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: Kingdom of the Golden Dragon

 

Hello everyone!

 

And welcome back.

 

Like I said last Thursday, this November we're travelling through the adventures of two teenagers that basically did a roundabout tour around the world across three different continents, found adventure and danger along the way, and eventually ended up becoming the very best versions of themselves!

 

And the best part?

 

As far as I know, there's absolutely no sequel to this trilogy, as in, Isabel Allende didn't go and write about Alex and Nadia in their adult years, rather keeping the magic alive by wrapping it all up in a neat bow when they're just on the cusp of adulthood.

 

That's what I like. I'm not a huge fan of suddenly reading 'oh, you know that thing you loved when you were younger? Welp, it's all gone now because real life and realism got a hold of it and ruined it'.

 

Anyway. Enough with me yapping.

 

It's time for another trip, and this time it won't be into any warm climate whatsoever.

 

This time, we're scaling mountains in Kingdom of the Golden Dragon.

 

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.