Saturday Snippet: Advent

 

Tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent!

 

xx

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Tome Thursday: 'Twas the Knight Before Christmas

 

Hello everyone!

 

With how 2020 is going I feel like we all need a little something to cheer us up - and with Christmas season starting next week, it's safe to say that there will probably be a lot of watches of the Grinch and Night Before Christmas and stuff like that.

 

Also, yes, I consider all of December Christmas season, basically.

 

I will be doubly considering it this year given everything.

 

Fingers crossed we at least get to spend the holiday with our loved ones if nothing else - at this point I don't even need a big party or anything, just the chance to be able to see my sister and decorate Christmas trees with her!

 

But before we can even move anywhere close to THAT, it's time for a book review, and if I'm this excited about it, you know what time it is.

 

Serenity Woods is easily my all-time favourite contemporary author, and her work under pen-name Hermione Moon is right up at there at the top with the rest.

 

So have those brooms ready as we take flight in 'Twas the Knight Before Christmas!

 

Talkie Tuesday: Christmas Wedding Planner

 

"Love you muchly."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Okay, hear me out.

 

Yes, I know it isn't December yet when I usually begin with my Christmas blog posts, but this one is even less Christmas-y than my Saturday random post, I promise!

 

It definitely has the title for it, but it does not actually have the plot to back it up.

 

It's still funny however and at the end of it all it's a 'what just happened' kind of thing, which is basically all you need in the long run.

 

I honestly would have watched something else if not for the two main cast members, but I have a soft spot for both and so, here I am with a blog post ready and rearing to go so that we can have a look at this particular Netflix flick.

 

Oh yeah, Netflix has gotten in on the Christmas market niche. And this could be extra funny in the long run.

 

Christmas Wedding Planner, here we go.

 

Synopsis Saturday: LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special

 

"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ..." 

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a lovely weekend so far and that all my friends who celebrate Thanksgiving are going to enjoy it (or are enjoying it) to the maximum!

Here it's finally starting to get a little colder, which means that it's time to pull out all the music and movies that makes us all want to be all cozy and happy at home. For me, this generally means Hallmark because, let's face it.

NOBODY does Christmas like Hallmark does it.

No matter how many other movies they film and other subcategories they have at their disposal, Christmas is still their biggest marketing niche of the year. They normally release at least 30 new movies, though the number may be lower this year due to the pandemic, but they've been up to the 50 already.

However, nope, not Hallmark tonight.

Tonight, it's just Disney. And Star Wars.

And Life Day in the 2020 LEGO Holiday Special!

Tome Thursday: The Belle of Eden

 

Hello everyone!

 

Hopefully you're all doing well in these rather difficult times, and that if nothing else you've found some books that have been able to help you pass the time, get by, etc.

 

Being the reader that I am, I've certainly had no issue finding what I wanted, though I will admit that sometimes the 'what I want' turns out to be 'am I actually sure this is what I want?'.

 

Tonight's book is an example of that, because while the premise sounded like something I would enjoy, the actual execution of the book I picked wasn't something that I was all that fond of, and I figure I should try and explain myself in this review if I possibly can.

 

Especially since I finished this one before my Booktober started.

 

I'm still playing catchup, yessir. But hey, it's one of the fun things about reading, am I right?

 

So without further ado, let's get right into it, as swashbuckling adventure and pirates lurk around the corner.

 

Sofia Ashford's Belle of Eden awaits.

 

Tuesday Treat: LEGO Star Wars Christmas!

 

Coming to a blog near you ;)

 

xx

*image not mine

Saturday Snippet: Asgard!

 

 

 

Check this gameplay and pay attention!

The plot thickens.

 

xx

*video not mine

Tome Thursday: The Trials of Apollo

 

Hello everyone!

 

Aside from the very random Booktober post that I made about Percy Jackson's books, I haven't actually done a Rick Riordan blog post in ... quite some time, judging by the look of my blog.

