Mervyn Peake – Titus Alone
I planned to read Titus Alone, the third book of the Gormenghast trilogy, over Christmas 2016, having thoroughly enjoyed the second book earlier that year. Instead I read it a few weeks ago. Here’s what I thought about it…
Tag: Fantasy
Film Roundup from March 2020
Spirits in the Forest | Horse Girl | Night is Short, Walk on Girl | The Hustle | Dolemite Is My Name | Shaft | Knives Out | Christopher Robin | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Wild | Incredibles 2 | Aladdin
Gene Wolfe – Peace
Peace is an enigma. A puzzle to be cracked. Perhaps fittingly my copy appeared mysteriously to me a month or so ago, having sat forgotten on a low bookshelf for a year.
Six films for a rainy day
Some quick ramblings about: Wind River | Robin Hood | Mother! | The Dark Tower | Noah | You Were Never Really Here
7 films versus 1 rambler
Captain Marvel | Avengers: Endgame | The Greatest Showman | The Commuter | War Horse | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Hail, Caesar!
Holiday Books 2019
Bernard Cornwell – Sharpe’s Waterloo It’s been a long-standing habit of mine to read at least one Bernard Cornwell book
What I’ve been doing instead of writing
As procrastination goes, writing a rambling blog post about all the stuff you’ve been doing instead of writing your difficult
3 small films and a little rant about that petition (R-079)
Pet is the story of a lonely young man called Seth played by Dominic Monaghan (instantly recognisable as Merry from The
Some TV recommendations and that Star Wars teaser
Some TV recommendations from Netflix, Amazon, YouTube and the BBC, plus some fan-boy burblings about the trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
3 books and 5 movies including Creed II
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova is a long-winded tale about some historians poring over old manuscripts and letters to find
