Friday, 1 September 2023

Best of August




Here are our bests of August! 


Best Movie of the Month:

"I never remember my movies but I watched this one. Fun, and cringe."





"This was SO much better than I expected. Fun!!!!"










Best Book of the Month:

"Sad to say goodbye to this series but omg this was amazing."







"I did not read a lot in August, but I did finish some good ones. Best should go to Do you want to start a Scandal cos it was funny and made me giggle."









Best TV show of the Month:


Blodeuedd - Heartstoper (s2), Queen Charlotte, & Lincoln Lawyer
"I finally watched Queen Charlotte! But I am bad with long eps these days. Lincoln Lawyer keeps the drama up, and Heartstopper brought all the feels."















Carole - Never Have I Ever (s4)
"Such a great ending to a fun series!! It will make you feel all the feelings."









Best Cover of the Month:

Blodeuedd's - 








Carole's












Thursday, 31 August 2023

Joint Discussion: Never have I ever 4

 




This month we decided to review 'Never Have I Ever' season 4. 


Blodeuedd is in blue and Carole is in pink.






Title: Never Have I Ever (season 4)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2023
Rating: TV-14
Site: Netflix 


The complicated life of a first-generation Indian-American teenage girl.

Click here for the trailer. 







DISCUSSION:

I do admit that my recollection might be hazy ;)



I knowwww I’m sorry I took forever to finally finish it. Adulting is dumb *shakes fist*



I do know about that, it took me 4 months to finally start Queen Charlotte. Though I did binge Never have I ever, cos last season!



Once I got through the second episode….I couldn’t stop. UGH the feelings! The drama! The humor. Who allowed that Granny to become my favorite character??? She is hilarious!



Granny brings all the feels, I like that she had a story in this one. Go Granny!



Yesss! She grew so much from the last season. She has loosened up and is taking America by storm! 



I do like how it makes me cringe too, cos omg the trouble she gets in. It is such a fun show. Together with all the sides, like Granny obvi lol



Ooooo Davi. I adore her but OH the cringe hit hard sometimes. WHICH they are teens so the cringe seemed real. Just thinking about the things I said and did at that age….*shudder*



Still, Davi, omg, she truly is the queen of messes. I love her for it, but yikes. But it does feel real, she just wants things so much



That final episode when she wrote that essay? I literally sobbed. That whole scene was perfection. 



True, she finally, finally got it.



Yesssss! It took seasons upon seasons but she finally got it. Her therapist had the patience of a god!



I am sad it is over but at the same time. It is college time and it would not be the same



The ending hinted that maybe there will be more? But I think how it ended was great. Maybe a quick one-long episode of “where are they now” would be fun….but idk sometimes it is best to end on a good note. We can all assume what will happen or what we want to happen. HEA for all. Friends forever. Maybe Davi will have a sibling….hehe….and Granny will live forever. 



I forgot about that, hmm, I mean I am not against it! I´d love to see everyone more settled…now you got me all excited again



I actually wouldn’t mind re-watching it. I may try and get the Hubby to watch it too. He’s so weird though on what he’ll watch. He always surprises me. Like he adores Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte. Typically that isn’t his type of show. 



My guy does not like these shows either, and nope on Bridgerton too. Though he always managed to come inside when Queen C was on and in a naughty scene, I am not kidding. I am always the one watching naughty scenes alone then lol. I think these kind of shows are just too dull for him. He does not know what he is missing. They are fun, and cringe, and makes you think back. Not Queen C though obvi, I am not that old.



Men usually don’t like the feely-feely shows. I tried to get him to watch Heartstopper and he was nearly passing out so I watched it without him. Maybe it is the naughty scenes in B and Queen C he likes ;) He also loves Lady Danbury. But anyway…yeah - I am tempted to re-watch this one now that everything is said and done. Can I be honest???? I will block this out for spoilers….I wasn’t that keen on her ending up with Ben. I still had hope for Paxton. :/ 



Spoil away, and I agree, I felt for them. But she did mess it up. Dunno where I stand in the end.



