Tome Thursday: Forest of the Pygmies

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome to the final installment of this three-week journey, which began back in the Amazon, stretched across to the Himalayas, and is now coming home to roost on the continent of Africa.

 

Isabel Allende really did a magnificent job with her trilogy, and I, for one, am definitely here for it.

 

Besides, this is the last "normal" book, shall we say, before the Christmas countdown begins on this blog.

 

Yes, just like every year, I'll be reviewing all things Christmas, with any and all influences coming my way! So for the time being, say goodbye to anything that DOESN'T have those gingerbread cookies and candy canes in it.

 

Meanwhile, however, hit pause on it just long enough to read through this blog post, won't you?

 

Because this journey to Africa is kind of important.

 

Especially because it's the last book in the trilogy.

 

Without further ado, let's dive right into Forest of the Pygmies.

 

Tome Thursday: City of the Beasts

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back to the book side of this blog, where we pick and choose books that either suit a niche to a T, or we strike out into the wild and try to figure out what kind of chaos we just walked into.

 

Tonight's choice is an OLD one.

 

Like, at least twenty years old.

 

I first read these books when I was about the age of the protagonists within them, so I suppose I definitely felt a certain way about the story as a whole, but now that I'm older, I wanted to sit down and have another go at them to see just what, if anything, I might see differently.

 

... Also, I just wanted to go back into some awesome writing.

 

Without further ado, let's just hop straight into it, shall we?

 

Make sure you've got your passport and you've gotten all your shots, because we're headed down the Amazon river and meeting some very, very indigenous peoples.

 

Then we're swerving right into City of the Beasts.