Well, this is odd. Who would have thought that I'd get Part 2 of my August Book Haul up so quickly? ;-D
Thankfully I was able to film this on my small camera instead of the webcam (why are they such poor quality?) and after a bit of editing, voila, Part 2 is up. This video includes the romances I found, some miscellaneous titles (dystopian, non-fiction, horror/fantasy, etc.), and concludes with the small stash of cosy mysteries I was able to find.
Let me know in the comments if you have read any of these. I'd really like to hear your thoughts on them, and until I see you next time,
Just keeping it short today. It's been almost 2 weeks since I even turned on my computer, so getting it filmed and edited in a few hours was tiring. I haven't read as much as I would have liked to, but what I did read I enjoyed, so that's a bonus.
I will be continuing on with my The Green Mile read-a-long next week. Almost half way through and I'm loving it. Will definitely have to watch the movie afterwards. It's one of the few Stephen King film adaptations I've never watched - even though the blu-ray has been gathering dust on the dvd bookcase for nearly 18 months *hangs head in shame*
Anyway, I hope to start The Palace Job this weekend, or perhaps next week, and I have to film an unboxing because some bookmail arrived after I had edited this video. Isn't that always the way? But I might start one of those books first. Decisions, decisions....
So that's all for now. I hope you're enjoying your reading and until I see you next time,
Apparently June was my reread Nora Roberts month! Yep, once I hauled myself out of my reading funk with Shelter in Place, it opened the floodgates for rereading all my favourite NR novels from the last few years.
Birthright, Black Hills, The Search, The Witness, The Obsession. . . and Come Sundown? I don't know how that snuck in there, but I didn't hate rereading it so. . . ?
However, this was only the first stop in my rereading binge. Next I moved onto Ilona Andrews and had so much fun reacquainting myself with her Hidden Legacy books as well as the delightful characters in the Innkeeper Chronicles *sigh* Then it was onto Anne Bishop's A Novel of the Others series as I devoured all 5 books in two days - as well as ordering book 6, Lake Silence - so I will have the complete set.
I think I've gotten the rereading urge out of my system (for the moment), and have moved on to some new reads. Last night I read Sorcery & Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer and found it to be a fun fantasy of manners book. It's been sitting on my tbr shelves for at least 18 months, but I just haven't had the inclination to read it until yesterday. So I struck while the iron was hot and read it while indulging by eating dinner in bed (yum!) and found it charming and sweet, in the nicest way possible. Will definitely be looking for books 2 and 3 to add to my collection.
The weather here has been cooperating marvelously. It's been very cold and foggy, with a couple of rainy days, which has lent itself to staying indoors and snuggling up on the couch with a couple of blankets - or making a nest in bed and whiling away the hours with a guaranteed comfort read, a couple of cats and a hot cup of tea. Heavenly.
Anyway, that is all I have at the moment. I need to get lunch in to oven so I'll say cheerio for now, and until I see you guys next time,
It's been a boring couple of weeks where I just have not had the inclination to pick up a book. This does not happen often, but when it does, it's a real problem. Thankfully, my mum lent me her copy of Nora Roberts new book, Shelter in Place, and that did the trick. Roberts is an almost guaranteed good read so... 'Thank You, Mum!'.
However, I only picked this up after finishing The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie. I don't know what it was about this book, but it took me three reading sessions to get through this teeny, tiny, little book of 192 pages. I know, right. I've read three books in a day (1000+ pages worth) and done it again the next day! Yet, trying to get through this Poirot was like pulling teeth. Which is silly considering I actually liked it, and I can't wait to see the new BBC adapation.
Yes, April to mid June has just been the pits.
Thankfully it looks like that slumpy, grumpy, not-reading time is over and I've been enjoying rereading some old favourites which I will be talking about in my next video.
