Author Archives: lydias

The 2020 Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge Topics Have Been Released

In: Blog Hops

Happy New Year! Long and Short Reviews has released the list of topics for their second year of Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge posts. There isn’t a topic for today, but I will be participating in it again beginning next week. If you can’t read the graphic above, here is the list of prompts and the… Read More

My 20 Most Popular Posts of 2019

In: Writing

Every December I catalogue my most popular posts of the year. This is something I first began doing in 2017 with a roundup of my 10 most popular posts. Last year, I decided to double that number in response to my blogging buddies Terry Tyler and Tom Williams doing the same thing. I was surprised… Read More

Creepy Christmas: A Review of Krampus

In: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Content Warning: Blood and a dysfunctional family. I will be briefly mentioning these things in my review. Krampus is a 2015 dark fantasy horror comedy film about a young boy named Max who has a disappointing Christmas with his argumentative, dysfunctional relatives and accidentally summons a festive demon to his home as a result of it.… Read More

Sleeping Beauty Retold: A Review of The Spellbound Spindle

In: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Title: The Spellbound Spindle Author: Joy V. Spicer Publisher: Self-Published Publication Date: 2018 Genres: Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Retelling, Historical Length: 345 pages Source: I received a free copy from the author. Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: A misguided elf curses a baby to die on her sixteenth birthday. Gem elves alter the curse to one of… Read More

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: 10 Gifts for People Who Love Minimalism

In: Blog Hops

Hosted by Long and Short Reviews. Last week I had trouble commenting on some of the WWBC participants whose sites are hosted on Blogger. I will try to comment on your posts again this week! Here’s hoping that issue was solved. So what do you buy for someone who already has everything they need and… Read More

Top Ten Tuesday: Winter TBR

In: Blog Hops

Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl Here are ten books that will be published during the winter of 2020 that I hope my local library gets copies of soon. As always, my TBR list is heavily influenced by which books my library orders and how long the wait lists are for them. The photo in… Read More

A  True Selfless Act Always Sparks Another: A Review of Klaus

In: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Last year I blogged about my to-watch list of science fiction and fantasy films. Since then, I’ve been periodically reviewing science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative fiction films. Previous instalments in this series include Into the Forest, Annihilation, Coco, Winchester, The Little Stranger, Astraea, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, A Dog’s Purpose, and Jurassic… Read More