Tome Thursday: Here Ghost Nothing

 

Hello everyone!

 

I'm back with a slightly shorter book to review this week, but that's okay because I'm probably going to drag out some sort of behemoth some other time.

 

I usually do, in any event.

 

But that doesn't mean the book I picked is bad or anything of the sort!

 

Actually, it's the kind of cozy read that I really love during the late autumn/early spring days, when it's still dreary enough outside that you want to just snuggle up under a blanket and not leave your room for the foreseeable future.

 

Anyone else feel that way? No? Just me? Hmm ..

 

Anyway, without further ado, let's hop right back in, because Salem awaits us, and it isn't with the witch trials, either.

 

It's with an amateur sleuth who returns in Here Ghost Nothing!

 

Talkie Tuesday: The Royal We

 

"You are the author of your own story."

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome back to a Hallmark movie blog.

 

I know, it's been a while!

 

I had a full on faze for a while where the ONLY thing I'd watch were Hallmark movies, but then I got over-saturated and I stopped.

 

Now, I'll still watch one every once in a while, but for the most part I've moved on.

 

I was kind of hooked on the trailer for tonight's movie of choice, however, mostly because of the wardrobe depicted within that reminded me VERY strongly of Catherine, Princess of Wales.

 

And turns out I was right in that it IS quite reminiscent of it!

 

But the movie itself falls kind of in the middle of the scales, neither horrible nor good, so without further ado let's have a look at The Royal We.

 

Tome Thursday: Fourth Wing

 

Hello everyone!

 

As you can see, we're back on the blogging grind, which I'm happy with to be honest.

 

I've missed being able to type my thoughts out haha!

 

Tonight we take a look at internet sensation which has taken the book world by storm. Literally and pretty much also figuratively and everything in between.

 

I'll admit that I never would have picked it up ... but a really good friend of mine, one of my best friends even, just kept on and on about how good this was, so I thought to myself, you know what? If so many are saying this is good, then I'll read it too.

 

I haven't regretted it since, and have picked up an actual physical copy of the book.

 

Because this is what I do: I read e-books then decide whether or not I want the actual thing.

 

So without further ado, it's time to put on our flying leathers, pin our hair back, and get ready to kick some serious ass.

 

Basgiath college awaits in Fourth Wing.

 

Atlantis (Booktober)

 

"It could be that the legacy of Atlantis was a truly global phenomenon."

 

 

Possibly one of my favourite series starters of all time, David Gibbins' Atlantis takes us deep into underwater territory somewhere in the Black Sea to answer questions humanity has been asking since first reading about the elusive Atlantis to begin with. Who were these progressive humanoids who angered the gods so much that their entire civilization was destroyed without mercy? Did any of them survive? And can we actually trace their path, and their origin, at this moment in time? The question of Atlantis will never get old, and burns even brighter in this book which launches underwater archeologist Jack Howard into literary orbit.

 

 

 

 

From an extraordinary discovery in a remote desert oasis to a desperate race against time in the ocean depths, a team of adventurers is about to find the truth behind the most baffling legend in history. The hunt is on for Atlantis. Because marine archaeologist Jack Howard has stumbled upon the keys to an ancient puzzle. With a crack team of scientific experts and ex–Special Forces commandos, he is heading for what he believes could be the greatest archaeological find of all time——the site of fabled Atlantis——while a ruthless adversary watches his every move and prepares to strike. 

(from Goodreads)

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Origin (Booktober)

Quo Vadis (Booktober)

Death on the Nile (Booktober)

The Little White Horse (Booktober)

The Sign of Four (Booktober)

Harry Potter #2 (Booktober)

Troublemaker (Booktober)

The Lord of the Rings (Booktober)

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (Booktober)

"Some men are just too interesting to die."

To be honest with you, I didn't actually think I'd ever read this book. When I first saw it, I was like PFFFT, YEAH RIGHT! And then eventually curiosity won out, and I turned page after page of what turned out to be something entirely plausible. Of course you have to believe in lots of things: vampires, immortality, and so on and so forth, but by the end of the book, if you DO believe, you could honestly think that one of America's most widely-known presidents was, in fact, a vampire hunter in his spare time. 

I mean. Stranger things have happened. Right?

While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years ...

(from Goodreads)

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Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Booktober)
Broken Sky (Booktober)

The Shadow of the Wind (Booktober)

Dracula (Booktober)

Life and Death (Booktober)

ACOTAR series (Booktober)

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (Booktober)

Sepulchre (Booktober)

Pride and Prejudice (Booktober)

Tempting Autumn (Booktober)

Harry Potter (Booktober)

The Hobbit (Booktober)

Tome Thursday: Cobweb Forest

Hello everyone!

Well, we made it.

Or, at least *I* made it.

The end of a trilogy that I'm still reeling about and trying to wrap my head around, because ... well, just because.

You'll see what I mean through the review itself. 

It's a very original retelling of a myth that's been dear to my heart for a long while now, and I'm SO pleased I picked up the first book when it was offered for free with Kobo. I never would have found the other two otherwise, or the author herself.

As it now happens, I'm hooked and will probably hunt down other books of hers.

When you stumble over something good, readers, you might as well make sure you read it ALL.

But for tonight, for one more night, let's dive into our inner Greek.

Let's take a look at Cobweb Forest, and what happens in it.

Tome Thursday: Third Daughter

Hello everyone!

It's back to books, and I keep picking up new ones in my Kobo library. As I've said once or twice before, what happens with major retailers is that they will sometimes offer the first one in a given series for free, maybe at the author's wish or with the author's cooperation, so that reviews can be posted and some sort of reaction given before you want (or don't want, depending) to continue reading the entire thing.

This was how I happened upon Susan Kaye Quinn's Third Daughter.

I'll admit, as much as I usually DON'T go for the covers, this one intrigued me since not that many stories even happen in an Indian setting, or if they do, they don't really say much about the culture to begin with, so you could really be anywhere at all.

I was hopeful when I picked this up - a supposed mix of a sort of medieval/Indian/steampunk romance and mystery - that it wouldn't be the case here.

The end result was sort of ... a mix and match, actually.

Tome Thursday: Valor on the Move

Hello everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it!

I think I keep getting asked whether we have this too, and I repeatedly have to explain that, while it's a lovely tradition (and certainly better than some others I could name!) alas, we do not.

So you Americans have a grand ol' time for me too, 'kay?

'Kay.

Back to the intro for my review tonight.

I will admit, I would never have thought, a couple of years back, that I'd be reading books like these, and not because they're bad or scandalous. Far from it! I actually think most of them are much better than the lot of regular, YA and your usual 'guy-and-girl-fall-in-love' type of deal. And I also didn't even know these kind of things existed, if I'm being perfectly and completely honest with you here.

Yes, yes, I live under a rock in a medieval village.

In any event, on to the absolutely fantastic Valor on the Move!

Talkie Tuesday: Age of Adaline

"Let go."

Hello everyone!

Back with another movie review this week, although I do have to say all the shows are absolutely living up to their potential for the time being. Monday are totally crowded for me while Dancing with the Stars still lasts, they don't have that much longer to go though so then it should get a whole lot easier! But Blindspot killed it this week, and Supergirl is still adorable. 

Back to movies.

THIS one I've wanted to watch from the moment I saw the trailer. Why? Because it looked magical, and I needed something of the kind. 

Also, because Blake Lively is absolutely gorgeous in it, and I mean GORGEOUS.

It's Age of Adaline, of course.