Chuckles Book Cave

Friday, 24 January 2020

Around The Blogs With Chuckles

We all enjoy snooping and lurking on other people's blogs right? Why not share those entertaining things you found with other readers and bloggers too! Welcome to Around the Blogs with Chuckles, where I take time out to show you some of my favourite blog posts from the previous seven days and link you up so you can check them out.

This week!

1) Anticipated Reads
Toni shares her list.
https://darkreads.blog/2020/01/20/a-handful-of-dark-reads-2020-anticipated-books/

2) Book Review-A Beginning At The End by Mike Chen
Barb goes post apocalypse.
http://bookertsfarm.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-beginning-at-end-blog-tour.html

3) Book Review-One Of Us Is Next by Karen M McManus
Greg's review.
http://gregsbookhaven.blogspot.com/2020/01/one-of-us-is-next.html

4) Book Review-The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Nicci's review.
https://www.sunnybuzzybooks.co.uk/2020/01/review-cruel-prince-by-holly-black-folk.html

5) Book Review-Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Bark's review.
http://barksbooknonsense.blogspot.com/2020/01/wilder-girls-by-rory-power-book-review.html

6) Book Review-The Other People by CJ Tudor
Jenea's review.
https://jeneasbookobsession.net/review-for-the-other-people-by-c-j-tudor/

7) Book Review-Sadie by Courtney Summers
Erica's review.
https://www.ericarobynreads.com/book-review-sadie/

8) Book Review-Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
Carole's review.
https://carolesrandomlife.blogspot.com/2020/01/review-imaginary-friend-by-stephen.html

9) Book Review-The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
Mogsy's review.
https://bibliosanctum.com/2020/01/21/book-review-the-vanished-birds-by-simon-jimenez/

Chuckles Weekend Roundup

Welcome to my feature Chuckles Weekend Roundup where I will be looking at what books I've received, anything interesting I've done or bought or watched and other random stuff. I'll be taking a look back at what happened in my blogging world too, sort of like The Sunday Post that some of you do!

Please note that I'll be visiting your STS/SP as normal, but I don't follow or leave comments on blogs run by Google Plus, or DISQUS as I refuse to join something just to leave comments, and I won't allow DISQUS to follow new people, update my profile or post tweets 'on my behalf'. I am the only one who does that on my social media! I won't comment on any blog that makes me sign in using another account. Sometimes, I have problems leaving messages on blogs hosted by Wordpress-they try to block me because I deleted my account with them but I will persevere as it only happens the odd time!

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It has been such a busy week! I've been focused on getting my room rearranged this week. I've been tidying things away, rearranging books on bookshelves and getting stuff off the floor before I break an ankle on it all! I have a bit more to do tonight and I'll be done for the moment. Later this year I'll tackle the mess under the bed! *groans* I've also been working on my 3D Winterfell model and it has been good fun. I'll get a progress post done shortly on that.

But most of the work this week has been about getting all the stuff on the TBR loaded onto Goodreads. I had no idea it could be so tiring! I've done six posts now, two in one day earlier this week (that was a riot!) and I *hope* that there is only one more to go. I want it done today or tomorrow at the latest to get it out the way. Now I think you can see why I was getting tired of drip feeding three books a week onto the TBR! I'm discovering books I forgot I had. Once this is done, I can start getting the books read as I haven't read anything this week (so no Friday Reading Roundup). I'm sort of looking forward to the challenge!

Chuckles Blogging World

I'm getting on with my usual blog visits and catching up on comments as I always do at the weekend. I intend to relax this weekend with either a few books or a couple of films or a dvd box set. Should be fun!

Book Reviews

John Major-The Autobiography

http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2020/01/book-review-autobiography-by-john-major.html

Regular Posts

Chuckles Friday Reading Roundup

http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2020/01/chuckles-friday-reading-roundup_17.html

Around The Blogs With Chuckles

http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2020/01/around-blogs-with-chuckles_18.html

Top Ten Tuesday

http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2020/01/top-ten-tuesday-latest-on-tbr.html

Discussion Posts

The Big Chuckles TBR Add-On #2

http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-big-chuckles-tbr-add-on-2.html

The Big Chuckles TBR Add-On #3

http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-big-chuckles-tbr-add-on-2.html

The Big Chuckles TBR Add-On #4

http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-big-chuckles-tbr-add-on-4.html

The Big Chuckles TBR Add-On #5

http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-big-chuckles-tbr-add-on-5.html

The Big Chuckles TBR Add-On #6

http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-big-chuckles-tbr-add-on-6.html

Reading Challenges

none this week

Films & TV

Watching the cricket in the mornings, the news in the afternoon and political documentaries at night to chill out with.

