Saturday Snippet: Return of the Kings

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Tome Thursday: A Fugitive Green

Hello everyone!

After the mini-break this Tuesday (because I spent most of the day with my family just enjoying myself, really), I'm BACK with another blog post!

And of course I'm back with a Diana Gabaldon book.

Novella, actually.

Honestly, I've been going through her Seven Stones to Stand or Fall collection and enjoying the heck out of it, which is probably why I don't mind talking about the individual stories from there really.

It's just one of those books you sort of have to take a look at when you can.

Even though it doesn't really feature our favourite Frasers, it DOES bring us a plethora of other supporting characters, not to mention we get to check in with some who we haven't seen since who knows which main book.

Besides, it's good to just immerse yourself in a different story every once in a while, after all.

So without further ado, let's jump right into it, and see what it is that A Fugitive Green has in store for us, shall we?

Special Day

No blog post today because I took some time to enjoy my birthday with my family!

Movie review coming this Saturday 💙

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Saturday Snippet: Chocolate Chip Cookies

CCC!

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Tome Thursday: The Helm of Darkness

Hello everyone!

It's back to Greek Gods again in this blog post, and I mean, is it surprising at all anymore?

I have a deep affinity to Greek mythology to begin with, so every once in a while I'll absolutely pick something up that's connected to it, literature-wise.

Some are good, some are bad, and some are definitely in the grey in-between, but all in all I'm usually entertained enough, if nothing else, that I want to either keep reading if it's a series, or I read the book again if it's a standalone.

Case in point with today's blog post, although I will admit I had this one sitting there for a short while after grabbing it from BookSirens as an ARC.

I'd read the companion novella before picking this up, and enjoyed it, and because Percy Jackson is one of my all-time favourite series (here's hoping Disney does it justice with the TV show!) I was definitely intrigued to read more about demigods and the mortals they run across.

Of course there are fundamental differences between the books, but bottom line: the Greeks just don't want to go quietly into the night!

Which they could if they used The Helm of Darkness.

Talkie Tuesday: Frozen

"Let it go."

Hello everyone!

I'm throwing it back with today's blog post.

Way back.

Well, okay, not WAY, WAY back, but I'm certainly going a couple of years into the past with my movie choice for tonight. I have an explanation, however!

I dearly want to review Frozen II on this blog, but it turns out - because I started blogging AFTER this franchise started - that I don't really have Frozen itself on here yet.

Well, this won't do, said my brain.

So here I am tonight, taking us back to when Disney went and practically remade itself in the 2010s by launching arguably one of its best movies of all time, both in terms of monetary revenues and general storyline, which diverged from the usual thing Disney's known for.

Since then, there have been a bunch of others following a similar vein, but it more or less all began with Frozen, and its subsequent success.

Grab your long johns and a thermos, people. The cold is about to bother us, Frozen-style.

Saturday Snippet: Frozen II

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Tome Thursday: A Knight on the Town

Hello everyone!

I'm back with another review from Hermione Moon, aka the author who is bringing us the lovely kitchen witch stories that hold more than a dusting of romance, and a speck of mystery along the way.

Also, there's the labradoodle (I think the dog breed was changed from the first to the second books, BUT the cuteness of said dog has not), who can honestly steal the show.

I have to say that I'm thoroughly enjoying these stories, and they're short enough to be able to read in one sitting and one afternoon only; me personally? I've read this second one at least two times by now since graciously receiving an ARC, and I have to admit that I'll probably be reading it again sooner rather than later.

There's something to be said about charming heroes and magical heroines, after all, not to mention when they have psychic dogs to help them along their quest.

And if you know that the Holy Grail is included, but not exactly in the way you think, then you'll probably be able to tell this is, indeed, a whole lot of fun.

A Knight on the Town, here we come!

Outlander: Never My Love

"I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I? I took the one less-traveled by.

And that has made all the difference."

Hello everyone!

After roughly three months we have reached the beginning of what may be the longest Droughtlander yet, considering there's no word on when the cast and crew will be able to begin production on season 6. But never fear, we know there IS a season 6 incoming, so that should cheer us all up!

In the meantime, we have to chew our way through a rather sensitive topic for the finale itself.

Outlander has never shied away from difficult themes and handling topics and titles that would make a number of other shows balk, but the thing is, talking about it is GOOD.

It's the being quiet that hurts in the long run.

Of course I will also say that there is a certain theme of repetition to Outlander as well, and I'm kind of hoping this doesn't happen any more in the books either, because really, can we get something else, please?

Understandably, people are divided into good and bad, especially when viewed on television shows, but honestly would it be so bad to showcase some good as opposed to the bad, at that?

Never My Love, the season five finale, is up.

Saturday Snippet: Victory

Let's try and make it last, shall we?

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Tome Thursday: A Plague of Zombies

Hello everyone!

I couldn't help myself this week.

I know this story is technically a novella and, really, in comparison to what Diana Gabaldon usually writes it might be the length of one chapter from the massive books, but ...

It's Lord John.

It's ALWAYS Lord John!

This character is one of those you just want to read about for ever and ever, and with David Berry's outstanding performance in the television series, you get the added pleasure of a stunning visual on top of that, too.

Plus, it's more from the realm of Outlander, which is always a good thing, considering.

And the bonus from this entire escapade is that, precisely because the story is so short, you can read it in one sitting, you need about half an hour's peace, and the end result is that you'll giggle your way through the thirty minutes.

So let's take a look at A Plague of Zombies, shall we?

Outlander: Journeycake

"I hope I'm wrong, but ... I feel a storm coming."

Hello everyone!

We are back for the second to last time before Droughtlander begins again, because this coming Saturday is the finale of season five - and it's promising to be one explosive episode, judging by the one preceding it.

Why do I say that, you ask?

Well, read on.

If you thought that things couldn't get any more dramatic on a show that basically takes the word drama and reinvents it a thousand different times, you were most definitely wrong. And because sprinkles of the book itself found their way into the script, you can rest assured it was one big chunk to bite through.

All season long, Outlander has had this thing where it gained momentum specifically when book scenes were included in the show proper, and nowhere does it show more clearly than in episode eleven.

Not only do we get a very brief glance back to season three and Claire in Edinburgh, but we get to see Jamie eat peanut butter. Our lives are now pretty much complete, so let's check out Journeycake, shall we?

Saturday Snippet: Hann til ragnarøks!

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