Tome Thursday: The Last Gospel

 

Hello everyone!

 

Returning to my beloved Jack Howard series tonight.

 

And when I say beloved, I mean it.

 

I think I read the first six books front to back countless times, loving every single adventure Jack and Kostas ended up in. When I finally got the chance to own the books outright, I LEAPED.

 

I didn't even double check the landing.

 

I just did.

 

Now my mission is to gather them all here on the blog for your reading pleasure, because I understand some might not have the time for the books in full, some might not know about them, and some need reminders before going into the next one.

 

That's okay, I gotchu!

 

We won't stall anymore at all, but dive straight down into the depths of this mystery that's about to unfold before us: The Last Gospel.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Mary

 

"Love will cost you dearly. It will pierce your heart.

But in the end, love will save the world."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Something a little different from me to you tonight.

 

I don't usually watch or consider movies with any type of religious message, although granted I suppose Quo Vadis could definitely land on that list ... but I digress.

 

This one kind of fell into my lap completely by accident because I thought the trailer screenshot looked nice.

 

Then I watched the trailer and decided, hey, I could watch this.

 

This weekend was the time I decided I was actually going to watch, and I have to say I enjoyed it, as a casual viewer who only has the most basic knowledge of religious tenements, and who was never brought up religious. 

Without further ado, then, let's have a look at Netflix's version of Mary.

 

Tome Thursday: Holy Blood, Holy Grail

Hello everyone!

So every once in a while I'll pick up a book which has somehow or other been deemed inappropriate, scandalous, or, you know, it may even have been forbidden at some point or other.

I mean, The Da Vinci Code is certainly on that list!

But then again, other times I'm going to go back to re-read some things and remember there are other books connected to whatever it is I'm reading, which means that I'll be on the hunt to track down these other sources.

This was what happened to me with tonight's book of choice.

I was never one of those people who would fall so completely into a legend or story that I'd be doing my own research, but just before my parents took a short trip I asked my dad to dig up a book I'd remembered seeing lying about at some point, but books in our house tend to grow legs and clatter everywhere you can imagine.

My father being the amazing man that he is went and actually unearthed this book from under a couple of tires and out of a box. I'm talking about Holy Blood, Holy Grail, of course.