Wow the 5th and final book of the Fablehaven series. It’s been quite a journey with Kendra, Seth and Hugo. They all grew and changed as the books progressed. The books are technically for middle graders but honestly, anyone of any age could enjoy them just as much. We knew that the parents got kidnapped in the last book, having
This is the 4th novel in the Fablehaven series so make sure you’ve read the other books first starting with Fablehaven. This series is family friendly and appeals to all ages. This book started at school of all things and with magic, one should always expect there to be unpleasant surprises. In Kendra’s case she learned the hard way by
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Since most Canada has prevented people from sharing news articles on Facebook, a lot of USA people tend to miss out on things like this. I’ll remind everyone that Edmonton is a part of Alberta the province that gets the most hate from the rest of the country for being conservative. “Trustees who voted in favour of axing the school
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This is the third book in the Fablehaven series so make sure you have read the other books first. This book takes a more serious tone than the previous ones. While some magical creatures have died in the earlier novels the human characters have been mostly untouched. As I always say, characters are always safe…until they’re not. In this book
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This is the second book in the Fablehaven series so make sure you read Fablehaven first. While the last book mostly dealt with Kendra, Seth and their family, this book we got to know more about people outside of Fablehaven. At the end of the first book, Kendra gained the ability to see magical beings without having to drink milk.
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I confess I have never read Fablehaven before. I’ve seen it in stores but I wasn’t sure it would appeal to an older audience. Well I finally gave it a go, and yes it is a good book for all ages. It’s a fun read with some important lessons in there, Fablehaven is going to be made into a movie
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March was a snowy mess of a month. I did however get a lot of reading done. I started March off with Blood series by Tanya Huff. Tanya Huff is a Canadian author that I love. Unfortunately it looks like her Blood series isn’t available anywhere in ebook format anymore. However the spinoff series featuring Tony Foster is still available
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This is another great story in the Cosmere universe. It’s a standalone novel but that doesn’t make it any less wonderful to read. I loved Siri and Lightsong the most out of all the characters had something to keep you interested in them. Brandon Sanderson excels at making you care about the people and the worlds he creates. I found
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Ah the 5th and final book in the series featuring Heather Wells. It took a long time but we finally got the wedding the readers were waiting for. Well we’ve had many murders for Heather to solve but this murder actually takes place before classes at the school even take place which is a bit unfair. Not only does Heather
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I’ve made it to the 4th book and I was surprised because I think I was 30% in before a body dropped. It just took awhile longer than the previous books. A lot happened to Heather in this one including learning about her own health with endometriosis and what it means for her future. I’m so happy that she finally
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Wow, the third book in the series and we finally have someone that isn’t a student die. In fact the dead person isn’t even female which makes a nice change of pace. I hate Tad.. mostly because he clearly doesn’t understand how to help someone enjoy training for a 5k from scratch. He’s a bit of an insensitive jerk that
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This is the second book in the Heather Wells series by Meg Cabot. The series starts with Size 12 Is Not Fat so make sure to read that first. Poor Heather, I swear Nancy Drew and Jessica Fletcher never had quite this much trouble but then again they never had to work in Death Dorm. So not every book can
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Meg Cabot is mostly famous for her Princess Diaries books which I have never actually read. I did see the movies though which while interesting are not my type of books. However a murder mystery with an ex-pop star.. that’s another story. It’s not exactly Castle but more of a Drop Dead Diva sort of book. There is not supernatural
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I really struggled with this book. I wanted to like it, we didn’t get along. I spent the first half of the book disliking the main character. Then the war came and I was just disappointed. I never connected with Rin but I did like Kitay and Jiang. Rin did have some character growth but not enough to make me
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This book was published before Mistborn. This would be the 4th Brandon Sanderson book I’ve read if we don’t count the novella of The Emperor’s Soul. I still like the Mistborn trilogy more but the characters of this book grew on me. I ended up cheering for them loud enough that I’m glad I wasn’t in library reading it! This
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We’ve come to the 5th and final book in this series Blood Debt! However this book is more of a transition book passing the torch to the next series where Tony gets to shine. It’s like a backdoor pilot episode tucked into your favourite TV show, the same way NCIS started in JAG and Wayward Sisters would have started in
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Well after the horror of third book Blood Lines, I was more than happy to move onto the 4th book Blood Pact. The books started with demons, went to werewolves, then mummies so it should be no surprise that in this book our heroes could come up against zombies. Well.. it’s not exactly zombies.. it’s more like a mix of
