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Books and shows
Dec. 29th, 2018 06:12 pmI just had a look at my Goodreads, realising I had not added Martha Wells' All Systems Red [just reread that in prep for reading the rest. I can really relate to Murderbot.] Not bad, that's 102 books for 2018. The five I have as current reading are my most recent library books, I figure if I have them already listed I'm less likely to forget to add them completely. They'll probably start off 2019. I'm on Goodreads as Alex Isle, my actual name (g) if anyone is curious.
I've only begun Handmaid's Tale, which was finally back in the library. As expected, it got very popular with the advent of the series so I had to wait awhile, but the style is driving me nuts. No " for dialogue and despite the subject, it's moving so slowly it's a great candidate for curing insomnia right now. The Tv series did show just how boring life as a Handmaid was, though; the part about not allowing them to read was physically painful. The Commander basically seduces Offred by giving her a magazine and letting her read it in his office.
Re TV shows (aka the offerings of Netflix and Prime Video) most recently I'm watching the third season of Travelers and also fifth season of Vikings, though haven't got really fannish about anything much at the moment, Those shows are watchable but my grief would be controllable if either of them got cancelled.( Possible spoilers for Supernatural season 12/13 )
Man in the High Castle, which was my reason for doing the free trial of Prime, is really good, in my opinion, and I think that has a fourth season coming up. I could get fannish about that one, I think. Must see what sort of fic is around the traps for that show. My fav character is played by Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa, who plays Nobusuke Tagomi, the Trade Minister of the Pacific States of America. He's possibly the most decent character on any of the sides and sincerely tries to work for peace. The Japanese have the west, the Germans the east and the middle is a Neutral Zone with Denver as its unofficial capital, which is about as comfortable for everybody as one might expect. Go Denver :-)
I've only begun Handmaid's Tale, which was finally back in the library. As expected, it got very popular with the advent of the series so I had to wait awhile, but the style is driving me nuts. No " for dialogue and despite the subject, it's moving so slowly it's a great candidate for curing insomnia right now. The Tv series did show just how boring life as a Handmaid was, though; the part about not allowing them to read was physically painful. The Commander basically seduces Offred by giving her a magazine and letting her read it in his office.
Re TV shows (aka the offerings of Netflix and Prime Video) most recently I'm watching the third season of Travelers and also fifth season of Vikings, though haven't got really fannish about anything much at the moment, Those shows are watchable but my grief would be controllable if either of them got cancelled.( Possible spoilers for Supernatural season 12/13 )
Man in the High Castle, which was my reason for doing the free trial of Prime, is really good, in my opinion, and I think that has a fourth season coming up. I could get fannish about that one, I think. Must see what sort of fic is around the traps for that show. My fav character is played by Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa, who plays Nobusuke Tagomi, the Trade Minister of the Pacific States of America. He's possibly the most decent character on any of the sides and sincerely tries to work for peace. The Japanese have the west, the Germans the east and the middle is a Neutral Zone with Denver as its unofficial capital, which is about as comfortable for everybody as one might expect. Go Denver :-)