It's been a hot minute since I got my butt in gear and got a video edited and up, but everyday life - and not having read much - might have had something to do with it ;-D
I'm still working on Mansfield Park which is kind of strange since I plowed through the first two volumes in two days, but for some reason the final volume just has me procrastinating. I've binge-watched both seasons of Wynonna Earp - and started rewatching Charmed! Anything but pick up MP and finish it. Grrrrr, very frustrating.
However, I am enjoying the book more than the adaptation. Edmund is a dick, Fanny is very bland and wishy-washy, and the Crawford siblings are actually not as shitty as the adapations make them out to be. Maybe Fanny will grow a spine soon because the big fight about her not wanting to marry a certain caddish gentleman has yet to happen, so finger's crossed.
I also mention the couple of new books I have acquired and a great new bookmark that I just could not resist buying.
Anyway, my fingers are freezing off at the moment. It's the first day of winter and boy, has it arrived right on schedule. I had all three cats hogging the bed with me last night, and since it's still really cold at the moment I will be heading straight from the computer to the couch and my blankets while I watch some more Charmed (baby W just born), and warm up with some chilli con-carne.
Yes, I thought it was about time that I dipped my little toes into the book tag waters. There are so many tags floating around booktube that I can happily paddle in these waters for ages without running out of topics.
I didn't tag anyone, because to be honest, I think I'm the last person on BookTube to actually do this - but if you want to try this tag, please feel free... I tag YOU! ;-D
Anyway, I'm still editing another bookmail video so I'll say goodbye for now.
Yep, once again I got caught up in real life and two weeks have flown by before I've had a chance to turn on the desktop computer to edit and upload a video. Thankfully nothing much has been happening reading wise. I've been more dedicated to watching the latest season of Wynonna Earp that I picked up at Sanity just over a week ago.
I have a few reads planned. I need to read The Island of Dr. Moreau before the end of April for my A Classic A Month challenge, of which I have fallen behind, and then in May it's time for everyone's favourite Austen, Mansfield Park - saying yah sarcastically.
Thankfully it looks like the weather has finally decided to behave and act like we're heading in to Winter. It's almost May and I'm still walking around in singlet tops and shorts! Which means that it's nearly time to get comfy on the couch with a good book/movie, a warm cosy blanket, a cat - or three - and a hot cup of tea and spend some quality time indoors out of the cold.
So now that my video is finally up and live (after internet dramas this morning), I'm now going to catch up on some of the household chores I was supposed to be doing this afternoon. So, until next time,
Yep, I ended up back in bed over the weekend thanks to some heavy lifting too soon after I tweeked my hip over Easter. I decided, in my wisdom, to move my large solid wood bookcase back down to the other end of the house to sit with all my other bookcases. You'd think I'd have learned my lesson by now ;-D
Anyhow, I've only included the books that I physically had. There are a handful of eBooks that I breezed through that I will be including in a separate upcoming video.
I hope you enjoy my recommendations. Let me know in the comments if you've read any of these titles, and what you thought of them. I'm always interested in hearing what people think of these lesser mentioned popular books.
Oops. Have to dash. I just remembered that my lunch is in the oven!!!
Due to unforeseen circumstances (aka, pulling a muscle in my back/hip) the video I'd planned on filming has been put on the back burner for now. Instead I filmed a really quick video on Easter Sunday so I could share with you the bookmail that had been trickling in over the last week.
I was hoping to save all my parcels, and some still aren't here!, until I had them all in a glorious pile and then I'd open them on camera. However, I got so excited when I ended up with 5 parcels in one day that I forgot about that and tore into them - oops! ;-D
Anyway, I've already devoured two of the Amanda Quick titles, Til Death Do Us Part and The Girl Who Knew Too Much, and they were just the thing I needed to get me out of the reading funk I'd slipped into after binge watching seasons 1 & 2 of Wynonna Earp (ps. such a great urban horror/western series!).
Still have to get to the two cozy mystery books, as well as the final two Jayne Ann Krentz novels and The Immortals (which I have my fingers crossed for because I love a good urban fantasy with gods and goddess' in a modern setting).