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I’ve finally made it to book 3 of the series. While Vicki has dealt with slowly going blind, vampires, werewolves and demons… now she gets to face off with a mummy! I think fans of the movie The Mummy will take a shine to this book. Then again maybe not since that was more of a love story in monster
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It only makes sense in fantasy world that if there are vampires, then there must also be werewolves. In fact the only series that I can think of that didn’t include both is Teen Wolf. That said the lore on werewolves here is definitely interesting considering most media insists on the whole bite/scratch thing. The werewolves in this universe are
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I bought this ages ago on my Kobo and there used to be a Kindle edition as well.. sadly that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. This series is great which is to be expected from Tanya Huff as she is one of my favourite Canadian authors. However the TV adaptation of her books called “Blood Ties” lacked her
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February wasn’t a very busy month me other than shovelling some snow. I took it easy, signed up for a few runs/walks for charity and read a few more books. The Mistborn Trilogy and Twisted Wonderland: Rose-Red Tyrant were honestly the best of this month. Mistborn however is my favourite new read and I will definitely be reading that series
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This book has many Chinese Drama (Cdrama) adaptations so I was expecting a lot from the novel. I was very disappointed with it. It started off reasonably well but it was clear that this book would revolve around the male ego rather than character development or a decent plot. Indeed I would expect this to be tall tale someone told
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It’s been awhile since I’ve done a Medic Alert Canada post. In fact the last time I did was to promote their partnership with Garmin. That however seems to have ended since I haven’t seen any Garmin devices on their website in quite some time. It seems like Medic Alert Canada will be filling that gap with their new NAVIVA™
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The Hero of Ages is the third book in the Mistborn Trilogy. Although I know there is another trilogy after it, a sequel series. I loved that we got to see things from TenSoon’s point of view and learn more about the Kandra. In each book of the Mistborn Trilogy we got a complete story. In the first book we
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The Well of Ascension is the second book of the Mistborn Trilogy and takes place 1 year after the ending of the first book. It turns out that this book was originally where Brandon wanted to start, luckily for everyone he wrote Mistborn instead. The reason I say this is because it gave the reader more of a chance to
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I just finished reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and I absolutely loved it. It’s not very often where I find a book or any media where I love the whole cast but Sanderson did it. I’m clearly going right to the second book after finishing this little review of mine because I MUST know what happens next. Brandon was right
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Well it started as a game, then it got an anime adaptation.. and now we have books and manga. This is the novel version. The novel follows the prologue and book 1 of the Twisted Wonderland game. If you’ve watched the animation, then this novel covers that too. I love the spin on classic fairy tales and in some ways
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I see this book recommended a lot in Fantasy spaces. Malazan seems to be a bit polarizing, you either love it or hate it. Although I did see some posts saying it was confusing as well. I wasn’t confused by it, but I couldn’t get attached to any of the characters either. It’s an interesting tale but it just isn’t
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The Ingredients: Organic black tea from India, Organic cinnamon, Organic ginger, Organic pink peppercorns, Organic cardamom, Organic cloves, Natural (cinnamon, vanilla, cream) flavouring. I picked up a Chai sampler from Davids Tea while I was picking up some more of their tea sachets. I prefer Davids Tea ones because they have a drawstring to pull once you’ve filled it.I started
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It’s been awhile since I’ve touched the website. I’ve been grieving because there was a death in the family. The death was completely unexpected because they had Colorectal Cancer and they died within a month of being diagnosed. I was also robbed within a week of attending their celebration of life ceremony.. so yeah last year sucked. I still don’t
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From the website for Kikyo: This tea has been brought back from the dead just to be with you! With the calming presence of oriental spice and sweet rooibos peach it has your spirit at peace, only to turn around and and shoot with an arrow…I mean with cinnamon and peppercorns to your taste buds. Drink before you go to
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I’ll make a confession, I haven’t read any Brandon Sanderson books before this. I picked this little novella as my taster because Brandon said on his website that it was short and would give the reader a feel for his work. I loved this little book. It was short but it didn’t feel short, it felt complete in ways many
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I had a good chuckle at the beginning when the prologue warned readers that the author wouldn’t make things pretty. Now a quick explanation on the difference between Young Adult (YA) and New Adult content by Elisabeth Wheatley is in order because I don’t consider this YA at all. Most people don’t and yet Goodreads had it tagged as YA.
