Hello, my lovelies. Sorry, but this is just going to be a very short post today.
Yes, I am taking part in the Cloak and Dagger Christmas readalong - and I am sooo excited! Plus, being a glutton for punishment I am also modifying this TBR for the 12 Days of Cozmas readalong as well. Thank God everyone decided to do cosy mystery readalongs otherwise I would be royally screwed ;-D
Let me know in the comments if you are going to be participating in either (or both?) readalongs, and what you will be reading.
Thank you for watching, and until I see you next time...
OMG! I can't believe I actually spent so much 😵
Yes, I am now coming to you with the Canon EOS 200D, and I am beyond excited about finally owning a DSLR. I've been wanting one for years, but could never justify the expense (soooo expensive in Australia!), however when my old trusty Nikon Coolpix started to fail I decided I needed to invest in a quality camera that was versatile and would allow me to use it for various projects.
Do I love it? YES! Am I freaked out by spending so much? YEEESSS!
Anyhoo, it will take me a little while to get myself sorted out with a filming setup, so don't worry if a few video's look funky, I'm working on it.
Thanks for watching, and until I see you next time
It's been a bit longer than I'd anticipated. Things are just all over the place here. At the beginning of last week I undertook the massive task of scrubbing all the floors in the house - and promptly started paying for it with my Achilles troubles flaring up, as well as my back issues roaring back to life... and we won't even talk about what happened with my carpal tunnel.
Results... clean floor, but I was stuck in bed for a few days.
This did, however, lend itself to getting some more books read. I had already earmarked an Agatha Christie or two to pick up, and with some of my most anticipated books coming out, well I was perfectly content to become a hermit for a few days ;-D
Luckily, by the end of the week I was feeling pretty good, and was able to resume normal day-to-day activities. Picked up some boxed sets of Poirot (series 4, 6 and 7&8 which are combined), and had a great weekend just flaked out on the couch with the AC running (mini-heatwave here in QLD), while I enjoyed revisiting with Poirot. We won't even talk about the new remake of Murder on the Orient Express, because I just can't.
Anyway, I have some plans for future videos that I'm trying to nail down at the moment. Still, there's always time to pick up a book, and I have quite a few I'd like to get read before the end of the year - but that's another video ;-D
Thank you for watching, and until I see you next time
Hi there, my lovelies! This is only going to be short so I can get hurry back to the AC in the living room as it's getting very very hot and muggy. Seriously, what's up with this weather?
Anyway, I don't have any hauls planned for the next couple of videos, but I'm hoping some Top 5, or perhaps a bookshelf tour might be on the cards. Let me know below if there is a specific video you would like me to do, and I'll put it on the list ;-D
Okay, I'm roasting in this room. Thank you for watching, and until I see you next time...
Yep, I'm calling it. October was a dud of a reading month. I only got one book from my Halloween Reads/Victober TBR read, Jane Eyre, and that was it until the last two days of the month when I picked up Trail of Lightning and The Palace Job.
What happened? I had such plans... well, Netflix happened. Yes, I joined the Netflix cult and became engrossed with all the Halloween goodness that was on offer. I binged Ghost Wars, Superstition (great premise), The Haunting of Hill House and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina when they dropped, and whatever spooky movies or series that caught my eye. Let's face it, Netflix is addictive.
Thankfully, I seem to be past the first flush of the Netflix thrill, and have already read a few more books since I filmed this on the 2nd of November. Perhaps I'll even pick up a King book this month? ;-D
Anyway, with a heatwave on the horizon here in QLD (predicting 37°c today) I should be able to get a bit more reading done while I sit in the comfort of my lounge room and bask in the wonder that is the AC. The weather is just all over the place at the moment. Usually not this hot until end of December, start of new year.
Is anyone else finding the weather unseasonable? Let me know below if you are, and until I see you next time,
When I went up to the post office this morning, I didn't expect to get a pile of Stephen King stuff. It makes me so happy when I can add more Kingly items to my collection ;-D
Although some of the items mentioned in the video were bought from Amazon (US), they were actually ordered through Amazon AU as Amazon still won't let Australians order from any of the international Amazon sites. I've got to say, being geoblocked from all the other Amazon sites sucks severely. The small pool of items Australia has access to from overseas on the site is very frustrating - especially when an item is available on just about every other site, but Australia's!
Anyway, that's a rant for another day.
Of the film adaptations that arrived in the mail today, I'm most excited to watch 'Salem's Lot (1979), and Silver Bullet (with Corey Haim). I've now read both the books that these movies are adapted from and I'm intrigued to see how the adaptations used the source materials.
There are still more items winging their way to me, but I just couldn't wait to tear into the packages so there will be another haul towards the end of October, early November.
So that's it for today. Let me know what your favourite Stephen King movie is, or what book would you most like to see adapted. I always love to hear what fellow Constant Readers think about any screen adaptations.
Thank you for watching, and until I see you next time...
Hello, and welcome to my newest Kingly book mail video!
Sorry this will be quite short. There are some major storms brewing so I need to get off the computer ASAP. All of these items arrived in the last few days, so I just had to film a book mail video - so I could get them off my desk! I have left links for all the editions mentioned in the video in the description area.
So, my October TBR is coming along pretty well. I am taking part in #Victober this year, as well as my own Halloween Reads challenge.
