Talkie Tuesday: The Last Legion

"Hail, Caesar!"

Hello everyone!

To be perfectly honest, I seem to be bouncing back and forth between genres when watching movies and/or TV shows, because I wanted to actually do a different review today, one about Star Trek, because, hello, I watched Beyond this weekend and YES is all I can say! 

But sadly, I also finished reading a Roman-esque book today and I'm still pretty much under the sway of that particular influence, ergo I went back to find this Roman-inspired movie I had watched waaaay back. I think it was last summer, but in any event, who cares about the when, if I get to them at some point, right?

Anyway.

After finishing Simon Scarrow's Eagle book (number three, to be exact), I fell into the whole Roman craze and dug through my sheep notebook until I found the movie called The Last Legion.

Which, to be honest, I originally watched only because of a book I'd read of the same title, but in the end realised it wasn't even CLOSE, content-wise.

Well, it did have Colin Firth, if nothing else.

Saturday Snippet: Liv Tyler

Because I genuinely think she's one of the most gorgeous women on the planet.

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*image not mine

Tome Thursday: Blood Vow

Hello everyone!

Right back to the bookish section of my reviews, and I have to say I keep skipping over the reviews I have noted down in my little sheep notebook.

I mean, I'll GET to them. Eventually.

I hope.

But good books keep popping up all over the place! Which means I keep getting distracted and I keep trying to keep up, which is starting to show some wear and tear but I have to admit I'm also doing quite a good job. It pays off to be able to fall asleep reading a book, you definitely get through a lot of them in the evenings.

Anyway, I am right back into the vampire world with this one, because in December I was more than a little bit stoked to see that the new JR Ward book had been published!

I have a long-standing and abiding love for her and her Black Dagger Brotherhood series, so this spin-off was a no-brainer for me. More vampires? More Brothers? Count me the heck IN! Thank you very much.

So, without further ado, let's sink our teeth into Blood Vow.

Talkie Tuesday: Inferno

"Cerca trova."

Hello everyone!

Since Sherlock has now finished, and Game of Thrones hasn't begun yet for me to do my weekly blogs with recaps of it, I'm back to reviewing movies, as per usual. 

Now, I do have quite a backlog it would seem, considering the fact that I keep finding other stuff to write about, which sometimes might feel counter-productive, but believe me, with the amount of things I watch just to relax, it's not actually THAT far-fetched I don't think.

Anyway.

I wanted to watch this movie pretty much as soon as it was announced they were filming it, mostly because I have, in fact, enjoyed reading Dan Brown's books with Robert Langdon as the primary character. Also, I've enjoyed watching Tom Hanks on screen, making sure everybody else around him and those watching wonder about what he was talking about half the time.

And while Inferno sounds like something straight out of Hell, it's actually, in my opinion, a tourist guide to Florence.

Saturday Snippet: Yoda

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*image not mine

Tome Thursday: After the Fire

Hello everyone!

I've been feeling a bit moody and completely unhappy with some of my reading choices, which is why my reading list SAYS I'm reading Queen of Shadows, but I'm actually waiting for my reading muse to kick in for that one.

Sadly, sometimes I get into a fantasy slump, but usually I can fix that pretty easily.

Usually, I say.

I haven't done it so far, even though I've gone back to re-read The Hobbit, and then deviated completely to Arthur Conan Doyle while I was at it, and then just ditched the whole mystery/fantasy genre altogether and went into the real world again.

There are three authors perfectly guaranteed to make me quite happy with the books they write, as I may have mentioned before: Noelle Adams, Serenity Woods, and Kathryn Shay, not necessarily in that order.

I started off with Woods and then moved along to Adams, but then just gave in to temptation and picked up Shay's 'Cop of the Year' (my first book by her) and then to the one I'm reviewing today, After the Fire.

Talkie Tuesday: The Final Problem

"The Game is afoot."

Hello everyone!

Well. We've made it. 

And contrary to what I generally feel when a show season ends, I'm not entirely certain what to make of this particular one.

This weekend saw the end of season four in the lives of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, but fans all around the globe are pretty much crying out, either in confusion, shock, or just point-blank outrage.