I like Ben, don’t get me wrong….but I think they won’t last long. I feel like they will struggle and fight ALL the time. Super toxic household for sure if they have babies. 


They will be over before College ends



Agreed. Maybe I’ll get my wish after some years. Davi and the person I mentioned…maybe they will grow up and try again. #dreamer



I think so too ;)



Now I am itching to re-watch hahahahaha. 



From the start!



Yessss! OH! I do have a single issue I just remembered…I wish Aneesa had more screentime. She had like 2 lines the whole season!!! I missed her. Like…what happened to her? Where did she go? ANSWERS NETFLIX ANSWERS!!!




True, she was not in it a lot…maybe we need that new season or a movie



Now I really want one. I get she ended up just being a side character, but she was their friend. I feel like she got no love this season. A little 10 sec blurb would’ve been nice. 



Maybe they wanted to wrap things up



Maybe. And maybe the actress had zero time or something. She was talented that is for sure. 



Might be on another project for sure. Anyway, I do not have a lot more to say. Awesome series, fun new season. Def watch this series, it is so funny.



Agreed. This was such a fun show. I for sure recommend it. :D Laughs, tears, cringe….fun. 



The end?



‘Till next time!!!




Wednesday, 30 August 2023

Audio: Jaran by Kate Elliott

Book 1 in the Novels of the Jaran series


Author Kate Elliott


Narrated by Cindy Kay


Publication date Aug 15, 2023 by Tantor Audio


Running time 20 hrs 26 min


Scifi/to review




Narration


Great narration. For a book that is a lot about travelling she keeps it interesting, and always entertaining. She was good with different voices 




Book:


This audiobook was a long one for me, I am more used to shorter ones when it comes to audio. I would say it was like anthropological sci.fi. Where to even start...




Aliens took over earth. A man named Charles tried to rebel but instead they made him a prince. His sister Tess is on her way to him, but instead spies on the aliens and is stranded. On a planet where the native population does not know about space travel, or anything. So she pretends to be from overseas and learns to know the Jaran people.




It is slow, a lot could have been left out in a way. But still it is compelling. I wanted to know if she ever reaches her brother (spoiler she does not. Travelling by horse is slow, the world is big. There are more books.) I did not want to stop listening, I wanted to know. But yes they spend a LOT of time travelling.




And yes there is that guy that she will end up fancying, but she has some fun before she even gets to know him like that. And that is way at the end. Not a romance, but she does get to explore. That was a good thing about this culture, women got to do what they wanted, but only until they got married.




Will I read more? Well I would want to, but they are so long. I will see. It took me quite some time, and yes it was only 20 hours, some fantasy books are 40+. That would take me a month.






 In the past, humans were the dominant star-traveling species in the universe—until the Chapalil came, conquered, and absorbed the Earth into their intergalactic empire. One of the only humans ever granted nobility by the Chapalil, Charles Soerenson once led a failed rebellion against the alien overlords. Now his sister, Terese, has abandoned her homeworld, impelled by a broken heart to seek a new life among the worlds her brother rules.




On Rhui, a planet off-limits to interstellar voyagers, Tess stumbles upon a dangerous Chapalil conspiracy—and only the timely arrival of the Jaran saves her from near-certain death. A tribe of nomadic humans roaming the plains of Rhui, the Jaran have long forgotten their ancient Earth history and heritage. Intrigued by their world and their ways, Tess shares an immediate emotional connection with Ilya, the Jaran's brilliant, charismatic leader.




But despite her growing loyalties to this proud chieftain and his people, Tess must take care. For Ilya's ambitions threaten to trigger violent planetary upheaval. And the Jaran have been chosen to play an unwitting role in a plot that could have powerful repercussions far beyond the nomads' volatile world.



Tuesday, 29 August 2023

TMST

 


 

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8/29/2023 Which books are you looking forward to reading this Fall? (Sept-Nov)




No idea what is coming when, I never keep track. I know I know, boring answer






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