This is the final book in the modern faerie tale series by Holly Black which started with Tithe. After the side quest with Val, we are back to original couple of Roiben and Kaye. We do see Val and Luis in this book though so hopefully you read Valiant. The description of the book focuses on the quest that Kaye
This is the second book in Modern Faerie Tale series by Holly Black which started with Tithe. This is a book that deals with drug use, people without homes and addiction. There is also a cat death, so you’ve been warned. In Tithe we got Kaye learning about her heritage and dealing with the dark side of the Faerie. We
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The Shrouded Queen by Ashley Tropea appears to be the first book in a series. I received this book as part of my June Book of the Month club subscription. This is a book that I might not have picked up at a local bookstore because a part of the description reminded me of a romantasy or paranormal romance. A
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This is the 5th book of the Stormlight Archive which began with The Way of Kings. Wow, this series just keeps improving with each book. Honestly this one was amazing and it’s getting harder to pick a favourite out of the series because I squealed just as much reading this one as I did reading Rhythm of War. In fact
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This is the 4th book in the Stormlight Archive, the first book is The Way of Kings. I didn’t think I would like any book as much as Words of Radiance but hot dang was this book.. dare I say it.. better? Yes, yes it was. It took my favourite moment from book 2 and then gave a few more
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This book is between Oathbringer and Rythm of War. We find out that Yalb survived the sinking ship but unfortunately can’t get hired with the other survivors as people view them as bad luck. However this book isn’t about Yalb. It’s about Ryan the owner of the Wandersail, The Lopen and Chiri-Chiri. This is perfect for fans of Pirates of
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This is the third book in the Stormlight Archive so make sure you’ve started with The Way of Kings. I also recommend reading Warbreaker before reading this one as there are some references to it in this book. I think I actually like Words of Radiance more than this one but maybe that’s because it had Kaladin’s superhero moment in
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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Jin Xia gets scared so she runs back the way she came.. only to have a man jump out in front of her making funny faces (not really scary, but startling). Jin Xia screams, then pulls out her gun as she demands for the man to identify himself. The man tells her that she’s rude for pointing the gun at
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The episode starts off with an very upset Amber, he’s crying and walking. Le Chien’s voice over states that the person is his beloved one He manages to spot Amber crossing the road and then the voiceover says that Amber is the person that he wants to be with forever. That’s when we see a car hit Amber.. then we
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Takeshi Hongo having infiltrated the Shocker base in search of the mysterious steel box. However, Hongo was quickly exposed and got tossed into a trap. The Chameleon brags about how he created the trap specifically for Kamen Rider. The Chameleon tells Kamen Rider to die, Kamen Rider jumps but can’t reach the opening which closes after The Chameleon’s taunt. Our
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Well after figuring out that if they don’t solve whatever is going on, they might die.. they decide to go to sleep. However Xie Xiao keeps calling for Jinxia in his sleep. Lu Yi gets up and takes the blanket off the constantly moving sleepy Xie Xiao and gives it to Jinxia whom he thinks is asleep before going outside.
