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1.What shows you watching these days?
This autumn I have watched/still watch;
Doctor Who I really like Thirteen, and I like the new companions too, but somehow I find this season a bit- lackluster. I don’t hate anything, but I don’t particularly love anything either.
The Good Life I like this show more and more. The idea is original and clever, and I like the actors. Even, surprisingly, Red Danson who I never cared for before.
Brooklyn-Nine-Nine I know, I know, this show have been around forever, but I haven’t watched it before. It shouldn’t be something I like, but I love it, much to my surprise.
Charmed I’m a bit unsure about this reboot, but so far I haven’t stopped watching. I’m very meh about all the love interests though- I only like the police girlfriend, and now she seems to be gone. *mutters*
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina I enjoyed it a lot, and it was vuísually stunning, but it felt a bit wobbly at times. I definitely think it has potential. I can get why not everyone cares for it.
The Man In the High Castle I liked this season better than the second, but it was also very obvious it already knew there is a fourth season cleared. It also managed to give me two really awful nightmares featuring Rufus Sewell's John Smith. Which says something of how scary I found that character, and how well Sewell plays him.
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair Beautifully filmed and well-acted, but also hiuínged on a few things which I found extremely unlikely. Like an author writing about a real crime NOT checking up the background on one of the major characters? Wouldn’t happen. But I enjoyed it while I watched.
The kid and I are taking a break from Supernatural (we’ve finished season 4) and are watching Penny Dreadful. I enjoy the re-watch and he enjoys getting to know the show. He may look like his father, but he sure is his mother’s son when it comes to interests and taste. I’m also curious about the spin-off set in the 1930’s. It can go both ways. And I hope we get to have some of the characters from the original. Several of them are immortal, after all.
2. Are you still into fandom things? (Creating or consuming fanfic, fanvids, etc.)
Yes. I write fanfic continuously, if not very quickly. I think I’m coming down from the Versailles-high I have been on, and no new super exciting fandoms in sight. But that’s ok; I’ve always been much more of a multi-fandom type anyway, and I certainly don’t lack ideas.
3. Even if you're not doing fandom, what are your ships these days?
Still not a big shipper, even if I enjoy some ships from time to time. The biggest must be Fabien Marchal/Sophie de Clermont in Versailles, at least I have certainly written most fics about them than any other pair in the last years.
4. Instagram?
Nope.
5. Any major life things happening in the past couple of years?
Not when it comes to my personal personal life, no.
7. GIF ME.
Always true:
8. What are you reading these days?
The last two weeks I have read:
Genevieve Cogman The Mortal Word, The Invisible Library-series. I like the heroine, and I like the idea of dragons and fairies representing order and chaos. Especially how fairies get stuck in their archetype and the more powerful they get, the more stuck in a certain pattern of behaviour they get. I don’t much care for Kai, but then super handsome nearly perfect love interest usually bore me. I prefer Vale or Silver. Or why not all three? But I doubt the author will go there, however much she flirts with the idea. I enjoyed this installment, but, just as with the book below, ongoing series like this ha a tendency to dole out information in small and teasing bits, which can be a bit annoying.
Ben Aaronovitch Lies Sleeping, The River of London-series. I enjoyed it. The plot was a version of waking up the sleeping King Arthur, only with a twist. We also finally see the end of a character I never cared much for, and some more background on Molly, though not nearly enough.
Agatha Christie Bertrams’ Hotel. Absolutely not a good Christie; the murder is so uninteresting I never remember who is the victim and who is the murderer- and I usually remember stuff like that. I re-read it simply for the lavish and loving description of Bertram’s Hotel with its hankering to bygone days and butter laden muffins. And as always with Christie, if she spends time describing a place, or someone's clothes, you can be pretty certain it has something to do with the solution to the mystery.
