Wyrd & Wonder 2026 - Sunday Funday: Week 3 Update

Happy Sunday Funday  and welcome to my second weekly update for Wyrd & Wonder!  Wyrd & Wonder 2026 which is a month long celebration of all things fantasy co-hosted by Lisa @ Dear Geek Place, imyril @ There’s Always Room For One More, Ariana @ The Book Nook, Annemieke @ A Dance With Books, and Jorie @ Jorie Loves A Story (artwork by Varvara Gorbash).  This is a lot of fun and I've made more great progress so far.  Keep reading to see what I've gotten up to since my last update.

My Wyrd & Wonder This Week:

Sunday Funday: Week 2 Update

Music Monday: Blue Turtle, Pt. 3

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Secondary Characters In Fantasy TV Shows

Books From The Backlog: Kingdom of Exiles (The Beast Charmer #1) by Maxym M. Martineau

The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): The Privilege of the Sword (The World of Riverside #2) by Ellen Kushner

What I've Watched So Far:

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Blithe Spirit (2020) - Going into Blithe Spirit I wasn't at all familiar with the play or other adaptations, but I still had a fun time with this one. Dan Stevens is an actor I've been keeping my eye on since Downton Abbey and he seems like he's having a good time with this. Same goes with the rest of the cast. I'll have to check out the 1945 adaptation of the story soon too.

My review is also on Letterboxd.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Season 2 - 

Episode 3: The look of the Princess Andromeda is great, Tyson is just the best, and Blockbuster Mitch's streaming wars is a hilarious deep cut.

My review is also on Serialized.

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Episode 4: Another favorite episode of this series! It's good to see Thalia in person and little Annabeth's a cutie patootie. I really appreciated the quieter moments of this episode, both between Percy and Annabeth as well as Percy and Clarisse. The final moments of this episode are incredibly cinematic. What a cliffhanger! I hope Mitch makes it (or well, as much as he can)!

My review is also on Serialized.

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Episode 5: Okay, now this one is my favorite of the season so far. I love how this part of the story was adapted. It means a lot to me.

My review is also on Serialized.

What I've Read So Far:

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The Serpent Bride (DarkGlass Mountain #1) by Sara Douglass was a pretty great foray back into a new series by an old favorite author. Somehow, I didn't realize going into the story that this was at all connected to The Wayfarer Redemption.  It was so cool to revisit that world even so many years later. Now I'm going to have to see what's next with the sequel soon.

My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph.

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Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega #1) by Patricia Briggs is an urban fantasy that has been on my tbr for quite some time.  I'm a fan of the Mercy Thompson books and this spinoff / prequel series opener which is set in the same world was perfectly fine. I just wasn't nearly as invested in it or the characters. I haven't yet decided if I'll stick with it or not, but I'll definitely be back for more of Mercy Thompson.

My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph.

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Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Sea #2) by TJ Klune has been on my tbr since it was released, but for some reason I'd been putting it off.  Probably because I was so nervous that it simply wouldn't live up to its predecessor.  I shouldn't have worried because it was pretty great, if not quite as perfect as the first book, and it's well worth reading if you're a fan of the author.  I will say that this one has a little more of a dose of depressing reality thrown in the mix, but it is still very hopeful for the future and a wonderful ending.  Personally, I just enjoyed seeing more Arthur (my favorite this time around), Linus, and the kids one more time.  They're all gems and I wouldn't mind seeing more of these characters several years down the road.  Finally, Daniel Henning does a marvelous job as the narrator.  He does a fantastic job of bringing Klune's world and characters to life.

My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph.

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