Reading, Watching, Playing
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a_cubedIt's been ages since I've posted so this probably isn't complete.
Reading:
After Al Reynolds' Eversion I read the new Revelation Space novel Inhibitor Phase which made me want to go back and re-read the main Revelation Space sequence. That was pretty mammoth. I needed something a bit lighter after that so more re-reading, this time Martha Wells MurderBot sequence. After re-watching the first two seasons of the BBC adaptation of His Dark Materials (third and final season due next month, hence the re-watch) I wanted to re-read the books, so I've read through His Dark Materials. I'm now most of the way through the prequel book (start of the prequel/sequel trilogy of which the first and second books have come out) La Belle Sauvage, and will be moving on to The Secret Commonwealth shortly. I wonder if they might consider adapting these as well, though maybe they'll just skip to The Secret Commonwealth. La Belle Sauvage has a lot of trippy stuff in it that might or might not make good TV.
Watching:
Finished my re-watch of 12 Monkeys. Re-watched The Dragon Prince seasons 1-3 with $DAUGHTER in preparation for season 4 coming out, which we are now in the middle of. Also started watching Sherlock (Moffat/Gatiss modern re-interpretation). She's reading simplified versions of the original stories as her English nightly reading to me and expressed interest. We may watch some of the Jeremy Brett version once we've finished the Cumberbatch one.
Lots of other watching including some older movie re-watches: Arsenic and Old Lace, and Charade, both classic Cary Grant movies. Watching Free Guy (almost finished) and it's a lot of fun. Some reminders of the Ready Player One movie, but quite fresh and with some nice funny moments.
Finished Sandman season 1 with $WIFE. Watching The Peripheral season 1 with $WIFE as it's coming out.
Playing:
Moved on to Little Nightmares 2 which I'm mostly finished with now. On the final section but stalled a bit.
Due to an illness last month (salmonella food poisoning) I'm off exercising at present so haven't been able to do RingFit Adventure. A bit of Pikmin 3. Some Human Fall Flat with $DAUGHTER.
Reading:
After Al Reynolds' Eversion I read the new Revelation Space novel Inhibitor Phase which made me want to go back and re-read the main Revelation Space sequence. That was pretty mammoth. I needed something a bit lighter after that so more re-reading, this time Martha Wells MurderBot sequence. After re-watching the first two seasons of the BBC adaptation of His Dark Materials (third and final season due next month, hence the re-watch) I wanted to re-read the books, so I've read through His Dark Materials. I'm now most of the way through the prequel book (start of the prequel/sequel trilogy of which the first and second books have come out) La Belle Sauvage, and will be moving on to The Secret Commonwealth shortly. I wonder if they might consider adapting these as well, though maybe they'll just skip to The Secret Commonwealth. La Belle Sauvage has a lot of trippy stuff in it that might or might not make good TV.
Watching:
Finished my re-watch of 12 Monkeys. Re-watched The Dragon Prince seasons 1-3 with $DAUGHTER in preparation for season 4 coming out, which we are now in the middle of. Also started watching Sherlock (Moffat/Gatiss modern re-interpretation). She's reading simplified versions of the original stories as her English nightly reading to me and expressed interest. We may watch some of the Jeremy Brett version once we've finished the Cumberbatch one.
Lots of other watching including some older movie re-watches: Arsenic and Old Lace, and Charade, both classic Cary Grant movies. Watching Free Guy (almost finished) and it's a lot of fun. Some reminders of the Ready Player One movie, but quite fresh and with some nice funny moments.
Finished Sandman season 1 with $WIFE. Watching The Peripheral season 1 with $WIFE as it's coming out.
Playing:
Moved on to Little Nightmares 2 which I'm mostly finished with now. On the final section but stalled a bit.
Due to an illness last month (salmonella food poisoning) I'm off exercising at present so haven't been able to do RingFit Adventure. A bit of Pikmin 3. Some Human Fall Flat with $DAUGHTER.
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Date: 2022-11-15 08:21 am (UTC)Charade is one of my favourite movies, and the tune that plays as they are on the Seine is one of my favourite movie tunes ever. I’ve never found sheet music for it, so wrote my own arrangement recently. Here’s a portion. It skips the opening intro and I’m still figuring out the ending - both runs of quavers. https://twitter.com/vivdunstan/status/1536355283425017856
I’m a fully paid up member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. Bit of a fan! Currently part way through a reread - very slow - of the original stories. And part way through rewatches of Jeremy Brett and Benedict Cumberbatch versions.