Tome Thursday: Odriel's Heirs

Hello everyone!

In this week's book review, we take a look at a tome that hasn't actually been published yet.

That's right, I'm talking about another advanced reader's copy which I was lucky enough to be gifted.

I've been going through a few at this time, I still have one I have to finish, but out of the lot this might be my favourite, probably because it's a fantasy novel, and fantasy, as you all know, is one of those things I THOROUGHLY enjoy.

So what do you do when there's a dark sorcerer/demon rising, there's another army you've got to deal with before you can even begin to contemplate how you'll kick him back to kingdom come, and you're missing the third part of your trifecta to be successful?

Well, you kind of start an epic journey. And hope beyond hope that everything's going to end well as you do it.

While you're at it, you also listen to the advice of one crusty cat, and help keep him warm when the snow starts falling.

All that, and more, is what we're going to find in Odriel's Heirs.

Talkie Tuesday.: His Dark Materials

"The fate of more than this world depends on her."

Hello everyone!

Welcome back to another recap Tuesday as opposed to a general review. I have a few on the backburner still waiting to get their chance to shine, and honestly I should have done this one a couple of months ago after the show first premiered, but life and other creative decisions on the blog interrupted.

If you've ever heard of Philip Pullman, you've probably heard of the movie The Golden Compass, too.

And if you've heard of THAT, then you know there's a show to follow afterwards as well.

BBC and HBO partnered up to bring us another adaptation of Pullman's book trilogy, which tells the story of an alternate world, or well WORLDS, and how there's going to be a second coming of the Original Sin, which a lot of people are trying to prevent.

Of course, one should note that the author himself is anti-political and anti-religion, so you can definitely see influences of that throughout his work.

His Dark Materials, however, remain absolutely amazing.

Saturday Snippet: This is Jaskier's World Now

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xx

*image not mine

Tome Thursday: Master & Apprentice

Hello everyone!

I am back with my Star Wars reads, something that I haven't done in a while now, but in my defense, I usually don't even have the time when Christmas hits.

I'd been meaning to read this particular book for a while because of the two main characters portrayed within, but then of course life intervened, and other things happened. Now it looks like I'm back on the Star Wars train for just a little bit, as you do occasionally, and I'm really pleased with the choice I made for book material.

It might come as a surprise to some, but I'm actually a really big Prequel fan, and with that a fan of the Old Republic timeline. I enjoy exploring more of the Republic during its heyday, or at least during a time when it was still functional, to a degree.

Obviously the Prequels details the fall of the Republic just as much as the fall of Anakin Skywalker, but I've always been a lot more fascinated with the Republic as such, more than with the building of the New Republic after the Originals.

Some people may call it blasphemy, but I call it everyone has their own taste.

So let's check out Master & Apprentice and see what it's all about, shall we?

Talkie Tuesday: Crisis on Infinite Earths

"There was an end ... and there is a beginning.

Thank you, Oliver."

Hello everyone!

Still with me here? Have all your memories, and know Lex Luthor is a bad, bad cookie?

Or are you one of those multitude of numbers who believe he's the Nobel prize winner that he portrays himself to be nowadays?

A lot of things have changed in the Multiverse since the antimatter hit it, and tonight, we're going to be looking at just WHAT happened when it did, and right afterwards.

If you're unfamiliar with the word, hello and welcome to tonight's blog post, in which we try to summarise some of our thoughts over the Crisis in general, come to terms with facts about certain shows, hopefully save the Multiverse from disappearing entirely, and say goodbye.

Yes, it's going to be that kind of blog post.

After all, even though there's been multiple times a crisis has hit our heroes before, none have been on the scale of what took place between December and January on the CW network.

Crisis on Infinite Earths has come.

Saturday Snippet: Lucifer

Only just getting to it now. Oops 😅

xx

*video not mine

Tome Thursday: Angel on Watch

Hello everyone!

Tonight we're taking a look at a slightly different story.

A little while ago I was approached on Goodreads to join this new site that's still in the beginning stages, BookSirens, where readers and authors can come together and exchange ARCs and reviews.

Free books, you say?

Where do I sign up?

Since signing up, I've read a couple of books and decided that I wanted to post a few of those on my blog as well, because I want to share them with you.

The first one of those is going up tonight.

If you've seen the movie City of Angels, this particular book might be right up your alley.

Angel on Watch is, after all, about guardian angels.

Talkie Tuesday: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, P2

 

"Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived ... come to die."

Hello everyone!

Well, here we are.

After a great number of pauses, full stops and definite breaks while I was doing something else entirely, we've finally made it to the end of the Harry Potter franchise.

I consider Deathly Hallows to be the end, despite the whole Cursed Child debacle, because I haven't had the chance to see the show and I'm not particularly inclined to, given what I've read in the printed version of the script, anyway.

So this is where Harry's journey ends for me, and probably for a lot of others.

It's been a long and bumpy ride, and there's been some chaos along the way, but we're finally ready for the very last showdown.

After all, Voldemort is waiting. He's got what he's been looking for, and now all he desires lies within his grasp.

Why don't we stop keeping him in suspense? The Deathly Hallows, Part 2, is here.

Saturday Snippet: Toss a Coin to your Witcher ...

xx

*video not mine

Tome Thursday: Where Winter Finds You

Hello everyone!

As I mentioned in last week's book post, I have a few stragglers left from my Christmas reading binge that should have honestly been done in December, but since there's only four Thursdays you have at your disposal then, it's really impossible to fit EVERYTHING in there.

Tonight's topic is one of them.

It probably doesn't seem too Christmas-y though since there really isn't much mention of the holiday, but what it IS is definitely cold and wintry and filled with ice and snow, which is pretty accurate for this time, I suppose.

Or mostly accurate. We all know how the weather is at the moment.

Anyway, if you're lucky you have some snow, but if not then you just have frost overnight and some weird warm temperatures over day. The times when we got to frolic in the fluff are long, long gone, and I don't think they're ever coming back.

But before I get too melancholy about it, let's take a look at Where Winter Finds You, shall we?

Talkie Tuesday: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, P1

"Harry is the last hope we have. Trust him."

Hello everyone!

It's back to Hogwarts we go!

Or, well, that's the idea in theory.

Of course, considering it's been almost ten years since these movies were released, we all more or less know what's going on and who's going where, so we ALL know Harry Potter isn't going back to Hogwarts for his seventh and final year.

He said so himself at the end of Half-Blood Prince, anyway.

But considering everything that we have to cover in this chapter before ACTUALLY heading back to the old magical castle, we better take a deep breath.

This is the final stage before our resolution.

Patronus charms, enchanted lockets, travelling cross-country, heated arguments, a snake pretending she's alive, and that sort of ilk await us. 

The Deathly Hallows, Part 1, is calling.

Saturday Snippet: Australia

xxxxx

*image not mine

Tome Thursday: White-Hot Christmas

Hello everyone!

Happy New Year!

Hopefully you're recovered, or more or less recovered, now that it's January 2nd, but if not, well, then you really had a lot of fun partying.

Which I think is fitting, given that this is the start of a beautiful new decade!

I have a few plans for this blog as well as for some other things, but first off, I have a straggler (or two) from my Christmas book list that never made it into the December shelves because you can only fit four into the month.

And I know, I know - I promised I'd be reading other things soon. And I will!

But these stragglers are just begging to be talked about, so why not give them a shot, and then move on to different, maybe greener pastures given the weather is hopefully going to start warming up again soon?

Luckily for us, the first book is less chilly than it is hot. White-Hot Christmas even sounds hotter than the average one!