Monday, January 27, 2020

Tuesday Tagline #174

You're lonely when you're dead:

Her kisses were a prelude to death      

  
 Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new Top Ten list will be posted. Everyone is welcome to join. Link back so everyone can check out other bloggers' lists. It's a fun way to get to know fellow bloggers.

This week is a book cover freebie. Freebies are always fun, although in this case I wasn't sure how I wanted to do this. I decided to go with water covers. There's something about water, isn't there, on a book cover?  

Image result for the vacationers goodread

The Blue

Into the Water

The Water Cure

The Girl from the Sea

The Underwater Ballroom Society

I Found You

The Deep End (The Country Club Murders #1)

The Honeymooner (Paradise Bay #1)

Friday, January 24, 2020

Sunday Post #334

  

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews
It's Monday! What Are You Reading is hosted by Book Date 
  
I'm ready for the weekend! I did read One Of Us Is Next by Karen McManus this week and loved it. I started watching Riverdale again as well but didn't get far- maybe this week I can catch up.                            

Image result for riverdale gif

Songs from the DeepOne of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)The Andromeda Evolution (Andromeda #2)

Song of the week


PULP COVER OF THE WEEK: 


NEW ARRIVAL/ UPCOMING REVIEWS:

Night Shift (Fiction Without Frontiers) by [Triggs, Robin]

BOOKISH LINKS  

I really like this moodier ambient. 


Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Cosmic Concepts


Cosmic Concepts is an ongoing feature where I will take a look at various cosmic ideas from different media- it could be books, movies, comics, you name it. The sole purpose being to shine a light on the idea, maybe provide some background or just engender some discussion. There are so many great ideas in the fantasy/ science fiction genres and this will be a hopefully fun way to appreciate them more. And as always, let me know what you think. 

For this first installment I want to focus on cosmic ideas from Marvel comics. Who would have thought years ago when the cosmic stories were being written- and sold in 7-11's and on newsstands- that some of the biggest movies in the world would be based on those very stories? 

So let's take a look at some ideas from the cosmic world of Marvel.  

1) Homeworld 

I love the description of this place 

"Homeworld: located light years from Earth in the constellation Hercules! Homeworld: the birthplace and control center of the galactic Universal Church of Truth, conqueror of a thousand worlds!" 

Is that just dripping with atmosphere or what?  

Image result for warlock homeworld

2) The Acanti 

Related image

The Acanti are a race of creatures who roam space in search of knowledge. They are peaceful creatures with a gentle nature, and are led by a Prophet- singer that embodies the racial soul of all Acanti. When a Prophet- singer dies it descends into the heart of a star and the racial soul is reborn in a new leader. They sing to the stars much as the great whales serenade the deeps of Earth. It's a beautiful idea if you ask me. 

3) The Savage Land

“ AVENGERS #12
JONATHAN HICKMAN & NICK SPENCER (W) • MIKE DEODATO (A)
COVER BY DUSTIN WEAVER
50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT BY DANIEL ACUÑA
“CHILDREN OF THE SUN”
• A day in the life of the Avengers…in the Savage Land.
• The boys go hunting for dinosaurs... 

The Savage Land is a prehistoric enclave nestled deep in Antarctica, kept warm and tropical by ancient machinery that alter the climate. It's home to many creatures including (of course) dinosaurs. The Savage Land was created ages ago by beings from space as a game preserve, or perhaps as an incubator for genetically modified creatures- accounts differ. It was abandoned but the self- maintaining climate technology has sustained the environment ever since. 

A paradise in Antarctica full of dinosaurs? Yes please.  

4) The Soul Gem

Image result for warlock soul gem

The Soul Gem was a vampiric jewel given to Adam Warlock. It was alive in its own way and Warlock described himself as a "psychic vampire" with the jewel having bonded to him. He would later come to dwell in Soulworld, a place of peace and harmony within the Gem.  

imageimage
5) Titan

Captain Marvel (1968-1979) #59

The moon of Saturn and home to an offshoot of the Eternals, Titan contains a hidden world underneath the surface. The atmosphere and life support systems are maintained by ISAAC, an autonomous artificial intelligence that runs everything.   

Related image

6) The Blue Area of the Moon

The Blue Area of the moon is an ancient ruined city built ages ago with a breathable atmosphere 

Related image

7) The Watcher's house 

The Watcher's home is located near the Blue Area

Image result for the watcher's house blue area of the moon

7) The Nexus of all Realities

The Nexus of All Realities is a transdimensional portal located in the Florida Everglades. It affords access to all realities anywhere and has been guarded at times by Jennifer Kale, who is herself a descendant of the ancient Cult of Zhered-Na, dating back to the days of Atlantis.

Related image
8) The Dark Dimension 

Another extradimensional place of wonder, ruled over (usually) by the dread Dormammu. Love that name by the way. Dormammu is a big Dr. Strange villain, and his sister Umar the Unspeakable is as badass as he is. The cool thing about the Dark Dimension is how odd it is- the visuals are loopy and the laws of physics clearly do not apply.

Image result for the dark dimension comic image

Monday, January 20, 2020

Tuesday Tagline #173

Image result for high heel homicide cover

She buried the hatchet     

  
 Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new Top Ten list will be posted. Everyone is welcome to join. Link back so everyone can check out other bloggers' lists. It's a fun way to get to know fellow bloggers.

This week is Top Ten most recent additions to my bookshelf. I've been adding a lot of stuff lately, even if my reading has been down. Or at least it was- my reading seems to be picking up as January hums along. Below are some of the  new goodies that have come in including some new graphic novels I'm excited about. 

One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)

I just started this. Truth or Dare?????????

The Andromeda Evolution (Andromeda #2)

Obviously yay. 

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

How have I not read this yet?? 

Swiss Vendetta (Agnes Luthi Mysteries #1)

Excited about this. 

Someone We Know

One thing I've realized in the last year or so is I want all of the suspense reads. 

Image result for mutations by leo

This I believe is the sequel to The Mermaid Project and I'm looking forward to starting these. 

Golden City T01: Pilleurs d'épaves (French Edition) by [Pecqueur, Daniel]

One of my favorite European series

Return to Aldebaran: Episode 1

Back to Aldebaran!!! 

Blake & Mortimer - Volume 26 - The Valley of the immortals, Part 2 ebook by Yves Sente

This is out in just a few weeks. 

Mermaid Project Vol. 4

I really enjoyed this series. Ecology dystopia.