Tome Thursday: One Night Before Christmas

 

Hello everyone!

 

Merry Christmas and warmest wishes for the holidays for you and yours, and hopefully you've spent these past two days or so with the people you love the most, doing all the things that make life with them special.

 

If nothing else, despite their occasional cheesiness, holidays usually remind us that we should sometimes slow down and stop, to just EXIST for a heartbeat or two.

 

I know I'm definitely guilty of running around like the world is ending tomorrow, so these two days have been a godsend!

 

Now back to the bookish business.

 

As you know by now, Serenity Woods is my go-to contemporary romance writer, and in fact, I've actually been SLACKING because I haven't done my usual holiday reads of hers this year yet.

 

Shame on my family and my cow!

 

I'll be working on that, and in the mean time, I invite you to enjoy her latest holiday release, aptly titled One Night Before Christmas.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

 

"Everyone has a light that shines from within - but only a lucky few 

can make their light shine bright enough for the whole world to see."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Are you excited for what Santa might bring you tomorrow morning?

 

Yes, yes, obviously I know what's what and who's not real but, the magic of Christmas DOES seem to be particularly strong when it boils down to the actual evening and then day afterwards of the time allotted. 

 

I have to work until 5 pm today (luckily, our shift is shortened!) so I won't be participating in any shenanigans until I get home afterwards, but I honestly can't wait to just sit back, stretch my legs out, and not have to worry about a single thing.

 

Which means that I'm going to be just like the reindeer who pull Santa's sleigh, since they really only work one night per year for AMAZING benefits LOL.

 

Tonight's movie choice is all about that, or at the very least all about life up at the North Pole where Santa and his wife rule, and where a lonely reindeer buck with a red nose is the hot topic for discussion from the moment he's born.

 

If you don't know what I'm talking about, read on: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer flies straight into Christmas next!

 

Tome Thursday: A Baby for Christmas

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome to tonight's choice of book review which, I'll be honest, I was skeptical about going in.

 

Then again, it's been a while since I could read a holiday-themed romance and feel like it actually hit all the right beats, you get what I'm saying?

 

But this one was good.

 

Actually, this one was kind of GOLD, rather than just good.

 

Which means my hope in all of these has been restored, at least for the time being!

 

So make sure you've got your favourite drink and/or snack ready, cozy up under a fluffy blanket in your favourite reading spot, and pick this one up so you can bring some holiday cheer into your life.

 

Even if only for a moment.

 

Because nothing says Christmas more than a couple lonely hearts finding their happily ever after, like in A Baby for Christmas.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Ice Age Mammoth Christmas

 

"Just believe in the magic of Christmas."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back.

 

Tonight, we're taking a look at an oldie that's really turned into a goldie, mostly because I've loved the Ice Age movies from the second the first one aired - I might do a full review of the entire series on here at some point, because why not?

 

When you've got a mammoth, a saber tooth tiger, and a sloth bopping around together, there's bound to be some sort of comedy gold happening then and there!

 

And then of course, the studio that made these movies decided they should also ensure the chaotic chosen family got to celebrate Christmas together.

 

Thus, the subject of tonight's blog post was born.

 

If you're thinking what I'm thinking, then you're thinking right - obviously we have to check it out, and the good news is, is that it's only about twenty minutes to half an hour long.

 

So get those quick snacks, because A Mammoth Christmas is flying by!

 

Tome Thursday: Hercule Poirot's Christmas

 

Hello everyone!

 

This week's book is just a little bit different in the sense that it's not all happy-go-lucky, merry, or bright. Well, some of it certainly is, but for the most part ... not really.

 

Obviously you can have all the sweetness and Christmas-y adorable feelings whenever you pick a book up, but every once in a while there can also be another thing happening, and it's kind of fun to deviate a little.

 

Plus, I'm a huge Agatha Christie fan, so naturally I'll try and sneak in one of her books if I possibly can along the way.

It doesn't help that watching His Dark Materials and hearing David Suchet's voice as he portrays one of the daemons is one of the best things that's happened in a while, because honestly, I LOVE this man, and his portrayal of Hercule Poirot is probably one that will last for all time.

 

The fact remains there is only one REALLY good Belgian detective.

 

And he also had an interesting Christmas a couple of times.

 

Hercule Poirot's Christmas covers just one of those adventures.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Hercule Poirot's Christmas

 

"Hercule Poirot is a detective, not a bodyguard."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back.

 

Tonight, we're taking a look at another slightly less Christmas-y entry, although it's STILL just festive enough to warrant being added to our list on here.

 

I seem to be on a detective kick lately, and who can blame me?

 

You gotta have some of the nitty-gritty alongside all the fluff that usually surrounds the holidays!

 

Hercule Poirot is just the right man for the job, too, if you can't get your hands on some Sherlock Holmes (although come to think of it, I might dig up one of Jeremy Brett's entries into the series and see if HE made a Christmas one ...).

 

And you just can't say no to the tiny detective, really, you can't.

 

He's impossible to resist.

 

Which is why we're having a look at Hercule Poirot's Christmas.

 

Tome Thursday: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

 

 

Hello everyone!

 

Hopefully you're all prepared for the holidays and don't need to go into any more stores, because even though we're in a rather dicey and unfortunate situation right now, somehow people STILL gather there en masse.

 

You would think, right?

 

But hopefully most of you are all done with every shopping expedition and you can enjoy the time at home now that the holidays are officially upon us.

 

As it so happens, the main focus of our little book review tonight could NOT stay at home despite the fact he wanted to. And isn't that just sat in the long run? Luckily for us though it does turn out quite funny along the way so it isn't as though we don't get any payoff from it.

 

If you're thinking that the title of this book is a bit weird in terms of what I've just said, you may even be right.

 

Then again, when it comes to Agatha Christie and her Hercule Poirot, it usually is.

 

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding awaits!

 

Talkie Tuesday: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

 

"There is but one Hercule Poirot, and I am he."

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome, once again, to the Christmas extravaganza that takes over this blog every single year, and has for, well, literal years already.

 

It's that time again, or 'tis the season, really, which means that for the remaining month of December, the only theme of the blog posts will be Christmas and everything Christmas-related you can think of. That's just the reality, sorrynotsorry.

Ahem.

So what better way to start off than with a little mystery, eh?

Sure, I tend to gravitate towards Hallmark and whatnot when it comes to these seasonal movies, particularly and especially for the end-of-the-year holidays, but I figured, why not try for something different?

After all. There's only one Hercule Poirot.

And he has just the one wish for the holidays, but alas, it doesn't get granted in The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding.