So guys, I know I’ve not written much lately, but I feel compelled to write given my strong reaction to Season 8 of Game of Thrones. Full disclosure; this post is being written after the first five episodes have aired but before the series finale. It’s no secret that the audience reaction to this final season has been less than positive to say the least. Many of the writing choices made by the showrunners have come under heav...
Hello, and I know it’s been a while… Life caught up with me with new responsibilities at work and home, working towards my CCNA qualification (until said new responsibilities put a halt to it.) Anyway, enough excuses. Here I am with my reading review of 2018. 2018 in Stats I use GoodReads as my book tracking application of choice. I read primarily on my Kindle and since Amazon bought GoodReads the integration works really we...
King of Ashes is the first in a new series by fantasy author Raymond E. Feist and is the first not to be set in his Midkemia setting. My thanks to HarperCollins Canada and Raymond E. Feist for the early eArc. King of Ashes is released on May 8th and as such I will keep this review as spoiler-free as possible. On a personal note, I credit Mr. Feist with reawakening my love of reading; after studying literature at university I couldn...
Thank you so much to HarperCollins Canada and Raymond E. Feist for the eArc of King of Ashes. I’m SOOOOO excited to read this. I credit Mr. Feist with reawakening my love of reading; after studying literature at university I couldn’t stand to read anything more involved than a Cosmo magazine. Then a friend put a copy of Shadow of a Dark Queen into my hands and I’ve not stopped reading since. He is a master storytelle...
Hello, as a Doctor Who fan who has just watched the Twelfth Doctor regenerate into the character’s first female incarnation, I thought it would be a good time to rank them in my estimation. My rankings are purely personal, and are based on a mixture of the storylines, the performances and the whole caboodle. 14 Sixth Doctor to Seventh Doctor, Time and the Rani 1987 (Colin Baker to Sylvester McCoy)Cause of regeneration: fatally injur...
Yes, I know, it’s been quite some time since I posted. Life has got away with me. 2017 wasn’t the greatest reading year for me; I really struggled to meet my GoodReads reading challenge of 80 books, and just squeezed in by the skin of my teeth. This post is based on a survey that Jamie of the Perpetual Page Turner came up with last year. there are some great questions here to review my reading year, so I’ll give it a go aga...
Hello, now that summer is drawing to a close, we’re coming into prime book release time. As usual, I have a metric tonne of books about whose release I am super excited. Some of these are continuations of series in which I am already invested, some are new series from authors I love and some are reissues of old favourites. So, let’s get into it, shall we? To kick off, I was really excited by the recent news that Raymond E.Feis...
I was lucky enough to receive an advanced Netgalley copy of Invictus by Ryan Graudin – thanks so much to Hachette for giving me a copy. I ADORED Graudin’s earlier series Wolf by Wolf so I was very excited to read Invictus.Invictus is described as young adult time-travel adventure with a dash of Doctor Who (guys, you already had me at “Ryan Graudin,” no need for overkill) and Firefly. So without further ado, here’s my r...
Hello, I thought I’d give you an update into my adventures in the Amazon Echo and home automation. I’m still really enjoying my virtual assistant. Since my last post I’ve added a few more items to my home automation setup. My home now includes two Philips Hue Bloom lights, a Philips Hue Go (thank you, employer, for your rewards program 😀 ) a Harmony hub and a second Amazon Echo Dot for our bedroom. My husband prefers mo...
Hello and here I am with another reading roundup. I must admit I’ve not been doing very well with my reading. I’m actually three books behind on my GoodReads 2017 reading challenge; 42 books out of 50. This is due to a couple of things. I’ve recently become obsessed with playing Assassin’s Creed on my Playstation and watching gameplay YouTube videos. Sigh. Honestly, I’m not so violent in real life. Additionally, ...