Tome Thursday: After the Fire

Hello everyone!

I've been feeling a bit moody and completely unhappy with some of my reading choices, which is why my reading list SAYS I'm reading Queen of Shadows, but I'm actually waiting for my reading muse to kick in for that one.

Sadly, sometimes I get into a fantasy slump, but usually I can fix that pretty easily.

Usually, I say.

I haven't done it so far, even though I've gone back to re-read The Hobbit, and then deviated completely to Arthur Conan Doyle while I was at it, and then just ditched the whole mystery/fantasy genre altogether and went into the real world again.

There are three authors perfectly guaranteed to make me quite happy with the books they write, as I may have mentioned before: Noelle Adams, Serenity Woods, and Kathryn Shay, not necessarily in that order.

I started off with Woods and then moved along to Adams, but then just gave in to temptation and picked up Shay's 'Cop of the Year' (my first book by her) and then to the one I'm reviewing today, After the Fire.

Talkie Tuesday: The Final Problem

"The Game is afoot."

Hello everyone!

Well. We've made it. 

And contrary to what I generally feel when a show season ends, I'm not entirely certain what to make of this particular one.

This weekend saw the end of season four in the lives of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, but fans all around the globe are pretty much crying out, either in confusion, shock, or just point-blank outrage.

As a wise individual once said: "I feel a disturbance in the Force."

Fortunately, we can always go back and watch the first two seasons (and three, three was okay-ish, as well) if we want to go back to Sherlock's glory days. Unfortunately, despite previous statements that Benedict Cumberbatch is contracted for a fifth season, this has now been pulled and in its place was said that, while a fifth season has been plotted, Gatis and Moffat aren't sure if they'll produce it.

On that note, let's dive into this Sherlock recap, shall we?

Saturday Snippet: Gandalf

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Tome Thursday: Any Means Necessary

Hello everyone!

I'm veering into a completely different direction with this week's book post, but then again I have been known to do that from time to time. I'll start reading a fantasy book, then get distracted and hitch a ride on the Orient Express with Agatha Christie, and then once I can't giggle at Hercule Poirot anymore I'm going to probably read a silly romance before I return to the fantasy book.

Or, failing that, I'm going to be suggested a book by Kobo, helpfully, and then I'll devour it in a day or two.

This was what happened when Bookbub, not Kobo actually, suggested I might want to take a look at Jack Mars' books, but it suggested book four in a series, and me being who I am, I want to start things from the very beginning, obviously.

So I went and checked it out, and hello! Kobo was offering the first in the Luke Stone thriller books for free.

Obviously, that was a no brainer and I grabbed it, downloaded it to my e-reader, and managed to get through it in two days tops, I do believe.

Because, the female thing aside, I do like a good thriller book.

Talkie Tuesday: The Lying Detective

"The Game is afoot."

Hello everyone!

I'm back after yesterday's rather exclamation-filled watching of the second episode in the current Sherlock season. 

Now, I'll admit, I tend to be quite vocal when I watch the shows I like - mainly because my reactions are just that explosive on more than one occasion, but also because I'm alone when I watch this. Occasionally, I do watch things with my friends - like, say Sherlock specials - but that being said, more often than not it's just me and my poor, over abused laptop.

If this thing could speak ...

It would probably complain how much I keep talking to it. But then, I wouldn't NEED to if the shows I watched wouldn't be bad for my blood pressure.

Sherlock, of course, being the rather prime example, seeing as there is literally no one on this planet Earth who can annoy people quite so much as the good detective from Baker Street.

Saturday Snippet: Trophy Wife

This was where he should flirt with her, think of something funny and clever and sexy to say.
What he said was “Did you get your toilet fixed?”










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Tome Thursday: Pottermore Presents, x3

Hello everyone!

Out of my holiday flux, finally, and currently reading a rather amusing tale about how a cyber parrott manages to pilot an actual spaceship in the middle of nowhere (it's a rather long story how I got to this point, but suffice to say Ed is quite the entertainer!), but I won't be going into more detail here since I might even review it later on.

Oh no, tonight it's another round with our favourite wizards from the wizarding world of Harry Potter, as I discovered that Pottermore had published, or at least released out into the open, several texts that go into a bit more detail about some of Rowling's work.

All written by J. K. Rowling, made all the better because it isn't anything new, so to speak, but mostly just a rehash on what we already know and love, just with some more knowledge this time.

So, I will be talking about, in order of appearance: Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies, Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists, as well as Hogwarts, An (In)Complete and (Un)Reliable guide.

It should be a fine ride, but please don't think I'll be telling you EVERYTHING there is in there - they're quite short publications so I won't spoil it all.