As a wise individual once said: "I feel a disturbance in the Force."

Fortunately, we can always go back and watch the first two seasons (and three, three was okay-ish, as well) if we want to go back to Sherlock's glory days. Unfortunately, despite previous statements that Benedict Cumberbatch is contracted for a fifth season, this has now been pulled and in its place was said that, while a fifth season has been plotted, Gatis and Moffat aren't sure if they'll produce it.

On that note, let's dive into this Sherlock recap, shall we?

Saturday Snippet: Gandalf

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*image not mine

Tome Thursday: Any Means Necessary

Hello everyone!

I'm veering into a completely different direction with this week's book post, but then again I have been known to do that from time to time. I'll start reading a fantasy book, then get distracted and hitch a ride on the Orient Express with Agatha Christie, and then once I can't giggle at Hercule Poirot anymore I'm going to probably read a silly romance before I return to the fantasy book.

Or, failing that, I'm going to be suggested a book by Kobo, helpfully, and then I'll devour it in a day or two.

This was what happened when Bookbub, not Kobo actually, suggested I might want to take a look at Jack Mars' books, but it suggested book four in a series, and me being who I am, I want to start things from the very beginning, obviously.

So I went and checked it out, and hello! Kobo was offering the first in the Luke Stone thriller books for free.

Obviously, that was a no brainer and I grabbed it, downloaded it to my e-reader, and managed to get through it in two days tops, I do believe.

Because, the female thing aside, I do like a good thriller book.

Talkie Tuesday: The Lying Detective

"The Game is afoot."

Hello everyone!

I'm back after yesterday's rather exclamation-filled watching of the second episode in the current Sherlock season. 

Now, I'll admit, I tend to be quite vocal when I watch the shows I like - mainly because my reactions are just that explosive on more than one occasion, but also because I'm alone when I watch this. Occasionally, I do watch things with my friends - like, say Sherlock specials - but that being said, more often than not it's just me and my poor, over abused laptop.

If this thing could speak ...

It would probably complain how much I keep talking to it. But then, I wouldn't NEED to if the shows I watched wouldn't be bad for my blood pressure.

Sherlock, of course, being the rather prime example, seeing as there is literally no one on this planet Earth who can annoy people quite so much as the good detective from Baker Street.

Saturday Snippet: Trophy Wife

This was where he should flirt with her, think of something funny and clever and sexy to say.
What he said was “Did you get your toilet fixed?”










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Tome Thursday: Pottermore Presents, x3

Hello everyone!

Out of my holiday flux, finally, and currently reading a rather amusing tale about how a cyber parrott manages to pilot an actual spaceship in the middle of nowhere (it's a rather long story how I got to this point, but suffice to say Ed is quite the entertainer!), but I won't be going into more detail here since I might even review it later on.

Oh no, tonight it's another round with our favourite wizards from the wizarding world of Harry Potter, as I discovered that Pottermore had published, or at least released out into the open, several texts that go into a bit more detail about some of Rowling's work.

All written by J. K. Rowling, made all the better because it isn't anything new, so to speak, but mostly just a rehash on what we already know and love, just with some more knowledge this time.

So, I will be talking about, in order of appearance: Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies, Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists, as well as Hogwarts, An (In)Complete and (Un)Reliable guide.

It should be a fine ride, but please don't think I'll be telling you EVERYTHING there is in there - they're quite short publications so I won't spoil it all.

Talkie Tuesday: The Six Thatchers

"The Game is on."

Hello everyone!

Happy New Year! 

I hope that you've all celebrated with your loved ones and had an amazing time during the longest night between 2016 and 2017. I'll admit mine was spent very lazily, at home, watching the Police Academy movie marathon and going to bed before one o'clock.

I know, I'm hopeless.

BUT.

That being said, with 2017 now firmly in our midst, the new series, and new seasons are finally beginning!

I'm looking at you, Shadowhunters, but before I even nip at that particular episode (because I still have to watch it) I'm going to go into a review of what is quite possibly the most anticipated show besides Game of Thrones and probably Walking Dead.

Ladies and gentlemen, our favourite detective from Baker Street is back!