So with all that reading still to do I'm going to love you and leave you. And until I see you next time,
It has been a hot minute since I posted something here (or on BookTube), so after filming 2 other scrapped reading updates over the last couple of weeks, I finally sat down in front of the computer and just got to it.
I'd like to be able to say that my reading over the last couple of weeks has been amazing, and intellectually uplifting and that is why I've taken so long to post something... but the truth is that everyday life has been getting in the way of my bookish wants. Had to call the plumber in last month - on a Sunday no less! - because the hose under the kitchen sink ruptured and I had water EVERYWHERE! A complete nightmare.
Then the car had to go in for a service, and of course it needed stuff done (well, she's 17 years old so it's only to be expected). I've had the battery replaced as well as the plugs and leads so we're good for the moment, but it is still stressful to have all this happen within about three weeks. Never mind the damage it's doing to my bank account ;-D
Meanwhile
for the most part, my reading has dropped of significantly and I've
been watching more TV. Free to air programing is abysmal, so I have
been falling back on TV series like The Murdoch Mysteries and
Threshold, with a little bit of Mapp & Lucia thrown in for good measure. I'm almost through season 7 of TMM and I do love the releationship between Det.
Murdoch and Dr. Ogden. They are so perfectly suited. Anyway, after I
get this post up I'll be heading back to finish up a few more episodes
so I can continue on to season 8.
I did manage to read the ILL copy of Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King that I ordered late in February. I ordered it early because I thought that there may be some issues trying to get a copy for loan. However, after a few problems locating a copy, it arrived early so I had to read it out of publication order, but that's okay because I've been putting off reading Cujo any way I can. I so don't want to read about an animal in distress. I am, however, currently rereading the Goddess with a Blade series by Lauren Dane and enjoying the hell out of it. Ah, urban fantasy. My comfort genre.
So that's it. I haven't been terribly active online, or anything like that. In fact, this is the first time my computer has even been on in over a month (and boy, did Norton not like that!) and I haven't missed it in the slightest. Having said that, I am eagerly awaiting books in the mail as I may have gone a bit overboard over the weekend and ordered 13 books.... oops! I'll haul them to BookTube, and post a link here, when I get them, so I have a week or so before I have to think about filming anything else.
Okay, I'm off. Washing waits for no man.
I hope you have had a great reading month, and until I see you next time,
This has been a long time coming! And because I hate being spoiled, I have made this a quick spoiler free review of how I felt about reading NOS4R2.
I had mixed feelings reading this book. It was my first foray in to the world of Joe Hill (Stephen King's son if you somehow still didn't know) and I have heard only good things about his other books.
Let me know in the comments what you thought of NOS4R2 if you've read it, or if you are planning to read it. I'd love to chat about this book.
Anyhow, must dash. The washing won't hang itself on the line ;-D
This is just a quick-ish wrap-up of what I read in January. I found a few new authors, and series, that I am excited to continue reading, as well as some old favourite series that are still dropping new titles.
The weather has been nuts here in QLD. It was nearly 40°c on Tuesday, and yet yesterday it didn't read 17°c, and it was pouring all day. I even had to dig out some winter woollies early and put a thicker bedspread on the bed so I didn't freeze! Weird, but it's given me some more reading time so I'm very happy to be rained in.
If you've read any of the books I talk about, let me know in the comments what you thought of them. I'd love to chat with you.
Hello there! Yes, I've finally decided to get back into Top 5 Wednesday. This week we are exploring Hidden Gems. Your favourite books in your favourite genre that don't get a lot of hype.
Now some of these books I have never seen on BookTube, while others make a rare appearance, but they all have one thing in common - they are all some of my favourite Urban Fantasy series. I've put the book synopsis down below for your convenience. So without further ado, here are my Top 5 Favourite Urban Fantasy Hidden Gems