Book Tags/Blog Awards

none this week

Currently Reading/Up Next

I haven't read anything this week!

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The Big Chuckles TBR Add-On! #6

OK I'm going to do it! I'm a big brave Chuckles, me!!!

Over the next couple of weeks I'll be doing a proper search of my e-readers and physical bookshelves to try and locate all the books I have that are not currently on my Goodreads TBR. I suspect there could be hundreds! I will then get them all added to the TBR so I have an accurate number of all the books that I have. I'll be doing a blog post for each pile of additions so I can also showcase some of the things I'm adding, rather than adding them all to my weekend roundup as I've been doing recently.

This is kind of a scary process because I know this will take me way above 1000 books again but I think having an accurate count of what I need to read and having all the books available to count towards Tackling The TBR will be of benefit in the long run.

Wish me luck, I'm going in!!!

POLITICAL

ZOMBIES

NON FICTION

HORROR

APOCALYPSE

URBAN FANTASY

TUDOR/HISTORICAL

CHILDREN

SF/DYSTOPIA

MYSTERY/THRILLER

FANTASY

ANTHOLOGY

WELCOME!

I'm Chuckles, self named because I'm a grumpy muppet. Also I'm the wrong side of 40 and Scottish. Just so you know!

Fave fiction genres are horror, prepper apocalypse, Harry Potter, ASOI&F, zombies, tudors, urban fantasy, dinosaurs, creature feature, sharks, some fantasy, SF and adventure. Fave non fiction includes mountain expeditions, cryptids, urban legends, history and politics. I LOVE action packed books with good characters and interesting human & animal sidekicks.

Don't read romance, PNR, erotica, westerns, religious works, YA books with angst and tropes, steampunk, classics, women's fiction or contemporary, other historical fiction. I hate slow plots, DESPISE love triangles & instaluv, detest love-hate relationship angst, and MCs that are violent rapists, drugged up idiots, whiny females and obnoxious cretins!

Fave TV: Game of Thrones, American Ninja Warrior, Sasuke, Buffy, Deadliest Catch, Bering Sea Gold, Great British Menu, Bake Off, Elementary, Hannibal, Ax Men, Prisoner, West Wing, Gold Rush, SG Atlantis, Scandal, Masterchef, Corrie, Supernatural, Yukon Gold, Wicked Tuna, Lost, Alias, Broken Skull Challenge, and there are a ton of things I haven't got to watching yet!

Fave books/authors include Hunter Shea, Rick Chesler, Patricia Briggs, Matthew Reilly, ASOI&F, Harry Potter, Philippa Gregory, Emily Purdy, Alison Weir, Jack Kilborn, Richard Laymon, Murderbot, IT, Viktor Zarkov, Hunger Games, Monster Haven, Iron Druid, WOTO, Sookie, Morganville Vampires, Deacon Chalk, The Valley, Jurassic Park, early Stephen King and more! You can find me on Goodreads, Pinterest, Twitter or you can leave a comment here or follow me on bloglovin or something. Don't be shy, say hi!

Fave music-rock, glam rock, 60's to 80's, country, motown, 90's indie, some metal.

Fave films-Halloween, Jurassic Park/World, Jaws, Harry Potter, Alien 1-3, Godfather, Resident Evil, Deep Blue Sea, Barnyard, Mamma Mia, Saw, Jeepers Creepers, Final Destination, LOTR, The Mummy (BR & RW), The Fog, AVP, Predator, Armageddon, Independence Day, slasher horror, action & adventure, SF & Fantasy, gory & zombies!

All dvd covers used here are the property of their respective film studios and are there to advertise the film only, under fair use copywrite law. All book photos are from Goodreads and are there purely to promote the work of the author. I make no claim to the images or make any financial gain from them. All other images on the site are from free usage sites such as Pixabay.

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