Talkie Tuesday: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie 

in possession of brains must be in want of more brains."

Hello everyone!

This blog post is LONG overdue. 

And I mean, extremely overdue.

The thing is, sometimes when I'm typing things up and posting them on here, what happens is that I want to get the most obvious (and usually the most novel at the time) choices out into the open, which doesn't include some of those that are left in my little notebook.

So, accordingly, I reach some much longer after I should have, I suppose.

That being said, it really is a shame that I've only just gotten to this particular movie as I can well remember LOVING it when I saw it. I was hugely skeptical for a majority of reasons (all of which have to do with how the production houses handle the undead nowadays) but insanely glad when I got over that and made myself sit down, and watch it.

I'm talking about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, of course.

Saturday Snippet: Eurovision Song Contest

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*image not mine

Tome Thursday: The Wild One

Hello everyone!

It's an incredibly good thing that I've made it a habit to watch certain TV shows only in the evenings, because otherwise I highly doubt I'd get anything done at all. Namely, focusing on anything besides the way these people run around on screen is a bit of a challenge, all in all.

Still!

I have a new book review for you, and I have to say, I'm actually much farther ahead with the book series than this will show, as well.

Owning a Kobo e-reader means that, on occasion, I will lurk around online to see some good book deals. I've also registered a Bookbub (shameless advertising right here), which is AMAZING for people who don't want to spend tons of money on e-books, not to mention you find pretty much anything and everything you might want! Depending on how you choose to set it up, you get emails with book offers, and the one I'm reviewing today came with that.

Danelle Harmon wasn't initially on my watch list and I really only hit the download button on her book, The Wild One, because it was free.

Then I realised it's just the beginning of the series, fell in love with the characters, and here we are!

Talkie Tuesday: Rogue One

"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ..."

Hello everyone!

It's time for another movie review, and I was actually reminded of this one yesterday while shopping with my mother for our bi-monthly groceries run. 

I know, right? Talk about a place where you think about movies!

But in the store, I ran into the DVD shelves they have (not numerous, as a rule, but occasionally you'll find movies there that come at a slightly cheaper price than in some specialised shops) and lo and behold, what DVD would my mother pick up but Rogue One: A Star Wars Story?

Then it was my turn to go 'Oh, snap!' about the fact that I'd actually already seen it - but never sat down to write a proper blog about it. 

I should be ashamed of myself. I know this.

Anyway, seeing the DVD last night reminded me that I have the summary in my faithful sheep notebook, ergo, without further ado, let's head into the review!

Saturday Snippet: Ice Hockey World Championship '17

Hello everyone!

Enough said about what's happening right now at our house :)

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Tome Thursday: The Kommandant's Girl

Hello everyone!

I come bearing the gift of another blog post! And I swear, I won't even cry.

Or, I'll try not to.

See, a while ago I noted down the name 'Pam Jenoff' and the title 'The Kommandant's Girl', but never got the chance to do anything with that note until about ten days ago. At which point I got a copy of said book, and sat down to read it.

Of course I knew what I was getting myself into.

See, the thing with me is that I do my homework, and I research most of the books that I want to read, specifically if they're going to be about a period in recent history. In this case, it meant World War II and the occupation situation in Poland, which included but wasn't just limited to martial law and curfew.

So yes, I knew that whatever I was about to read would probably lead me down a dark road and I'd end up with streaming eyes and a runny nose.

I persevered, however, and although a lot of people do criticise it - which I can understand - I think It's a very good book.

Talkie Tuesday: Sully

"This is the captain. Brace for impact."

Hello everyone!

Now, I will admit - generally speaking I don't fly often. Mostly because I have never had much opportunity, and as a second point because I have not really had much reason to, to begin with. 

But somehow I found myself rather intrigued by the TV show Mayday, which mostly describes air crash investigations after the disasters that have taken place during the years since airplanes have become the usual mode of transport.

It's not exactly something that makes sense, but bear with me here.

At one point, I accidentally stumbled across the episode that talked about a landing on the Hudson river. I was intrigued - was that even possible? Normally, when you imagine several hundred tons of aircraft landing on water, the mental image is that it's going to break apart, violently, water being like concrete at those speeds and altitudes.

Somehow, however, this plane managed it - and so when news broke that Tom Hanks would be playing the pilot from that same situation in a biopic, Sully, I was so on board the plane. Pun intended.