Tome Thursday: The Werewolf's Dragon Defender

Hello everyone!

FINALLY back with another book review after the computer chaos of last week.

This was the blog post that SHOULD have gone up last Thursday, but unfortunately, I don't always schedule my posts since I quite like the routine of sitting down two to three times a week and typing them up, usually on the day they're getting posted.

I know it may not be the most effective way of doing things, but it's worked for me so far! 

It did, however, also mean I didn't really have a post to share after the old computer said farewell, so this one had to wait a little bit.

Here we are now however, back in Supernatural Suburbia, and Riley Rivers has two other books after the first, Nymph Neighbor, which is all well for me since I usually like to read them in a series and not just stand-alones.

So I think I'm going to actually stop blabbering now and do something productive, aka, get right into the post.

The Werewolf's Dragon Defender is next!

Talkie Tuesday: Blood & Treasure (and Cleopatra)

"I thought they droned the guy! - Yeah well, apparently it didn't take."

Hello everyone!

As you may have noticed, we seem to be short on two blog posts on this page since last Tuesday, and I promise you it has nothing to do with the Game of Thrones season finale.

I mean, it might. I'm not sure!

The thing is, my computer of ten years decided on Wednesday morning to say farewell, and I needed to sort out my situation before I could get back to posting, which means that I unfortunately had to skip on a few blog posts.

Never fear, however. I'm back!

And since I've been so used to watching HBO over the last month and a half, I'm now trying to figure out what to keep on watching haha.

Thankfully, CBS is hitting it out of the park with its lineup this year, so I decided I'm going to talk about the premiere of their summer show, Blood & Treasure.

Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne

"They say every time a Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin.
And the world holds its breath."

Hello everyone!

It's a sort of bitter-sweet feeling to go about typing this kind of blog post for the very last time, because, as we all know - there will be no more Game of Thrones to look forward to. 

At least, not in the shape we've been used to since 2011.

In some ways, as a lot of the fans would say, it might even be for the best given the response to the last season, but at the same time, this show has been such a staple in our lives for so long that it's hard to understand it isn't coming back.

I can't even begin to imagine what fans of Supernatural are going through!

But anyway, regardless which camp you're in (happy fan or outraged fan, that is), this Sunday's series finale brought ... some kind of closure, I suppose.

Mostly on a lot of illogical storylines.

Let's sit back and take a look at The Iron Throne - and listen to the iconic theme song. One last time.

Saturday Snippet: Eurovision 2019

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*image not mine

Tome Thursday: The Werewolf's Nymph Neighbor

Hello everyone!

I took a number of books with me to my mini-vacation last week and I figured I'd take a look and see if any of them could be useful for this week's book blog post.

Sometimes, some just aren't, or they're literally only a few pages long, not even novellas, and I really don't think that qualifies as a book review, does it?

This one isn't exactly Lord of the Rings length, either, but it's got a lot of endearing elements to it, and something about werewolves running around just amuses me to no end. Plus, the premise of there being OTHER shifters around and not just wolves is intriguing!

I discovered Riley Rivers completely by accident one time because this particular book of hers was free online, and I thought to myself, what the heck.

It sounded promising from the blurb, and occasionally I'll indulge in whims.

The Werewolf's Nymph Neighbor was amusing, and very sweet.

Game of Thrones: The Bells

"A Targaryen alone in the world is a terrible thing ..."

Hello everyone!

Still with me here? 

Hearing church bells ringing and thinking you need to take cover from a massive, pissed off dragon?

Or are you looking at the viral vitriol and dubious commentary wars and thinking "this season has gone down the gutter because the fans are now batshit"?

I hear you on both counts.

Actually, I hear you on ALL counts, because: my sentiments exactly.

After the third and fourth episode, I wasn't really holding my breath that the fifth was going to make things any better, execution-wise. The rushed season feels, well, rushed. So really, I went in with a lot of warnings from all around (looking at you, friends!) and emotionally detached.

I was pretty sure there would be great moments (Game of Thrones DOES have those), not-so-great ones (also Game of Thrones territory), illogical ones, and completely nutty ones.

The Bells was all of the above, so might as well put on your helmets and take cover.

Saturday Snippet: The Little Mermaid

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*image not mine

Tome Thursday: Perfect Pitch

Hello everyone!

So I reviewed Catching Hell a little while ago and it was the second in the series, so I decided, you know what, I need to have number one on here as well, just to make sure my inner OCD stays nice and happy.

Mindy Klasky isn't an author I'd read prior to picking up a trio of her short books, but I feel like I could get into her stories.

Every once in a while, I need a little fluff in my life.

And by that I mostly mean stories that have a happy ending, that don't complicate life too much, and that might even have sexy heroes inside!

This one was one of those, although to be fair it was kind of funny as well on top of everything else. But it did have baseball, it had some really funny one-liners, and I have to admit that I wanted to hug the guy. Honestly.

So Perfect Pitch - here we come!

Game of Thrones: The Last of the Starks

"We have won the Great War. Now we will win the Last War."

Hello everyone!

We are now officially in the very last leg of this Game of Thrones season, and I have to say that fans are beginning to see just what a shortened season has caused in the overall plot and development. 

Not that this wasn't obvious on occasions prior to this week's episode, but it's usually when everything really comes to a head that you see whether a show can sink or swim.

It seems like Game of Thrones is beginning to slowly sink, which is sad news for something that's been so epic since the beginning.

Was it all bad? Of course not. It IS still Game of Thrones, after all.

But unfortunately it also wasn't all good, either, and that seems to be the standard by which people in general look at these episodes. I have to admit I'm one of them, too. There's a lot of things to sink your teeth into on television these days, but truly remarkable ones remain scattered and divided.

With now only two episodes to go, and five promising to be a smackdown of epic proportions, let's take our leave of the North, shall we? The Last of the Starks is basically a relocation.

Saturday Snippet: Shadowhunters

Ave atque vale 6/5/19

xx

*image not mine

Tome Thursday: The Fork, the Witch and the Worm

Hello everyone!

Back with another book review and this one, I was SUPER excited for.

I mean, granted, a lot of readers critique and complain over Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, but it's one of the series that I fell in love with when I was younger and re-read now on a regular enough basis. I actually re-read Eldest a little while back.

The only thing that's changed, for me, is that I see several things from a different perspective now that I did when I first read the books.

The tribulations of reaching adulthood, I suppose?

In any event, aside from my nit-picking of why nobody lets Eragon do anything on his own if he's SO powerful, when Paolini announced there would be a compilation of short stories to sink our teeth into, I WAS SO STOKED.

Because there was also a promise of catching up with Eragon and his babysitting job of dragon egg-guardian, and THAT WAS EVERYTHING.

So without further ado, let's dive right into The Fork, the Witch and the Worm, shall we?