#Wyrd & Wonder 2023

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Books & TV: Top Ten Tuesdays [Wyrd & Wonder Day 30]

I’m back with another Top Ten Tuesday, the last of Wyrd & Wonder 2023! Time really does fly 0.0 but the last prompt is all about magical typography. Typography can make or break the cover of a book and when you’re in the world of fantasy there’s much to be played with. So for today, I’ll be looking at fantasy books and movies past and present for the best of lettering and typography. So without…

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PRINCE OF FOOLS (The Red Queen's War #1), by Mark Lawrence #WyrdAndWonder

My first, and so far only encounter with Mark Lawrence’s works was with Prince of Thorns and while I liked the story I did not exactly enjoy it: not so much because of the grimness, with which I’m already familiar thanks to writers like Martin or Abercrombie, but because the main character, Jorg, was so steeped in his search for vengeance that I could not find in him any redeeming quality. Those…

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TV Shows & Movies: Movie Mondays [Wyrd & Wonder 2023 Day 29]

Day 29 of Wyrd & Wonder is all about Destiny and Fate and when I thought of this, I immediately thought of Lord of the Rings because that classic Heros Journey is all about fate and destiny. But books I’ve spoken of aplenty over the past month so I figured I should delve a little deeper into TV shows and Movies! Fate and Destiny play a large part in many fantasy tales, with our protagonist…

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Book Review: Runemarks [Wyrd & Wonder 2023 Day 20]

Day 20 of Wyrd and Wonder 2023 is all about Mythology. This is a sub-genre of fantasy that I have spent a lot of time on. From reading Percy Jackson when I was a teenager to all the stories I was surrounded with as a child, mythology to me for the longest time was synonymous with magic. As I grew older, I branched out further and began looking into the mythology of different cultures (Found…

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Lifestyle: Eye of Newt! [Wyrd & Wonder 2023 Day 28]

And toe of frog! Magic can exist in many places, but one of the most magical places is the kitchen. Transforming raw ingredients into a delicious meal is magic in and of itself. For day 28 of Wyrd & Wonder, let me tell you about some Fantasy cooking. Magical ingredients and some of the most appealing visuals, these are things that you wish you could pull out of the page or screen and just eat.…

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Books & TV: Stars, Moon and Skies [Wyrd & Wonder 2023 Day 21]

Let the stars guide your way! For day 21, I am swapping topics and talking about Astrology instead of Magical casters because there are some books and shows on my “To Consume” list that are wonderful and I would love to share them with you!. By stars, moonlight and time, I present to you stories influenced by the stars! The Queens of Innis Lear Alchemy of Souls S2 Both of these share one…

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Books & Shows: Magical Communities [Wyrd & Wonder 2023 Day 22]

Day 22 of Wyrd & Wonder is all about Magical Communities and I had to think long and hard about it because stories of friends and heroes are aplenty, but communities? That gave me a pause. So after careful consideration, I have come up with a few of the stories that have magical communities that I enjoyed. So without further ado. I present to you… Magical Communities Percy Jackson – Camp…

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Books & TV: Saturday Stories [Wyrd & Wonder 2023 Day 27]

The theme for day 27 is #Saturdaystacks and while I would love to show off my books, I don’t have a lot. A couple years ago, I moved to the UK leaving behind a library that had over 600 books I had been collecting and reading since I was as young as 6 years old. Since coming to the UK, I have moved around often enough to have reduced my library to a little more than 30 odd books and not all of…

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Books & TV: Top Ten Tuesdays [Wyrd & Wonder 2023 Day 23]

A tag that was originally started by The Broke and The Bookish, now taken over by That Artsy Reader, Top Ten Tuesdays is a list of 10 books that go along with any prompt you chose for that week! The Artsy Reader posts their prompts and you are free to either take inspiration from those prompts or make up one of your own. Day 23’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt is Bite-Sized Fantasy an area I am quite…

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Book: First Line Fridays [Wyrd & Wonder 2023 Day 19]

I found this tag through _ForBooksSake and had wanted to start it out and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. The tag is originally from Wandering Words though. The concept simply put is; what if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author, or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the…

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Books: TBR Thursday - Magical Items [Wyrd & Wonder 2023 Day 25]

This week, Thursday is all about magical items and I am stuck. There are beautiful stories I have read with magical items that cover a wide breadth of things – from compasses to weapons there are so many things! And it’s hardly restricted to books. TV Shows, Movies, TTRPGs, and most forms of media I consume have some magical items in them. In fact, just yesterday, I was catching up on Critical…

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LOVE WILL TEAR US APART (The Stranger Times #3), by C.K. McDonnell #WyrdAndWonder

This third installment of what has quickly become my favorite Urban Fantasy series played with some of the narrative threads explored in the previous books and moved forward in a very intriguing and quite satisfactory way, offering the by now familiar mix of humor and drama while at the same time delving deeper into some of the main characters, bringing to the surface a few unexpected facets of…

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Books: WWW Wednesday [Wyrd & Wonder 2023 Day 17]

As revived on Taking on A World of Words So earlier this week, I lost track of the days and accidentally skipped a tag in the Wyrd & Wonder prompts so I’m making up for it now. The prompt I missed was Current Read which fits perfectly because…it’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesday! The three W’s: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll…

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Books and TV: Top Ten Tuesday [Wyrd & Wonder 2023 Day 16]

Back on schedule with this week's #toptentuesday sticking with the #WyrdAndWonder prompt for Day 17, the post is all about alchemy! Please share your recs! [Also, I promise I'm not time-travelling, just missed a prompt]

Preparing this post, I have realised that I missed the prompt for day 15, Current Reads…so I will make up for that on the 17th. Today, I am instead going to do Day 17’s prompt of Alchemy. On this prompt, much like villains, I admit I’m a little stuck. Mainly because while potions exist in many books, the brewing of them and the actual art of alchemy so rarely feature in them. So, as a result,…

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Books and TV: Favourite Morally Grey and Anti-Hero Characters [Wyrd & Wonder Day 15]

A little late today but day 15 for #WyrdAndWonder is all about villians, but seeing as I don't want to give any spoilers, I edited it a little so it's more about my favourite anti-heros or morally grey characters ^^ I hope you enjoy

For Wyrd and Wonder Day 15’s topic of favourite villains, I am in a bit of a bind. My favourite villains are Twist villains and I don’t like giving spoilers on my blog. Which is a bit of a conundrum on my side because now, I have prepared for you a list that I cannot explain. So in thinking about what I could possibly do, I came up with a semi-simple solution, one I hope you like. Instead of…

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Book: Sunbolt Review

Today is my turn on the #BlogTour for the #BBNYA 2022 3rd place winner #Sunbolt Reviewing this book is not only a wonderful opportunity I received thanks to @thewritereads but also my post for Day 14 of #WyrdAndWonder ^_^ I hope you enjoy

After a very long time, I am reviewing a book! This review is a part of the Book Tour for BBNYA finalists and I am thankful to the author and Write Reads for letting me be a part of it! For those who don’t know, the BBNYA is a  yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner.  If you are…