Talkie Tuesday: Queen Charlotte, a Bridgerton Story

 

"What matters madness when true love flourishes?"

 

Hello everyone!

 

Or should I say, dearest gentle reader?

 

That's right, a month after the release on Netflix, I finally sat down to watch this show over the weekend.

 

See I'm REASONABLY on time for this merry-go-round.

 

I'll admit that I was a little bit apprehensive, because my past experiences with anything coming out of Shondaland have been ... skewed, really.

 

Because while most of the time it's OKAY, it then starts to deviate a little from what you'd expect, and not in the best way possible.

 

To my intense surprise, however, I truly, deeply loved this one. Loved it to the point I'm actually considering re-watching it, which hasn't happened with any of the regular seasons thus far.

 

If that isn't an endorsement I don't know what is!

 

So let's find our best manners, and have a look at Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

 

Talkie Tuesday: Magic Mike's Last Dance

 

"Dance seeks no meaning for its desires." 

Hello everyone!

So in case it isn't obvious yet, or has not yet become obvious, I'm a bit of a softie.

Aka, you can probably get me to do just about anything you might want IF you're close enough to me and we're good enough friends for you to try it on for size.

This past end of the week, one of my best friends messaged me about going to the cinema.

Now, ordinarily, I'm all for it, and it's never an issue. However, I've been in this situation before and ended up going to see the first 50 Shades of Grey movie.

I kind of figured it had to be something along those same lines, and I was partly right.

Seeing as I do consider myself a good friend, however, and because I really did need to get out of the house (my sister was home to babysit the parents, as I like to call it, though really all they did was watch a movie themselves), I agreed to go. And it wasn't bad!

I do have thoughts, but it wasn't too bad. I was taken to see Magic Mike's Last Dance; and if you know me, then you know that I don't usually watch movies like this.

Talkie Tuesday: Bridgerton

 

"All is fair in love and war."

 

Hello everyone!

 

Welcome back to the world of regency London and, er, questionable choices.

 

Editorial, make no mistake, as well as production choices.

 

Back during the heart of the pandemic, Netflix decided it was going to release what quickly became probably one of the most-watched shows of all time, and that's saying something since binge-watching is a thing.

 

Then they said they'd be coming back for season two.

 

And they did.

 

And I'm not okay with it.

 

Listen, I have thoughts, and this is my corner of the internet to share those thoughts. So strap into your stays and corsets and make sure you've got that money ready for the latest edition of Lady Whistledown's paper.

 

Because Bridgerton's second season was an even bigger doozy than the first.

Talkie Tuesday: Bridgerton

 

"All is fair in love and war."

 

Hello everyone!

 

So continuing on with this month's trend, here's another series overview and recap from me to you, this time of one that dropped right at the tail end of 2020.

 

In the hopes of alleviating some truly awful moments of the year, Netflix gave us the Regency centered love story by Julia Quinn, and although there hasn't been any word yet about whether or not a season two is forthcoming, I think it's safe to say it might be.

 

After all, from all that can be seen and heard, this show was the most watched on Netflix at this time and it's saying a lot!

 

Make sure your stays are all in the proper position and that your tiaras aren't askew on top of your head.

 

It's time to be presented at court for the new season and to find a match.

 

In other words, its time for Bridgerton.

 

The Sign of Four (Booktober)

 

"When you have eliminated the impossible, 

whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

 

 

Okay so I MAY have made a slight doo-doo since I mixed up A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four. Oops! My apologies. In my defense ... well, there isn't a good one really. But that said and done, what would ANY fall read-a-ton be without a look at the classic sleuth in Victorian London? Sherlock Holmes has held the hearts of people around the world since his very first appearance, and the recent dive into stories about the fictional Enola Holmes have reinvigorated public interest. If you're waiting for cute teenagers running amok in London, however, be warned: the OG Holmes stories are NOT for the faint-hearted, especially not with epic riverboat scenes like in this one! Arthur Conan Doyle knew his stuff.

 

 

 

As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous!'

(from book jacket)

 

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*image not mine

 

Harry Potter #2 (Booktober)

Troublemaker (Booktober)

The Lord of the Rings (Booktober)

The Bridgertons (Booktober)

"Can there be any greater challenge to London’s Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke?"

Again here with a series, but every once in a while I really feel like mixing it up. In those cases, I go and pick up a book WILDLY different from something I'd read before. In this case, it would be Julia Quinn and her Bridgertons series. These books cover a family in Regency Era England, and all the nine kids are trying to find love in the ton. It's hilarious, there's a Corgi running amok, and of course there's also a figure similar to Gossip Girl.

Not everything makes perfect sense, but occasionally books don't need to make sense. They just need to make you laugh.

Once upon a time, a historical romance author created a family ...

But not just any family. Eight brothers and sisters, assorted in-laws, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, (not to mention an overweight corgi), plus an irrepressible matriarch who’s a match for any of them … These are the Bridgertons: less a family than a force of nature, and through eight bestselling novels, readers laughed, cried, and fell in love ...

(from Goodreads)

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Booktober)

The Infernal Devices (Booktober)

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (Booktober)

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)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Booktober)

"The footprints of a gigantic hound ..."

 

Well, if we're talking Victorian London, foggy streets, and potential murder mysteries, we really can't go through Booktober without at least saying hello to one of the world's most famous detectives. Sherlock Holmes is and will probably always remain a fan favourite, no matter who portrays him in any iteration. And of course, the famous Hound of the Baskervilles is one of those books you need to read with your light on if your nerves are a little more relaxed, or maybe even in daylight.

Just in case, you know, a glowing dog with red eyes comes at you all of a sudden.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson had been sharpening their detective skills deducing the characteristics of the man whose walking stick is in their possession, when the owner arrives greatly in need of their help. Dr Watson is dispatched by Holmes to the desolate moorland of Devon. He learns about the ancient myth of the Baskerville Hound, and as he uncovers the malevolent fury that lay behind Baskerville's death, he comes perilously close to meeting his own ...

(from book jacket)

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The Infernal Devices (Booktober)

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (Booktober)

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)

The Infernal Devices (Booktober)

"Until such time as I die, I will be Nephilim."

Once again, I'm here with a full book series, because ... I can't pick one of these three. I loved the entire trilogy, and ironically enough, probably because I read it first, I finished it already, but have yet to finish Mortal Instruments. Go figure. BUT anyway! If you're up for some hunting, mundanes, and a certain Herondale, you've come to the right place. Cassandra Clare has certain topics to her name that make her rather notorious, but this trilogy is GOOD. And since it mostly happens in foggy Victorian era London, why not stroll down those streets yourselves?

In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever; in the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. Danger and betrayal, love and loss, secrets and enchantment are woven together in the breathtaking Infernal Devices Trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series.

(from Goodreads)

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Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (Booktober)

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)