Tome Thursday: A Court of Mist and Fury

Hello everyone!

 

Back with regular updates this week and regular blog posts, which means today is book blog day. And I had this one ready to go since before I left for my impromptu seaside vacation, but that doesn't mean I forgot about it.

How could I, when it was so awesome I figured I might need a heart transplant by the end?

So most of you know that I was late on the Sarah J. Maas appreciation train here, because it took me a little bit to find some amazing vloggers who spoke about her books, and then I started reading her Throne of Glass series first, but I'm in the middle of that one at the moment whereas I definitely gobbled up the other one, because ... reasons.

Okay, let's be honest, there's just one reason and his name is Rhysand.

Yeah, yeah, if any of you remember my blog post about the first book in this series, you'll probably also remember that I hated Rhys back in the day.

Well, opinions change, alright? And in A Court of Mist and Fury, they most certainly did.

Talkie Tuesday: Scandal (season 1)

"We're gladiators. In suits."

Hello everyone!

So. 

Last time I blogged was for the finale of the Game of Thrones sixth season, and then of course I had it all planned how I was going to do a blog post on Thursday about a Sarah J. Maas book ... but then life happened and got in the way.

I took some time for a short vacation that was pretty impromptu, I'll give you that, and I have no internet connection when I AM down at the seaside, which means I sort of de-tox.

Back in civilization, however, means back to blogging!

One of my best friends has spent the past, oh I don't even know how long trying to convince me that I absolutely HAVE TO start watching Scandal. I had heard of the show before (with the awards it was picking up, I would have to be blind and deaf not to) but I didn't think it was something I'd get into, nor did I like the characters at first glance. First glance being randomly through pictures and one time when I caught the tail end of an episode on television.

That all changed during vacation.

Game of Thrones: The Winds of Winter

"Winter is here."

Hello everyone!

IT'S DONE, YO! 

Ahem.

Anyone who knows me or who has been reading along with these blogs knows that I'm pretty much all over the place when it comes to Game of Thrones, but this Sunday's tenth and final episode of the sixth season was SO worth all the annoyance and tears and aggravation that came before. Most notably in season five because a lot of the stuff in five seemed to be something we would never, ever understand, only to realize it was all a huge build-up for this hour and some minutes!

Oh yeah, it was a super-sized finale. Gotta love THOSE.

And I didn't actually get to it before a friend of mine told me I better strap in for the ride, because apparently it was explosive. Like, literally explosive.

I didn't believe her until I saw through the ep, but you know what they say: seeing is believing.

I am now a firm believer. Also, I declare for House Stark, but that's beside the point.

Saturday Snippet: Friendship

You're supposed to trust friends. You have no reason to be his friend? That is part of the pleasure of friendship: trusting without absolute evidence and then being rewarded for that trust.

David Shore

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Tome Thursday: Days of Blood and Starlight

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil held a wishbone between them.
And its snap split the world in two.

Hello everyone!

On occasion when I'm trying to come up with a blog post, I will go and consult my little sheep notebook which I dedicated to random notes and jotting down lines about the stuff I read and/or watch. I don't always use it - sometimes it's all so fresh in my mind I only have to close my eyes to remember what it was all about - but when I'm trying to conjure a blog post about, say, a book I've read a couple months ago, it isn't always as easy as thinking about it.

This book tonight is a prime example of what I'm talking about, because I think it's been at least three months since I sat down to read it.

Now, not sure if any of you will recall, but I did a review about Laini Taylor's first book, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, way back when. I'll be posting a link down below so if you need it, scroll to the bottom of the page, please!

My point being here that I had read and written a blog about book one, but then didn't seem to get around to book two for a little while.

Actually, a long wile. But I finally got my butt into gear, and lo and behold, here is the review for Days of Blood and Starlight!

Game of Thrones: Battle of the Bastards

"You will die tomorrow."

Hello everyone!

So.

It happened.

Episode Nine.

I swear the number alone should come with a warning when it's Game of Thrones, because, looking back on previous seasons, the penultimate episode of each has ALWAYS been the one that made people remember just why it was that they initially began watching the show in the first place.

Season six, episode Nine, did not disappoint either.

Not only was it brilliant visually and condensed in terms of space and time, but it was also pretty much an epic smack-down which told us who will, in the end, probably prevail and stand over the charred and/or frozen corpses of their enemies.

Although, I will also freely admit that I made a very vital mistake in eating dinner prior to watching the episode.

Special shout-out to Maegan because, well, she told me not to, and I didn't listen.

Saturday Snippet: A New Superman In Town

Hello everyone!

News broke this week that Tyler Hoechlin has been cast as the new Superman for TV. While Henry Cavill remains our Man of Steel, Tyler has been signed on to join the cast of Supergirl in its second season, starting this fall.

I'm definitely ALL for this!

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