Agatha Christie 4.50 From Paddington. Written in the late 50s it sort of fall between the bad late ones; the plot is coherent, and the repeats minimal, but even if the premises are good, it’s basically solved by Miss Marple knowing everything, and not much real detecting. It’s still one of my favourites because I really like Lucy Eylesbarrow as a character. I think she pairs well with Miss Marple and I would have enjoyed more novels with them solving crimes together. As usual, descriptions are kept to a minimum. It’s not that Christie can’t describe things; when she does it, she does it very well, but more that she choose not to until it’s important. It’s an economical way of writing, and as she wrote almost one book every year for several decades, she probably had to be economical. In this book, for example, we are not told anything about Lucy’s looks, apart from the fact that she is attractive, but we are told she is intelligent, energetic and a good cook. We are even told several times exactly what she is cooking. Which, of course, important for the plot.
Lois McMaster Bujold Captain Vorpatril's Allegiance Another re-read, because charming Ivan was exactly what I needed when I coughed my brains out last week. One of the later installments of the Vorkosigan Saga this book focuses on Miles cousin Ivan, who isn’t, really, as idiotic as he seems in the earlier books.
9. Show me a picture!
Marion Morehouse in Chanel 1924. Because I’m going to a 1920s party on Twelfth Night and I need to sew a new dress. After I finished the cat bonnets for nephew and ex-niece. Only I want to sew party frock much more than struggle with fake fur. On the plus side, the bonnets are nearly done.
10. What's your current anthem? (Or band/singer, whatever.)
Well, I have basically has this stuck in my head for the last two years:
Apart from that, I’m pretty stuck on Nina Simone, Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello, and Fish right now. And Loreena McKennitt who I only recently found.
11. What's the last movie you watched (that's worth talking about)?
I don’t watch many new movies these days. The last was The Death of Stalin which I enjoyed a lot. I didn’t think it was possible to make a movie like that funny, but it was, despite not shirking from the many horrible things which happened in Stalin’s Soviet. Plus it had Jason Isaacs chewing the scenery with glee, and looking very handsome while doing it.
liadt1.What shows you watching these days?
This autumn I have watched/still watch;
Doctor Who I really like Thirteen, and I like the new companions too, but somehow I find this season a bit- lackluster. I don’t hate anything, but I don’t particularly love anything either.
The Good Life I like this show more and more. The idea is original and clever, and I like the actors. Even, surprisingly, Red Danson who I never cared for before.
Brooklyn-Nine-Nine I know, I know, this show have been around forever, but I haven’t watched it before. It shouldn’t be something I like, but I love it, much to my surprise.
Charmed I’m a bit unsure about this reboot, but so far I haven’t stopped watching. I’m very meh about all the love interests though- I only like the police girlfriend, and now she seems to be gone. *mutters*
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina I enjoyed it a lot, and it was vuísually stunning, but it felt a bit wobbly at times. I definitely think it has potential. I can get why not everyone cares for it.
The Man In the High Castle I liked this season better than the second, but it was also very obvious it already knew there is a fourth season cleared. It also managed to give me two really awful nightmares featuring Rufus Sewell's John Smith. Which says something of how scary I found that character, and how well Sewell plays him.
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair Beautifully filmed and well-acted, but also hiuínged on a few things which I found extremely unlikely. Like an author writing about a real crime NOT checking up the background on one of the major characters? Wouldn’t happen. But I enjoyed it while I watched.
The kid and I are taking a break from Supernatural (we’ve finished season 4) and are watching Penny Dreadful. I enjoy the re-watch and he enjoys getting to know the show. He may look like his father, but he sure is his mother’s son when it comes to interests and taste. I’m also curious about the spin-off set in the 1930’s. It can go both ways. And I hope we get to have some of the characters from the original. Several of them are immortal, after all.
2. Are you still into fandom things? (Creating or consuming fanfic, fanvids, etc.)
Yes. I write fanfic continuously, if not very quickly. I think I’m coming down from the Versailles-high I have been on, and no new super exciting fandoms in sight. But that’s ok; I’ve always been much more of a multi-fandom type anyway, and I certainly don’t lack ideas.