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I really liked this one a lot. It felt like a fairy tale in all the best possible ways. I know many people might think of the Little Mermaid and the thought did briefly cross my mind. However this book also brought to mind The Ill Made Mute or at least my vague memory of it. I can also see
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My first thoughts were of the movie The Lake House when I read about the pendant. I wasn’t very far into the book at the time but it’s a thought that decided to chime in. Now that I’ve finished this book that was dedicated to Cdrama girlies.. I felt it was more like The Vampire Diaries than a Cdrama. The
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This book take off a year after the events of the first book Daughter of the Moon Goddess. It seems like we have a Katniss vs. Snow situation going on. Xingyin has freed her mother, it’s seen as an act of defiance and rebellion by the Celestial Majesties. This gives Catching Fire vibes. Thankfully readers don’t have to wait too
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One of the cancers that doesn’t get a lot of attention but kills a lot of people is Colorectal Cancer, mostly because people don’t want to talk about their butts or their shit. The following is a direct quote from the Government of Canada’s Colorectal Cancer page: The World Health Organization has this to say about the matter Colorectal cancer
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I just finished reading Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan. It’s a good book, the beginning gives me a bit of Cinderella vibes. This is because our female protagonist comes from well off family and then through circumstances beyond her control she has to toil away for some horrible people until a prince rescues her. The prince
Read moreI haven’t ordered from any of these so I can’t verify how good they are. The list is from searches I have done looking for book boxes. Canadian Book Box Canada Gold Leaf Book Box Lit Love Box Rocky Mountain Book Box Ships to Canada Aardvark Book Club The Arcane Society Aurora Crate Book Box The Broken Binding Book of
Read moreYes, You can have a hysterectomy while being on your period The Journey Leading Up To The Surgery I’ll start this blog post at the beginning of the journey with a visit to my regular doctor. I was having issues staying fit because of heavy periods, and even when I didn’t have my period.. if I did a workout.. well
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It’s been awhile since I’ve done a monthly roundup. It’s because I was mostly focusing on the Recaps of Asian dramas. However I’ve been focusing a bit more on my physical health this year. This has led to delay in my recaps as I don’t have energy to do a workout and recap in the same day.. Which means I
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Hongo is busy riding his motorcycle as he prepares for the All Japan Motocross Championships and even more miraculously he’s actually wearing a helmet for a change! Shocker thugs are watching him from a distance though. Apparently the evil boss PA system has combined the strengths of all the previous villains that went up against Kamen Rider into a new
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We flashback to the little kids. Wen Wen is being pushed on a swing by Le Chien. Le Chien tells Wen Wen that he went back to his hometown with his father and visited a traditional grocery store. Le Chien says that the store was really neat, as it had a lot of things in it. Wen Wen thinks that
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Jin Xia points out that they can’t run away, then tells Master Mao that she would love to draw the blueprints of the gun but that she can’t because she hasn’t seen the inside structure of it. Jin Xia says that she will need to see the gun first, if Master Mao wants her to draw the blueprints. Master Mao
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This episode starts off with a woman in black walking around putting up signs for a biological research facility that will buy cats and dogs. A moment later we see there is a line up outside the facility of people with their puppies. (I HATE them all. Pets are family and not to be sold). Apparently Shocker is using the
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We flashback to our favourite trio of cuteness, the kids. They are enjoying an orange pie. Wen Wen says that the orange pie smells nice, while Yu He says that the pie tastes better when it’s been heated. Yu He says that Mrs. Pu is really nice as she always prepares the kid’s favourite foods. Wen Wen says that Mrs.
