Talkie Tuesday: Black Adam

 

"Some men are not meant to be heroes."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome to the last non-Christmas related post for a while, as starting this Thursday we go into the yearly extravaganza that this blog offers.

 

I know, I know, everyone gets bored with it long before it's over, BUT.

 

I kind of like doing the themed posts for the one month that we get.

 

So I'm looking forward to it, aren't you?

 

Anyway, before we can do any of that, however, we do still have this one day of the regular posts left, so here we go.

 

This weekend was fun for me as I participated in a video game from afar (via video call) AND watched a pretty fun movie too while I was at it.

 

It had action, it had wit, and it had quite a good cast, not to mention the surprise at the end.

 

I'm talking about Black Adam, of course.

 

Saturday Snippet: God of War Ragnarok SOUNDTRACK

 

SPOTIFY

 

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Tome Thursday: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes III

 

Hello everyone!

 

And so, we come to the end of our Sherlock Holmes journey.

As promised, this week I'm bringing this collection of short stories to a close, and starting something new and exciting come next Thursday.

Given that this weekend is the first Sunday of Advent already, I would say we're just about on time, wouldn't you?

Sherlock has had his run, and a fantastic run at that.

His time in the hansoms and chasing villains through the fog of London is basically at an end as he gives way to that inevitable Christmas cheer that's right around the corner.

As every year, I'll be covering some hopefully lovely seasonal books, but before we can get on to that, it's time to say a proper farewell to our super sleuth.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, ladies and gentlemen, one last time.

Talkie Tuesday: LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation

 

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

 

Hello everyone!

 

So.

 

Let's just come out and say it, shall we?

 

I slept on this one. Like, there hasn't really been anything I've slept on quite as much as this particular movie.

 

In my defense I was GOING to work it into my review schedule. Honest! Then I'm not entirely sure what happened, but I never did, and here we are.

 

Back in August, Disney+ released what was basically a movie to teach us how to let go, couched as a vacation movie, and dressed in the swimmies and flip-flops, too.

 

And to top it off, it was happening in a galaxy we all know and love, at that.

 

How do you miss that opportunity? No clue.

 

So let's have our last look at summer, shall we? LEGO Star Wars: Summer Vacation, is here to take us all away from the cold and the upcoming snow.

 

Saturday Snippet: ANDOR

 

It all comes down to this.

Season finale on November 23!

 

Andor OFFICIAL TEASER 

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Tome Thursday: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes II

 

Hello everyone!

 

We are back for another round of 'who the heck did this and how?!'

 

Or, in other words, for another round of Sherlock Holmes stories.

 

It really looks to be the time for these, especially if you look out the window and, for most of the view if you're living in the Northern hemisphere, you get foggy outskirts.

 

I was just watching it crawl in yesterday, and man did it remind me of London!

 

I grew up watching Jeremy Brett playing Holmes, you see, and that was a proper, Victorian era one.

 

So this is legitimately right up my alley, which is why I keep going back to the books and reading them again and again.

 

Let's not keep our master sleuth waiting for too long then, shall we?

 

Because we haven't finished The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes yet, and the detective has this thing about unfinished business.

Talkie Tuesday: Horizon Forbidden West

 

"When it looks impossible, look deeper. Then fight like you can win."

 

Hello everyone!

 

So.

 

I totally slept on this blog post because I swore to myself, when the game was first released, that I'd be doing a review as soon as I could go through the playthrough on Youtube.

 

As I don't own a console myself, that's kind of the only way I get to experience these games (my computer is also definitely not game friendly!).

 

But then ... life happened? I guess?

 

I really don't even know!

 

Given that this was one of my two most anticipated games of 2022, one would THINK I'd remember it all earlier, but apparently not, so here we are.

 

Without further ado then, let's jump right into it.

 

Horizon Forbidden West is calling. And it is amazing.

 

Saturday Snippet: Sherlock

 

Just a little appreciation post <3

 

xx

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Tome Thursday: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes I

 

Hello everyone!

 

Continuing on in the vein of what we began with this week, I'll be taking a look at a compilation of short stories through the rest of November.

You guessed right, watching Enola Holmes 2 made me dig out and dust off my copies of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous Victorian era sleuth.

And let nobody fool you, this is the perfect time to read them.

There's fog outside, the weather's particularly dreary (for the most part) and you just need something cozy to read while you wrap up and sip your hot beverage of choice. Doyle made sure, back in the day, to provide everything you'd ever need in that aspect.

So did several others writing on the topic of crime and solving crime, but I digress.

Tonight we take a look at the original who snooped around London way before Enola was conceived in the heads of Netflix producers.

There's a plethora of stories to choose from, but I picked the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

Talkie Tuesday: Enola Holmes 2

"If you stay true to yourself, the path will always find you again."

 

Hello everyone!

 

I'm actually almost right on the money with this one for the particular round we're in, which is a surprise considering I usually spend SO LONG before getting to a movie.

Looking at you, The Next 365 Days.

Yes, I'm still debating whether or not I'll sacrifice some more of my brain cells to watch that, as I've already seen the first two, but I digress.

Because tonight's choice has absolutely nothing to do with anything Italian mafia related.

Rather, we take a step back into the past to Victorian England.

And we have a look at the youngest of the Holmes brood once more.

Yep, that's right, it's time to pay a visit to the England of cabbies, top hats, chaperones and corsets, and just what on Earth was going on with the suffragette movement at the time.

Our sleuth is here to help us. We're talking Enola Holmes 2.

Synopsis Saturday: Tales of the Jedi

 

"Everywhere, there is life. Value it. Honour it."

 

Hello everyone!

 

As I promised when switching things up this past Tuesday, I come bearing gifts this Saturday evening, and they come from a galaxy far, far away.

 

You know we all love returning to it.

 

There are so many stories still to tell in any era to choose from that it's remarkable how there hasn't been even MORE to sustain us, yet here we are, and Dave Filoni seems to be doing something very right yet again.

 

Obviously his Clone Wars went on to become a HUGE success and managed to help fill in the blanks beteween Episode II and III, but these might be even better in some aspects.

 

Because what released just about a week ago were stories that you might have guessed at, but never truly witnessed until now.

 

So it's time to dig out those lightsabers, family. Tales of the Jedi need us to be at our best!

 

Tome Thursday: Ericksen

 

Hello everyone!

 

And then we return to BookSirens.

 

Well, no one can say I'm not consistent haha.

 

But I've been following this particular author since I VERY randomly stumbled over her first novel from the Guardians of Sziveria series, and I have to tell you it's well worth it.

 

I've read a whole lot of post-apocalyptic books by this point, but these kind of hit the cherry on top of the cake for me.

 

I mean, it's not often that the world is SO completely dismantled, after all, not to mention the fact that it doesn't really have much semblance to what we know and (mostly) love today, though I could of course be wrong and just not see it.

 

However, considering I'm now five books in, I'd like to think I know SOMETHING here.

 

Sarah Westill has created a world well worth stepping into.

 

Her Ericksen novella just goes to show that the statement still stands.

 

Tuesday: All Saint's Day

 

xx

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