take a trip down into pain-ville, but at the same time I decided earlier this morning to do a blog post, so a blog post I shall do!

And to my utter miserable shame, I promised to do this one back in October 2015.

Has it bee six months yet?

Yeahhhhh ... it has.

Oops.

ANYWAY.

Browsing through my little booklet of reviews where I note down everything and anything worth remembering, I found the rest of Alice Clayton's books, all neatly wrapped together and finished, and realized I never got back to Rusty Nailed even if I did promise the review. So here we are tonight, and I swear I'm going to be better with finishing this series! You won't have to wait until December for number three.

Game of Thrones: Home

"I'm here to help! Please don't eat the help ..."

Hello everyone!

So, I kind of lied. 

Last week, while typing up the blog post, I said that I don't generally do premieres or even recaps or whatnot. And really, I don't. I used to do this weekly blog thing every Saturday during which I looked back over what happened on shows during the week, but then it became too much, and I don't have as much time on my hands anymore.

I cancelled that one and I'm doing random snippets now, but somehow ...

Well, somehow, I'm beating all the odds and just going back on my own words because I feel like doing Game of Thrones recaps every week.

Yeah, yeah, I know I know.

Everyone and their mother seem to be recapping and reviewing this show, but I mean, let's face it, it's probably the biggest thing that's happened on TV in years. EVERYONE's talking about it. If they don't like it, they're dissing it, but even then they're talking about it! It's universal.

And on that note, let's jump right in, shall we?