Happy Halloween!

If you're late, you may be unable to park ;)

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Saturday Snippet: I Know a Secret

She does.

But her sociopathy is so NOT a secret.

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Tome Thursday: Daughter of the Earth and Sky

Hello everyone!

Back with another book review tonight, and once again I've fallen down the rabbit hole of Greek mythology. This happens to me every once in a while - if I'm not traipsing around Middle Earth then I'm going to be running from Cyclopses and giants with Percy Jackson.

Or, in this case, I will be learning a whole new deal about Greek gods in modern world from Kaitlin Bevis.

A while ago, I reviewed the first in her Daughters of Zeus book series, Persephone, and I do have to admit that the first one was a little so-so in my opinion. As it turns out, the second didn't exactly make it to my favourite books list, but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the story at all. It just means I'm working my way through this and am going to, eventually, see light at the end of the tunnel.

Still, considering it IS about Greek gods, you know I'm going to be reading to the very end. There's just nothing that can stop me on that account, after all.

So without further ado, let's check in with our book review of the week, shall we? Daughter of the Earth and Sky, by Kaitlin Bevis.

Talkie Tuesday: Outlander's A. Malcolm

"It's always been forever for me, Sassenach."

Hello everyone!

Okay, okay, I'll admit - whenever I run into something particularly interesting or worthy of my fangirl moments, I usually end up writing it for my blog. 

Which does, sadly, interfere with my movie recap schedule, but luckily for me I somehow manage!

This week I would have been totally content in reviewing something or other movie-related, but truth be told that went right out the window when I remembered that there were two weeks of Droughtlander and the latest episode dropped this Sunday.

Scotland, you say? Eighteenth century, with a handsome printer with a hint of rebel?

Count me in!

Also, a lot of people are on the fence about the season so far, and especially about this episode, so I thought I'd add my own two cents into the mixing bowl. Outlander's A. Malcolm covered some bases and left others open for exploration, but let's see what happened, shall we?

Saturday Snippet: Power Nap

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Tome Thursday: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Hello everyone!

After a long while I'm back with another Rick Riordan appreciation, er, blog post. The last one I posted was roughly in summer last year when I reviewed the first of his Trials of Apollo series (which reminds me that I should probably review his second one in that trilogy soon), but then I kind of fell off the Riordan map, even though I continued reading his books.

Namely, I was taken in by this Norse mythology series the author launched.

It's title is, as you can see on top of this blog post: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.

Sounds familiar?

You're right. There's another Chase running around Riordan's books, and her name is Annabeth, aka Wise Girl, aka Percy Jackson's girlfriend.

Magnus and Annabeth are cousins, and that DOES come into play in the books. Mostly though it just adds to the hilarity of all the situations these kids find themselves in, including but not limited to saving the world, often twice. Who's counting?

So below, you'll find a record-sharp recap of the entire trilogy. And all this while I'm reading Dan Brown's new novel, Origin!

Talkie Tuesday: King Arthur Legend of the Sword

"You're no longer a myth. You're starting to mean something."

Hello everyone!

It's another Tuesday and time for another movie review. They just keep on coming, don't they? I mean, regardless of the fact that it's been a while now since I've felt the need to absolutely HAVE to see a movie so I can review it, since ... I have a bunch of them still waiting to go. 

Yeah.

But anyway, this current one I'll be doing came as a recommendation from a very good friend of mine. I never intended to watch it - Guy Ritchie is one of those directors I have a love-hate relationship with. And by this, I mean that I genuinely love the stories he usually tries to sell on the big screen, but I hate the adaptations.

For instance, the Sherlock movies were so not my cup of tea. 

Which was why when I first saw the trailer for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, I thought to myself - this looks amazing, but it has Jude Law in there and some weird magic and King Arthur looks wonky ... it has to be Ritchie.

Let me tell you, however - my friend convinced me. And I'm so glad she did.