Talkie Tuesday: Barbie in the Nutcracker

 

"How could I say no to the King?"

 

Hello everyone! 

 

And welcome to the last movie blog of the year before Christmas hits us.

 

Can you believe it's ACTUALLY just around the corner? Tomorrow night is Christmas Eve!

 

I'm not entirely sure where the time went, because I could have sworn that we were melting from the summer heat just yesterday, and now here we are.

 

I suppose time does fly when you're having fun, right?

 

But without further ado, we're going WAY back in time for tonight's choice of movie.

 

Well, maybe 'way back' is a bit of an exaggeration - but it's definitely 24 years ago, if nothing else. And we're going to be dancing - like, a lot.

 

So make sure to dust off those tutus and break in them ballet shoes, because this story takes flight against the backdrop of Tchaikovsky's music.

 

Nothing says Christmas like Barbie in the Nutcracker.

 

Talkie Tuesday: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

 

"Everything you need is inside." 

Hello everyone!

I hope you've had a fantastic Christmas, one where, even if not everything went according to plan, there was at least one relative that got cranky and something broke, you STILL enjoyed yourselves and spent it in the company of your nearest and dearest.

The older we get, the more I think we come to realize it isn't presents, but the people that make the holidays bright.

... which is probably why in this house, we still have presents under the tree and will be waiting to open some of them with my sister once she's well enough to come home after a bout with the plague.

Life, eh?

BUT that aside, it's time for another Christmas movie, the last in this series as we move on to something else next week, so of course I had to go with a classic, even if in a re-telling.

Because Disney released their own version: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.

Tome Thursday: Adagio

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome to tonight's spectacular performance, I should say.

 

Our book is yet another choice by BookSirens, because I can't seem to keep away from the site, and there are just SO MANY good ARCs to be found and read!

 

Plus, considering most have a read time of 60 to 90 days, what could be better?

 

You usually get less time when you check a book out of the library!

 

Which means I tend to putter and browse around there quite often, and I think tonight's book was suggested to me through an email once, but I didn't actually get to it before I found another from the same author, read that one first, fell in love with their style of writing, then backtracked to the original I had.

 

I know, super unoriginal of me.

 

BUT I finally got round to reviewing it on the blog, so let's not waste any more time.

 

The stage calls, and the slippers are getting antsy in Adagio.