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Monday Miscellanea, 1/16/23

(I’m again experimenting with a more miscellaneous Monday post, moving my reading notes to later in the week.) What Happened Last Week? After a pretty solid Week 1 of 2023, I fell victim to a new Minecraft server in the Nabity household. I was going to add a picture of our current base, but I […]

Cinema Saturday, 1/14/23

Possession Year: 1981Runtime: 2h 4m Rated: R Director: Andrzej Zulawski Writers: Andrzej Zulawski, Frederic Tuten Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen Double Feature Fodder: Marriage Story (2019) Initial: A cult favorite. What Did I Think:Not all of us are cut out to be in the cult. Possession definitely has some very good moments, ones […]

Monday Miscellanea, 1/9/23

Read & Reading DNF: Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century by Dana Stevens – I don’t often give up on non-fiction books, especially ones about a subject I know I’m interested in. Unfortunately, I really wasn’t getting along with the structure of Camera Man. It’s very […]

Yuletide Check-In #3

All the Details: Yuletide Spirit I never got around to reading a second Christmas-y novel and kinda failed by book challenge level. 😬 But! I read a few more short stories: “The Wish” by Ray Bradbury – A bittersweet tale with a dash of scary. Typical Bradbury. One of my best friends from college passed […]

Monday Miscellanea, 1/2/23

Read & Reading Currently Reading After DNF-ing my Classics Club Spin book (Northanger Abbey), I thought it was only fair to pick another book from the list. To maintain a random aspect, I had Eric roll a d20. He rolled a 4; now I’m reading The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe. I think the […]

Cinema Saturday, 12/31/22

In this post: The Invitation Year: 2022Runtime: 1h 45mRated: PG-13 Director: Jessica M. Thompson Writers: Blair Butler Stars: Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty, Sean Pertwee What to Watch Instead:The Invitation (2015) Initial: I hadn’t seen the trailer and knew very little about this movie other than it was top of the movie charts when it came […]

Classics Club Spin #32 – Northanger Abbey

So, there is this novel called The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It’s written by Mark Haddon, came out in 2003, and was quite popular. While the author says he didn’t write that main character as particularly being on the autism spectrum, Christopher is read that way by most readers. My biggest […]

Monday Miscellanea, 12/26/22

Read & Reading Currently Reading Northanger Abbey by Jane AustenFrom my Classics Club list. At the 30%-ish mark, this book feels like high school to me. Catherine Moreland has been dropped into “society” in Bath. Everyone is just slightly awful and Catherine doesn’t really see it. I hope there is more to this story; as […]

Cinema Saturday, 12/24/22

In this post: Hush Year: 2016Runtime: 1h 22mRated: R Director: Mike Flanagan Writers: Mike Flanagan, Kate Siegel Stars: Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr., Samantha Sloyan, Emma Graves, Michael Trucco Double Feature Fodder: You’re Next (2011) Initial: Catching up on Mike Flanagan things that I haven’t watched before. Production Notes: Kate Siegel’s character is author Madison […]

Yuletide 2022, Check-In #2

Mistletoe The Christmas Wish by Lindsey KelkI started following Lindsey Kelk on Twitter a while ago because she seemed lovely. It turns out that she had a book coming out this winter and it was perfect for Yuletide Challenge. Honestly, I haven’t has so much fun reading a book in a while. To be reductive, […]