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Gray Fullbuster Blend by Lunar Sinner Ingredients: Blended With Black Tea, Natural Forest Berries Flavor, Natural Vanilla Flavor, Ceylon Sonata, Raspberry Leaves, Raspberries & Strawberries Teas used in the blend are: Ceylon Sonata, Forest Berries, Vanilla. Gray Fullbuster is my absolute favourite character from Fairy Tail! I couldn’t resist trying this tea because it sounded like a good mix and
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As Xie Xiao runs out of the Wu An Gang’s HQ, he runs into Yang Yue. Yang Yue is surprised to see that Xie Xiao has returned and asks about Sir Lu and Jin Xia. Xie Xiao admits that he got separated from them but is too busy trying to leave so he doesn’t explain anything, he just tells Yang
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At Shocker HQ a new monster minion is being given something out of a Petri dish. The boss PA system says that when certain substances in the Cobra man’s body mix, it will allow the monster to dissolve any substance at will. The boss PA system tells Cobra man that he should try it out. This means poor unfortunate minion
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A trio of kids are drawing on a white cafe wall. When the boy is asked what he’s drawing, he responds that he’s drawing them. The boy is Le Chien, he then points to one of the drawings saying that it’s Yu He and the other drawing is Wen Wen. Yu He says that she’s not that ugly, then Wen
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Well 2023 was a tough year. I’ll get the sad stuff out of the way first because I don’t want to dwell in sadness. I had a family member that was diagnosed with Dementia awhile back and they died last month. I was fortunate enough to be able to visit them before they passed away but they didn’t know who
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Xie Xiao demands to know why Lu Yi believes that the stones are controlled by the tides. Lu Yi snipes back that it’s because he’s smart and used his brain. Uncle Beggar loves Lu Yi’s attitude, saying that Lu Yi reminds him of well.. him when he was younger. Jin Xia asks Lu Yi what they should do now. Lu
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A Dad calls out to his young daughter Sachiko that dinner is ready. When Sachiko comes for the food, she accidentally steps on her dad’s glasses breaking them. She apologizes and her Dad says that he’ll just have to buy new ones. He’s just glad that Sachiko isn’t hurt. This leads to a trip down to Kagemura Glasses shop for
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Roronoa Zoro is a character from the anime, manga and now live action known fondly as One Piece. He fights with 3 swords and should not be allowed to navigate under any circumstances as he’s guaranteed to get lost. Ingredients: Blended With Black Tea, Green Tea, Cinnamon, Ginger, Orange, Cloves, Cardamom, Lemongrass, Natural Lemon Flavor, Natural Spice Flavor & Marigold
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Noda is a character from the anime Angel Beats. I was surprised to find a fandom tea blend for him from Adagio Teas Ingredients: Blended With Rooibos Tea, Cinnamon, Ginger, Orange, Cloves, Cardamom, Ginger Varietal, Rooibos, Apple Pieces, Natural Vanilla Flavor, Natural Cinnamon Flavor & Natural Apple Flavor The three blends for this are Rooibos Vanilla Chai, Rooibos, and Rooibos
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Inspired by Doctor Who character River Song Ingredients: Blended With Black Tea, Rooibos Tea, Orange, Blue Cornflowers, Natural Vanilla Flavor, Lemon Grass, Natural Bergamot Flavor, Natural Creme Flavor, Marigold Flowers, Natural Coconut Flavor, Natural Lemon Flavor & Coconut This blended tea from Adagio Teas. What is unique about this website is that you can create your own blend of their
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This isn’t technically a tea as it’s a tea concentrate.. but it makes good lattes. It has a black tea base and is designed to pair with milk. DON’T drink it straight from the carton! This is the same stuff Starbucks uses in their Chai lattes but it’s a lot cheaper, especially if you buy a pack of 3 from
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The matcha powder is stored inside a foil packet inside the tin. It’s smooth with no clumps while being a very vibrant shade of green. I normally make mine as a matcha latte but I’ve also thrown some of this matcha into my homemade lemonades and smoothies. If you put a bit in your smoothie or lemonade, you won’t taste
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From the Davids Tea website: Give thanks with ultimate fall indulgence. Made with a premium black tea base certified by Elephant Approved® – a non-profit organization that aims to help reduce Human Elephant Conflict in tea producing regions around the world – this spiced sweet potato tea is a feel-good way to treat yourself while doing some good. It’s got
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