Saturday Snippet: The Kiss

Excuse me, I'm still a puddle somewhere on the floor.

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Tome Thursday: As Timeless as the Sea

Hello everyone!

As September draws to a close, so too does my trilogy of reviews for one of the last summer-y themed books I'll probably read this calendar year.

Because, let's face it, when the frost creeps in and the leaves turn from green to red, you want to cosy up by a fire with a cup of something hot and a REALLY good, occasionally scary, comforting read that takes you into the seasonal feeling.

I mean who doesn't want to read about Halloween when it's just around the corner?!

Alright, fine, I have to admit that Halloween and I have never been friends - dressing up as someone else just isn't my thing - BUT I really DO enjoy reading some of the stories that pop up at this time of year.

But for right now, as we finally bid adieu to the last taste of summer, let's head into the wrap-up post for Serenity Woods' Blue Penguin Bay trilogy.

The last book is titled, pretty neatly I think, As Timeless as the Sea.

Talkie Tuesday: Pacific Rim Uprising

"Fire everything you've got!"

Hello everyone!

As promised last week, it's time for the sequel to the awesome movie that was Pacific Rim. Aka, the movie in which Idris Elba and Charlie Hunnam got to kick some serious Kaiju butt. 

If you don't know what a Kaiju is, let's just say it's a big monster.

Looks a lot like Godzilla but at the same time it's a hell of a lot uglier and WAY meaner, considering Godzilla always worked FOR the people, not to eat the people.

Well. Mostly.

Anyway.

Before I digress any further, there's time to backtrack and return to my original point: the point of the sequel.

Pacific Rim: Uprising promised to deliver everything and more that its predecessor did. Whether or not they succeeded, however, you'll have to read in this post.

Saturday Snippet: A Discovery of Witches

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Tome Thursday: As Beautiful as the Bay

Hello everyone!

In between being hard at work on a translating project, I found some spare time to type this blog post up and return to the gorgeous setting of New Zealand.

I mean, come on, is there any place on Earth more beautiful?

My sister would probably say Malta, but at the moment she's kind of biased and this might change to a different location soon - she knows why haha.

But yeah, for me, New Zealand is one of those places on my bucket list to visit, not only because of Peter Jackson's movies which were filmed there, but also because it reminds me a lot of my home country and I feel like it could be home away from home.

And reading Serenity Woods books just makes me want to go, alright? That, too.

Last week I started this trilogy reviews and I'm following up on my promise to stick to book two this week, so here we go, lovely readers.

As Beautiful as the Bay, coming right up.

Talkie Tuesday: Pacific Rim

"Fortune favours the brave."

Hello everyone!

So a little while back, I was convinced, in my dawdling, by a good friend to finally sit down and watch Pacific Rim Uprising, but of course after I ACTUALLY watched it, I decided I needed to go back to the roots and remind myself what it was all about. 

Aka, long story short, I dug up my copy of Pacific Rim (which had also been showing on television for a number of times that week, and the week after) and popped it in to watch.

Now, I will admit, I originally watched this on a whim five years ago, thinking it was just going to be a lark to pass the time with.

Little did I know I'd be proven wrong on all counts.

There are of course things that could always be improved in every movie, but for Pacific Rim, especially, you can probably say there's very little of it.

Without further ado, let's go check out what the Breach is doing, shall we?

Saturday Snippet: Weekend Vibes

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Tome Thursday: As Deep as the Ocean

Hello everyone!

I'm back with another book review, and starting this week I'm launching into a trilogy of books which I read while away on vacation.

Honestly, they were the PERFECT books to take along to the seaside with me (among many, many others) and there's something about the idea of a vineyard overlooking a beautiful bay, that just makes your heart sing.

For those of you who don't know, my admiration for Serenity Woods as an author goes right back to when I first picked up The Perfect Gift from her Three Wise Men series.

Since then, I've pretty much devoured any Woods book I can get my hands on. Multiple times.

So it should be to the surprise of no one that this new trilogy I'm about to review for you all was also penned by Ms Woods.

Titled as the first of the Blue Penguin Bay series, a fictional bay, by the by, As Deep as the Ocean plants us smack dab into the gorgeous New Zealand - with handsome men, obviously.

Talkie Tuesday: Black Panther

"The wise build bridges, but the foolish build barriers."

Hello everyone!

Well, it looks like I'm finally jumping back onto the Marvel Universe band wagon.

I know, I know. It took me long enough.

I feel like, after the disappointment I felt with the Spiderman remake, I needed to step back a little and reassess what I like and dislike when it comes to Marvel. They have many more hits than they do misses, but every once in a while they make a miss so spectacular you just can't help but goggle at them.

Anyway.

A couple nights ago I FINALLY sat back to watch the movie that's been talked about all summer long and which brought in a heck of a lot of green with dollar signs.

I have to admit, that alone made me wary.

But Black Panther stood and delivered.

Saturday Snippet: Hallmark

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Tome Thursday: Starcross Castle

Hello everyone!

Back with some more book reviews, and while I actually have a trilogy waiting to be typed up on here, I decided against starting it this Thursday. I've actually read a number of other books since and thought I might pick up something else first.

Namely, continue in the vein that I did last Thursday, when I reviewed December Heart by Merry Farmer, and of course once I start a series I will usually try to find other books from it.

Which I did.

And then of course I realized that, yeah, there will be other older gentlemen falling in love in the main books, there are NOVELLAS accompanying each book.

Like, two short stories per each novel.

How cool is that?!

It's basically like getting three presents instead of one for your birthday.

So for tonight, I decided to combine blog posts and write about the stories from Starcross Castle.

Talkie Tuesday: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

"That's the best kind of party, little girl."

Hello everyone!

So finally. 

After apeasing my inner OCD last week with the review of Mamma Mia! from 2008, I can now move on to the sequel. Or prequel, or whichever word you prefer for the movie in all honesty.

Basically, I got all the cogs out of the way and now we're getting to the good stuff!

Of course, as stated at the very top of my blog, you need to be prepared when reading these reviews, as there will be spoilers, and lots of them while we're at it. I figured I should probably smack this into a post again sooner rather than later.

Onwards!

I was wary going into the second movie, thinking I would definitely NOT like it as much as I enjoyed the first. Sequels have a really nasty habit of letting people down.

But this particular one, probably because, hello, it's all those songs we know and love yet again, just didn't have it in it to disappoint. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is the movie to see as the summer ends!

Saturday Snippet: Take Two

These two crack me up so much!

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