 

Now THAT is a bit of a shame.

 

As you may remember, I'm a huge Riordan fan and have been since I first laid my hands on Percy Jackson and the Olympians, after which I proceeded to devour just about anything and everything that he had written at some point in his life.

 

Then that kind of stopped when his latest series started being published.

 

For some reason, maybe because unlike with the others I had to wait with the rest of the world for the books to get published, I sort of stopped after book three and never got to book four whatsoever.

 

Then this year marked the occasion for the final one's release, and I decided I had to have another go at it all.

 

Then I binge-read the lot of them. Now I spout Shakespearean verse.

 

Without further ado, tonight, it's all about The Trials of Apollo!

 

Talkie Tuesday: Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

 

"No man decides my fate."

 

Hello everyone!

 

If you look at the title for tonight's blog post, you'll see I finally, FINALLY managed to get around to actually getting to the proper Robin Hood.

 

I've covered quite a few on this blog before but I just haven't had the time to come to this one, which is honestly a shame and I know it. I admit it.

 

Dishonour on my cow.

 

Then this past weekend, surprise surprise, one of the Cinemax TV channels rolled this movie again because, one, it's basically one of the best things to happen, and two, why not??

 

My parents hadn't seen it in a while so they watched it together, and I sort of went in and out of it.

 

But it did remind me that I should do the talking with my fingers.

 

So here it is! Kevin Hood, ahem, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, here we go!

Saturday Snippet: Sea Shanties

 

My new favourite thing. Give it a listen!

It's such a fun soundtrack with catch tunes.

 

xx

*video not mine

Tome Thursday: Troublemaker

 

Hello everyone!

 

I hope you're having an amazing week so far. I'm over here trying to figure out exactly why I suddenly had a nightmare about waking up late for school, when I haven't been to school in YEARS.

 

No, seriously, the years bit isn't a joke! LOL

 

But anyway, after picking and choosing books for Booktober, I figured that a simple Thursday post would work best really, and that was how I picked tonight's topic.

 

This was the last book I read prior to the beginning of October and my book extravaganza and I kind of wanted to do a blog post on the theme to begin with though never got so far at the time. Now though, nothing's stopping me as I'm well and truly back to the old ways!

 

Weird dreams aside, I'm pretty sure this book is one of the best things to come out of Hollywood in a long, long time, and again this is no joke.

 

Hollywood used to be this glitzy, glamorous place everyone wanted to be, but the more we learn about it in recent years, the less we ACTUALLY want that.

 

Reading Leah Remini's Troublemaker: How I survived Hollywood and Scientology book gives you one more reason to tip the scale.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Mulan 1998

 

"The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all."

 

Hello everyone!

 

After a fun-filled October where we explored the different books to choose from for fall reads (and didn't even make a dent, let me tell you), it's back to the good old usual blog posts, which consist, but are not limited to, movies and books.

 

And of course, The Mandalorian has just started streaming again!

 

If you haven't yet seen the silver bucket head and his adorable green side-kick, I suggest you do, they're basically the best thing to come out of the Star Wars universe by Disney in a long, long time.

 

But I digress.

 

BEFORE I went on my Booktober binge here, I wrote up a review about the newly released Mulan. This would be the 2020 one, mind, and, yes, it's about as good as reviews make it, which is to say, not so good.

 

Since I needed to cleanse my palate after watching that confusion, I went right back to the very first Disney movie I ever saw in cinemas, and I was about nine or ten years old at the time, let me tell you. Nine going on ten, and you see the big expanse of white with the Huns suddenly rushing down, is SOMETHING.

 

The 1998 version of Mulan is something else.

 

Booktober 2020 Finale

 

And FIN!

 

31 (and more!) books covered again this year, and I think we've done a pretty good job. 

Hopefully you found something that piqued your interest this month.

 

Until next time, Booktobers!

 

 

xx

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