Victober
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell
Halloween Reads
Thornyhold - Mary Stewart
Pet Sematary - Stephen King
Four Past Midnight - Stephen King
Of these five books, I have so far completed Thornyhold and Jane Eyre - both on the 1st of October - but since then I have not picked up anything else from my set TBR. I did read Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness (which I bought on the 28th September), and one historical romance on my iPad, but since then I signed up for a trial of Netflix, and I have been hooked! ;-D
This weekend I am planning on starting one of the four short novels from Four Past Midnight, maybe Secret Window, Secret Garden?, anyway, I won't be missing out on any Stephen King because I can now watch Gerald's Game and 1922 movies that they adapted for Netflix.
A proper review video for Jane Eyre, Thornyhold, Time's Convert and whichever Stephen King I finish, will be up later in the month. Until then, I'm heading back to catch up on some Netflix.
It's taken a little longer than I'd hoped to film, edit, and finally get around to uploading this.
As I was editing this I was struck with the thought that I'd bought way too many books. Do I really need all of these? Probably not, but they make me happy so I'm going with that.
I really do need those new bookshelves ASAP, especially now that I have this haul to add to my ridiculously large TBR pile. I've got the name of a local carpentry place, and I'll bite the bullet soon and ask them for a quote to turn the spare rooms entire wall into built-in shelves. It won't be cheap, but at least I won't have to worry about how the hell I'll fit in a new bookcase.
Anyway, I'm off to go and finish Day 2's haul video. Wish me luck. Finger's crossed I can get it up over the weekend.
Yes, I have decided to toss my tiara into the ring and join #Victober 2018.
My plans were to start slowly and in Jane Eyre I found a book that actually fulfills all five challenges set by the hosts.
A book by a hosts favourite Victorian author - check ✔︎
Read a Victorian novel with a proper pronoun in the title (persons name/place name) - check ✔︎
Read a book published in either the first or last decade of the Victorian era - check ✔︎ Jane Eyre was first published in 1847
Read a novel written by a woman under a male pseudonym or published anonymously - check ✔︎
Read a novel and watch a screen adaptation - check ✔︎
Victober was created by Katie Lumsden over at BOOKS AND THINGS, and is co-hosted this year by Ange from BEYOND THE PAGES, KATE HOWE, and Lucy from LUCY THE READER, who all have Victober Announcement video's up on YouTube and I have linked them above if you are interested in watching them, or if you would like to participate this year.
So, as well as reading Jane Eyre, I will
also be attempting the book chosen for the readalong which is Wives and
Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. Like
Jane Eyre, I have been meaning to read this for years to no avail.
Looks like Victober is the kick in the butt I need to finally start
these classics.
Finger's crossed that I can complete both books. I'll be updating my reading progress as the month goes along. These won't be the only books I'll be reading in October. I also want to get in some Halloween Reads and a little bit of Kingoween as well. Looks like I'll have a lot on my plate for next month.
Yes, the annual book sale held in the town hall has been and gone. As per usual, I went both days - although I always pay for it in the following few days. Today, Monday, my feet and ankles are extremely tender, thank to achilles tendonitis and plantar fasciitis, and I have a sneaking feeling that my back will register a complaint by the end of the day. However, it was worth it as I found so many great books (book haul to come).
Today I thought I'd put together a little vlog style video of my weekend at the book sale. This is my first attempt at something like this, but I enjoy watching other booktubers vlog their bookish journeys so here goes nothing ;-D
Bonjour, mes amours! Yes, I have acquired some more translated French literature. Why do I keep doing this to myself? They have all been massive chunkers, but oh well, at least I have a few options for my Big Book challenge for 2019 ;-D
Today Les Mystères de Paris byEugène Sue arrived, and I swear I thought it was a multi-book package when my post lady, Rosie, handed it to me. She even felt up the package asking if it was more than one book. I had ordered this a couple of weeks ago, and wasn't expecting it quite so soon. As you know AbeBooks can be a little on the slow side when it comes to estimating the arrival date of the parcels.
Les Mystères de Paris was first published between 1842-1843 as a serialized novel - think Dickens - and inspired a whole new genre of mystery, the city mystery. Novels in this genre include Les Mystères de Marseille by Emile Zola, The Mysteries of London by George W. M. Reynolds, Les Mystères de Londres by Paul Feval, Les Mystères de Lyon by Jean de la Hire, there are many more, but you get the drift. It also, according to WIKIPEDIA, inspired Alexandre Dumas (at the prompting by his publishers) to write his masterpiece of revenge, The Count of Monte Cristo.
Anyway, I am in no rush to tackle this just yet. I might wait until there is a readalong, perhaps? But until then, this book will now go onto my ever increasing Classics TBR bookcase.
Thanks for watching, let me know in the comments if you have read Les Mystères de Paris, and if you have, what did you think of it - no spoilers please ;-D.
Yes! I have finally come to the end of this rather large (and if I'm honest, a pain in the arse) book haul. Remind me not to do this again any time soon ;-D
As you can see, my collection of classics is growing steadily. Enough so that I now need a large bookcase to keep them all together - they are scattered around various locations in the house at present - and with 3 very large bookcases crammed into the spare bedroom I feel the time has come to perhaps call a cabinet maker to make some custom shelves that cover a whole wall. Expensive, I know, but there is so much wasted space in using standard bookcases that I think it will be worth it in the long run... maybe?
Anyway, I have more video's to edit, including a bit of bookmail from this morning, that I want to get up asap. So I will leave you here, and until I see you guys next time,
It's been a few weeks since I've felt like filming, or editing, a video. However I have bought so many books during August that I really needed to get my butt in gear and film something, so welcome to the first of three book haul videos!
Today's video is just the new books I bought. These either came from Book Depository, Booktopia, or from my local shopping centre.
Let me know in the comments if you have read any of these, and what you thought of them. I'd love to hear your thoughts on these classics. And until next time,
