Christmas Piggies

Laura and Sparky sent us another present!
Two Christmas piggies and a piggy card. The pig with the hat and scarf looks like he's a fun pig to hang out with. I will confess I have a bit of a crush on the other piggy.

Thanks, Laura and Sparky.
You are awesome!

Presents and a Christmas Tree

Yesterday there were two more early Christmas presents in my mail.
Laura and Sparky sent me The Fearless, and Melliane sent me House Immortal.

Thanks Laura, Sparky and Melliane!


We bought a Christmas tree yesterday.
It had netting around it. That doesn't look very Christmassy.


I decided the netting should be cut off the tree.


That looks more like it.


And lights and ornaments turned the tree into a real Christmas tree!


And I just have to show you our newest ornament.
Isn't it cool?!

A Beautiful Tarot and a Book

I haven't been doing much this past week, so nothing much to post about.

I did get some wonderful mail though!


I received this beautiful tarot deck from Laura and Sparky.


The artwork of this tarot is just wonderful, and there are lots of animals on the cards.


I really love this card with ravens on it.

Thanks Laura and Sparky.
You are awesome!



And I got a book and a lovely card from Beanie!
Beanie read the book and thought I might like it. I will confess I'm very curious about it.

Thanks Beanie.
You rock!

A Present from Sparky

Today there was a beautiful card and a present from Sparky and his owner Laura for us.


It turned out to be three small bottles with precious stones in them!


Aren't they beautiful??!
Next to a pretty blue one, there was a purple one, which is my owner's favorite color, and a green one, which is my favorite color. How cool!

Thanks Sparky and Laura!

A Gift from Sparky

I received a gift from my friend Sparky the salamander today.
He played around with the beading collection of his human, Laura, and made me a necklace with my picture on it! He almost glued his paws together when making it, but don't you think the result is awesome?!


Thanks Sparky!

Zombies and a Book

I'm still at home with a cold, but hope to be more active again soon.

I did receive awesome mail today though!

A Zombie Tarot!

This amazingly cool tarot deck was send to me and my owner as a (late) birthday present by Laura and Sparky. They know just what I like!

Thanks Laura and Sparky. We're very happy with this tarot and will consult it regularly to see what those zombies have in store for us.

I also received a book today.
A Luring Murder by Stacy Verdick Case is a fun murder mystery which I reviewed at my other blog when it released as an ebook. Stacy was kind enough to send me the print version now that it's released. If you haven't read any of Stacy's books yet, I can advice that you give them a try. They're really fun in my opinion.

Oh, look!
They printed a bit of my review of Stacy's first book in the back of A Luring Murder. How cool!

Thanks Stacy!

Christmas Gifts

We got a big box of Christmas goodies at work on Friday.

Oh, chocolate!

And a really cool soup bowl.

Just look at all the cool and tasty stuff that was in the box!

And look what was in the mail:
Laura & Sparky send us a Christmas present:
A piggy ornament!
Isn't it gorgeous?!

Thanks Laura & Sparky!

Lots of Books

My owner's OtherHalf had to travel to Amsterdam for an expo and because we couldn't come with him he bought us a bookish present. Shiver is about werewolves and I've heard many good things about it, so I'm looking forward to reading it.

Today a huge package was delivered.
I tried to see who it was from, but I couldn't figure it out. Time to open it.

There was a bag inside that was from the RT Booklovers Convention. Hmmm... I was starting to suspect who the sender of this package could be.

Look at all the goodies that were inside the bag!
Lots of books, trading cards and other fun stuff!

And the little piggy confirmed my suspicions!
This amazing package was send to me by my friends Laura and Sparky. They collected all these goodies for me at the convention.

Laura and Sparky:
Thanks! You are awesome. *hugs*

Piggy Mail

First of all a Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving today!

Now on to the really awesome mail I got today!

There was a package that contained a card and a mysterious box.

And look what was in the box!
A really beautiful glass piggy with wings. It was send to me by my good friend Sparky and his human, Laura.

Isn't it amazing!?

Thank you Sparky and Laura.
You're the best!

A Special City Walk

A while ago I told you I took pictures for a secret project.

Today I can tell you what that was all about!
I have a special guest over at my review blog today: Sparky Salamander.
Sparky is the sidekick of Anya in the books Embers & Sparks by Laura Bickle, but in his daily life he helps out Laura with her writing among other things.

Sparky is telling all about one of his adventures and there's also a giveaway. In honor of his visit I decided to do a special post on this blog today. I took my well read copy of Embers into town and took pictures of me and the book at some of the places I would love to show Sparky and Laura if they ever visit Groningen.

First of all I'd show them the Martini Tower of course!

And the Martini Church.

And I'd show Sparky the dragon next to the Martini Tower.



Next I'd take Sparky and Laura to the local book store where they have Dark Oracle, a book that Laura also wrote, but under her pen name Alayna Williams.
(I didn't take out my copy of Embers in the store, in case they would try to put it on the shelves to sell it.)

I know Laura loves to play card & board games. so I would also take them to see the local games store.

The A-Church is a must see building as well.

And finally on our way home for some hot chocolate and home made cake: the New Church.


Don't forget to go run over to the review blog to see Sparky's adventures and to enter the giveaway!

A New Friend with a Special Skill

When I got home from work today there was a female pig waiting for me, with a small pack of tarot cards, a mysterious box and a beautiful card.

The female pig told me she was called Diamond and she showed me what was inside the mysterious box: Cadbury Creme Eggs. Yum! Diamond (and the other cool stuff) was send to us as a surprise by our friends Laura and Sparky.

Diamond also showed me the tiny tarot deck. She told me she can read tarot for people and when she does you should call her Madame Diamond as pigs who can read tarot are very rare so should be be called by an official title when they do so.



Madame Diamond then read my cards for me.
There were a lot of Sword cards and I wasn't sure if that was a good sign, but Madame Diamond told me I had nothing to worry about.

Thanks Laura and Sparky!
Diamond will fit right in here.

Star Trek Mail?

Today there was a package for me and my owner from my friend Sparky and his human Laura. There was a box inside with a Star Trek ship on it. Hmmm, now I do love Star Trek Voyager as I'm a fan of the doctor in that series, but I don't think I ever told Sparky.

When we opened the box it turned out it had chocolate inside!

And the newest book that Sparky's human has written!
She writes both under the name of Laura Bickle and Alayna Williams. Rogue Oracle is the second book of her Oracle series and the first book, Dark Oracle, was one of our favourite reads from last year. You can expect a review of this book real soon at my other blog!

They also send us a beautiful card. All in all a great package and much better than a Star Trek ship in my opinion!

Thanks Sparky and Laura!
We're very happy with this lovely present and we're happy to have you both as friends.