3. Even if you're not doing fandom, what are your ships these days?
Still not a big shipper, even if I enjoy some ships from time to time. The biggest must be Fabien Marchal/Sophie de Clermont in Versailles, at least I have certainly written most fics about them than any other pair in the last years.
4. Instagram?
Nope.
5. Any major life things happening in the past couple of years?
Not when it comes to my personal personal life, no.
7. GIF ME.
Always true:
8. What are you reading these days?
The last two weeks I have read:
Genevieve Cogman The Mortal Word, The Invisible Library-series. I like the heroine, and I like the idea of dragons and fairies representing order and chaos. Especially how fairies get stuck in their archetype and the more powerful they get, the more stuck in a certain pattern of behaviour they get. I don’t much care for Kai, but then super handsome nearly perfect love interest usually bore me. I prefer Vale or Silver. Or why not all three? But I doubt the author will go there, however much she flirts with the idea. I enjoyed this installment, but, just as with the book below, ongoing series like this ha a tendency to dole out information in small and teasing bits, which can be a bit annoying.
Ben Aaronovitch Lies Sleeping, The River of London-series. I enjoyed it. The plot was a version of waking up the sleeping King Arthur, only with a twist. We also finally see the end of a character I never cared much for, and some more background on Molly, though not nearly enough.
Agatha Christie Bertrams’ Hotel. Absolutely not a good Christie; the murder is so uninteresting I never remember who is the victim and who is the murderer- and I usually remember stuff like that. I re-read it simply for the lavish and loving description of Bertram’s Hotel with its hankering to bygone days and butter laden muffins. And as always with Christie, if she spends time describing a place, or someone's clothes, you can be pretty certain it has something to do with the solution to the mystery.
Agatha Christie 4.50 From Paddington. Written in the late 50s it sort of fall between the bad late ones; the plot is coherent, and the repeats minimal, but even if the premises are good, it’s basically solved by Miss Marple knowing everything, and not much real detecting. It’s still one of my favourites because I really like Lucy Eylesbarrow as a character. I think she pairs well with Miss Marple and I would have enjoyed more novels with them solving crimes together. As usual, descriptions are kept to a minimum. It’s not that Christie can’t describe things; when she does it, she does it very well, but more that she choose not to until it’s important. It’s an economical way of writing, and as she wrote almost one book every year for several decades, she probably had to be economical. In this book, for example, we are not told anything about Lucy’s looks, apart from the fact that she is attractive, but we are told she is intelligent, energetic and a good cook. We are even told several times exactly what she is cooking. Which, of course, important for the plot.
Lois McMaster Bujold Captain Vorpatril's Allegiance Another re-read, because charming Ivan was exactly what I needed when I coughed my brains out last week. One of the later installments of the Vorkosigan Saga this book focuses on Miles cousin Ivan, who isn’t, really, as idiotic as he seems in the earlier books.
9. Show me a picture!
Marion Morehouse in Chanel 1924. Because I’m going to a 1920s party on Twelfth Night and I need to sew a new dress. After I finished the cat bonnets for nephew and ex-niece. Only I want to sew party frock much more than struggle with fake fur. On the plus side, the bonnets are nearly done.
10. What's your current anthem? (Or band/singer, whatever.)
Well, I have basically has this stuck in my head for the last two years:
Apart from that, I’m pretty stuck on Nina Simone, Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello, and Fish right now. And Loreena McKennitt who I only recently found.
11. What's the last movie you watched (that's worth talking about)?
I don’t watch many new movies these days. The last was The Death of Stalin which I enjoyed a lot. I didn’t think it was possible to make a movie like that funny, but it was, despite not shirking from the many horrible things which happened in Stalin’s Soviet. Plus it had Jason Isaacs chewing the scenery with glee, and looking very handsome while doing it.
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Date: 2018-12-05 04:45 pm (UTC)