(Most of)* My biggest complaints about the recent Captain America: Civil War movie were that it was unnecessary. Unnecessary in the “why are you fighting right now” way, not in the “why is there another Captain America movie way”, which is never going to come out of my mouth. The largest contributing factor to why I feel it was unnecessary fighting is probably my addiction to MCU fanfiction. Because in fanfiction, everybody can live in Tony’s stupid tower and have movie nights on Thursday (Thor’s […]
“I’m not that girl. I’m not. I’m someone else forged in a mirrored room, like steel melted down and made stronger.”
As the first book, The Falconer, opens, we find a young lady – our heroine, as it happens – at the refreshment table, listening as other young ladies gossip about the possibility of her murdering her mother and/or being insane. So, an auspicious beginning to an entirely epic tale. A tale which includes legends & fairies and fae – although, really, some of these fairies resemble nothing so much as demons and hell hounds, dragons and vampires, if you’re asking me – and those that fight […]
So much awesomeness! Tusen, tusen takk, Mathilde!
So I came home from a long day at work yesterday to find a pick-up slip in the postbox, but as the weather is both very humid and rather cold at the moment, there is a thin film of ice coating the ground, making it pretty much lethal to walk anywhere at all. Hence, once I was actually indoors, I had no plans of leaving again, even with the enticement of books waiting for me at the post office. Today, I put my trusty crampons […]
Books! All the Books!
Thank you, thank you, thank you Mrs. Julien! I didn’t realize the other day that Katie totally gave us each other, but it’s worked out stupendously. I received a Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh the other day in ebook form (how I read most of my romances), and then came home yesterday to this lovely sight! I’ve wanted to read Uprooted for a couple of years now, and as a baker I love new cookbooks. Especially ones specifically designed for home baking at its best. […]