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P’Med walks towards his tomb which is now clean, it also has offerings of food. Soon the rest of the group joins him including his two ghost friends. P’Med starts off by thanking Prince and Golf for helping Thun with his case. Since they still can’t hear him, Thun relays the message for P’Med. Prince says that it was their
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Thun takes P’Med to a house. Thun says that he misses his childhood, every school break he would come there and after tomb sweeping ceremonies. P’Med asks who lives in the building now, so Thun replies that his mother does. Thun says that he didn’t understand why she wanted to live there, so far from the city. He understands now
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Gramps is in a wheelchair now, with Auntie Nom taking care of him. She takes away a tray still full of food because Gramps refuses to eat. Praifah visits him, telling him that if he wants to eat anything then he should just Auntie Nom. Gramps just sadly shakes his head. Praifah urges him to eat something. Praifah informs her
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P’Med is lying on the grass while in voiceover he says that no one could ever know what life after death could be like until you.. he interrupts himself to promise that he isn’t jinxing the audience or wishing them harm. P’Med then continues to say that in movies or novels they says that people see light and walk towards
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Luckily Golf did get back to the room before the maid opened the door but she caught him with Praifah’s bra in his hands, which he quickly drops. Auntie Nom asks where Thun went so Golf quickly tells her that he went to the bathroom. At the hospital Prince comes back into the waiting room with some medications from the
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In the morning Prai’s father is sitting at the breakfast table while Auntie Nom brings him his morning medication. Gramps asks where Praifah is so the maid tells him that Thun came to see Praifah. Gramps says that they should invite Thun to join them for breakfast but Auntie Nom tells him that Thun has already left. Praifah came down
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At night back at Thun’s apartment, the two of them are hanging out on the balcony. P’Med asks Thun how he knew that P’Med would be at the Tomb. Thun flirts back saying that it’s because he’s great.. and P’Med just asks him for the truth. Thun admits it’s because he knew that with the electronic incense turned off, the
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Thun is driving when his mom asks him what restaurant is he driving to as they are going pretty far. Thun tells her that he never said that they were going to a restaurant. Kwan is confused as she was told to dress nicely but when she asks Thun about it, he says that it’s a surprise. Thun then asks
Read moreAll living systems, from the smallest forms of life to the planetary ecosystem are best understood as complex systems of feedback loops. Metaphors we… Life is, at bottom, diversity
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In the Sunada Gallery a man is reading the paper while a mysterious shadow approaches his door. A dog barks making the man leave his chair to go look out the window, wondering if someone is there. When he doesn’t seen anyone, he turns around to see a disgusting hate symbol painted in black on the wall. The man wonders
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Jin Xia and Lu Yi wake up from being drugged, and are tied to a post in the middle of the town square. Lu Yi says that it will be 6 to 10 hours before the drug wears off. Jin Xia wonders if Xie Xiao will be okay but Lu Yi tells her that she should worry about her own
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Thun and his Mom are giving things to the monks but when Thun hands over the chocolate, it triggers a memory of him giving P’Med chocolate and telling him that he will become a fat ghost. That earned him a nasty look from P’Med at the time. After the priest receives the alms and leaves, Kwan asks her son what
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At the cemetery P’Med is sitting next to his tomb looking very depressed. A-ngoon asks Jeng what to do as it’s already been a week and Med isn’t getting any better. Jeng sits down next to Med saying that he had told Med that feeling was the most dangerous thing for ghosts like them. Jeng points out that if Med
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Thun is sitting alone at a table while his friends see him from a distance off. Prince and Golf have asked Praifah for help since nothing they did helped. Praifah wonders why anything she would do would help, but Golf says that if they kept trying on their own.. he would have ended up punching Thun. Praifah isn’t sure what
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The episode starts off with Thun saying in voiceover that he never thought his story with P’Med would end up this way. When they had first met, Thun had hated his special gift. Thun says that it’s no fun to be the kid that sees ghosts, or at least it wasn’t until he met P’Med. P’Med was a poor ghost
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At the Central Earthquake Research Facility a woman named Chikako Amemiya answers the phone. She identifies the facility then herself.. the person on the other line must ask about the equipment at the facility because Chikako goes on to say that it’s all state of the art and how even the newspapers were interested in their stuff. Then she asks
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After receiving the medication from Yang Yue, Shangguan Xi asks him to leave. Being a good boy, he does so after wishing her a good night. After shutting the door, Yang Yue pauses a moment before leaving the area. Shangguan Xi looks down at the medication deep in thought (please tell me you’re regretting liking Xie Xiao, and want Yang
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The next morning Golf tells Prince that he saw it with his own eyes, then he gets Prince to open Thun’s apartment so they can check on Thun. However, Thun isn’t in the apartment. Golf thinks that maybe Thun really has gone crazy, then they both head to the balcony. They find Thun soaked to the skin lying on the
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The next morning P’Med is still on the balcony having stayed out all night, then watching the sun rise. Thun and Prai come out of the apartment. Prai’s jacket is hanging off her shoulder so Thun fixes it while telling her to cake of herself it’s very awkward. P’Med walks into the hallway during this moment. P’Med walks back out
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