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End of an era
Okay, I got a Dreamwidth account. Not yet deleting this journal however. I chose a new username, it felt appropriate with the whole starting anew thing. If you guys have DWs, feel free to comment here with their urls! -
2016 in books
Hello 2017! I have had a friend over for the whole of 2017 (haha) so all my 2016 lists and memes are late. But here is the one on books that I have been drafting since last year.
2016 Reading Stats
• Number Of Books You Read: 53
• Number of Re-Reads: None really
• Genre You Read The Most From: Scottish crime, football non-fiction
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52 Films by Women Directors
https://womeninfilm.org/52-films/
Here's a nice challenge I got from the Fuck Yeah Women Directors blog. I might attempt it on my own? Challenges like that are fun but when there isn't really that much of independent cinema in town and Netflix's selection on my shores is poorer than ( Read more... ) -
Cymru feel the noize
Last weekend I thought I'd listen Guy Garvey's radio show on BBC 6, but there was a banner for Radcliffe & Maconie featuring Manics. I had no idea they had written a song for Wales NT for the Euro games, but of course they had. And put everything and the kitchen sink in. The video's chock-full too, there's the band, archive material, the team, ( Read more... ) -
Third and last and always
The last 3 books I've read: The Room by Emma Donoghue, Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin, Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
The last 3 movies I saw: Kung fu Panda 3, Egde of Tomorrow, Eddie the Eagle
The last 3 TV-Shows I've watched: Peaky Blinders, Endeavour, late night news
My 3 latest crushes:
The last 3 things I bought: A flowery ( Read more... ) -
And another nicked from the 'Bot
1. 4 favourite tv programmes? (at the moment) Silicon Valley, Peaky Blinders, Endeavour, 30 Rock
2. 4 favourite films? Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Frances Ha, Reservoir Dogs, Star Trek IV: T The One With The Whales
3. 4 favourite recipes to cook? Not-actually-feta salad, minced meat tortillas, pizza, Weightwatchers cake that requires no baking just ( Read more... ) -
Book meme was here
2015 Reading Stats
• Number Of Books You Read: For some reason I kept separate lists of books and books about football (soccer, obviously) 43 books, 13 football books (includes essay collections, player biographies, poetic musings of the beautiful game)
• Number of Re-Reads: Moominvalley in November, Moominpappa and The Sea
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Some books
A short update re: this entry, I'll do the rest later
Looking Ahead to 2015/How that turned out
• 1 One Book You Didn’t Get To In 2014 But Will Be Your Number 1 Priority in 2015? More Fool Me by Stephen Fry wasn't as stellar as Moab and Chronicles. Read it, gave it away.
• 2 Book You Are Most Anticipating For 2015 (non-debut)? Well ( Read more... ) -
Once again, we steal questions from S-B
1. What was the last song you listened to? La Roux: Uptight Downtown
2. What is your favorite thing about the place you live? Easy to walk around, near water, many fleamarkets and other necessities in town, has an operating train station.
3. What is your earliest childhood memory? Sunlight, the building mother used to work in
4. Is ( Read more... )
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