Talkie Tuesday: Game of Thrones

Hello everyone!

So it's been ages, or so I feel, since I've last seen an actual movie and talked about it in Tuesday's segment, but I can't help it! There's just SO MUCH going on with TV shows I'm catching up to, it's ridiculous. I mean, I'm still working my way through the Tudors, then there were some others I haven't been able to see yet, and certain ones have just started their summer run (I'm looking at you, Teen Wolf). 

How am I supposed to watch movies then?!  

I don't, I suppose. And I would like to point out at this particular line of the blog that anyone who hasn't yet seen the last season of Game of Thrones should probably stop reading right about now. And I mean it, because there are going to be spoilers, and I don't want you all to come barging and being all WE HAVEN'T WATCHED IT YET.

Go watch it, then come back, and we can discuss!

Saturday Snippet (2)

Hello everyone!

Guess what??

My cousin and his beautiful lady-love got married yesterday!

Hence the lateness of this blog post. Let's just say weddings take their toll on people haha, but it was such a lovely ceremony, the venue was perfect, and not even the rain could keep our spirits down!

It's a surreal feeling for me to think about my cousin as a married man; I mean, we grew up together and now it's all just hitting home! It's one of those 'oh snap' moments you get in life from time to time, I think.

I wish the both of them all the best, everything they could ever hope for, and a lot of dreams to follow!

xx

Tome Thursday: The Heroes of Olympus

Hello everyone!

I'm back with a book series blog post this week again! To be honest, I'm reading so many books it's getting difficult to pick one that I want to talk about ... which is definitely a sign that I should probably focus on one book at a time, huh? Maybe I'll even listen to my own advice this time haha.

Anyway, this week, I'm going to talk about the other Rick Riordan series which follows his first as a direct sequel, (the first being Percy Jackson and the Olympians, of course), picking up pretty much right after we left our characters the first time around, plus a couple of months in.: The Heroes of Olympus.

First off, let me say that while I might not have enjoyed these particular books as much as the first five, I still liked the general idea for the whole plot, and the fact that we got to revisit with some old favourites from Olympians. Some of the new characters were also very nice additions to the cast (whereas some, I could have done without). But enough dawdling!

Talkie Tuesday: The Tudors (season 2)

Hello everyone!

And I'm back, with yet another Tudors review. One would think that I've had enough after the one I did for the first season, but nope, one would be wrong!

Can you tell I've been watching Game of Thrones recently and that Jagen H'Ghar is probably one of the best characters ever? 

Anyway.

My friend Maegan definitely has a say in this, obviously, considering she seems to have liked the review I did on the first season, and she asked that I continue with these until I'm done with the show! Which basically means two down after this, and two more to get through!

But then, when you get to look at Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Henry Cavill on screen, I don't think anyone would really complain, now, would they?

Saturday Snippet (1)

Happy Saturday everyone!

I'm currently in the process of catching up with TV shows that I just didn't have the time for during regular show seasons (and let's be honest, watching these can be a full-time occupation!) and I figured I might as well start this new category off with a bang.

I'm starting Game of Thrones season 5 (two episodes in) and I remembered this beautiful thing I think I found somewhere on Tumblr or Facebook ... in any event, it ISN'T mine, and I'm only sharing!

THE KING IN THE NORTH!

xx

Saturday Snippets!

Hello everyone!

To whoever is reading this blog - if anyone - I've decided to add another blog post per week into the mix, though this one is going to be a lot more easygoing and just an all-around, me being goofy kind of thing. 

It's going to be called 'Saturday Snippets', as you can see from the title, and it'll be pretty much what it says: little this and that from whatever I find interesing at the time, maybe pictures, maybe quotes, maybe a bit on what I'm doing writing-wise or something of the sort. Who knows, maybe I'll even post bits and pieces of my own fanfiction work on here on Saturday nights!

Hopefully you'll enjoy these, I know I'll like poking about some more ^^

xx

Tome Thursday: A Night To Remember

Hello everyone!

I'm still reading too many books at a time, and revisiting some old books that I really, really love but have been around for a while, although granted I've found one that I'm definitely going to be devouring as soon as I get my hands on a copy. I'll tell you all about it later, however, as today's blog post is dedicated to a book which I had ran across by complete accident when I was a teenager, and didn't quite understand at the time of the first read. Now, however, things have changed and I'm definitely more grown up than I was ten years or so ago, and I've been in the mood currently, so I revisited it.

I'm talking about Walter Lord's 'A Night To Remember'.

For some inexplicable reason, I've been in a Titanic phase for a while now, and so I went back to our personal 'library' (no other word for the amoung of books at the house) and dug through it to find the old book which is falling apart at the seams,and the crispness of the paper makes you think it might have actually been written way back when the ship first sank. In my language, it's titled 'Titanic', and not a direct translation of the novel's actual calling. But despite the age of the translation, the message it gives out is still crystal clear.