Katherine Nabity's Blog, page 45
June 17, 2022
Infinite TBW, 6/17/22
Welcome to Infinite To-Be-Watched (TBW)! I recently set up a spreadsheet with a randomizer and all the movies I want to watch. I’ve made a pact with myself to watch whatever movie is chosen (if I have the ability to do so). The Card Counter Year: 2021Runtime: 1h 51mRated: R Director: Paul Schrader Writer: Paul […]
June 14, 2022
#20BooksOfSummer22 ~ Psychic Blues
Psychic Blues: Confessions of a Conflicted Medium by Mark Edward I enjoy reading books by authors who obviously love the subject they’re writing about. Their enthusiasm comes through and makes the stories they tell compelling, even if it’s a topic I’m not that interested in. This is not one of those books. Mark Edward dislikes […]
June 13, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 6/13/22
Reading Notes I finished both Magic in Theory and Psychic Blues last week. I already posted about the former and will have a few things to say about the latter later in the week. Possibly tomorrow. I’m also a little way into Hiding the Elephant. I needed an antidote to the nonsense of Psychic Blues. […]
June 11, 2022
#20BooksOfSummer22 ~ Magic in Theory
Magic in Theory by Peter Lamont & Richard Wiseman The full title of this book Magic in Theory: An Introduction to the Theoretical and Psychological Elements of Conjuring. The name is almost as long as the book, but it’s pretty crunchy nonfiction. This is probably the third time I’ve read it straight through and have […]
June 8, 2022
#20BooksOfSummer22 ~ On Stranger Tides
On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers Channeling past summer blockbuster fun, I decided that I’d kick off 20 Books of Summer with Caribbean adventure and undead pirates: On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers. Yes, the book was loose inspiration for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film. I haven’t seen the movie. I jumped ship […]
June 7, 2022
Infinite TBW: Two by Refn
Welcome to Infinite To-Be-Watched (TBW)! I recently set up a spreadsheet with a randomizer and all the movies I want to watch. I’ve made a pact with myself to watch whatever movie is chosen (if I have the ability to do so). As coincidence would have it, two Nicolas Winding Refn movies were chosen in […]
June 6, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 6/6/22
Reading Notes I’m a week into 20 Books of Summer and it’s going pretty well. I finished On Stranger Tides and will have a post about that in a few days. I traded out some of my initial summer book list because I want to (re)read a few magic books. My next two books will […]
June 2, 2022
Reading Notes, 6/2/22
Read In Cold Blood by Truman Capote In Cold Blood has been on my TBR list for a good long while. I’m pretty sure the copy I have is from Paperback Swap, and it’s been ages since I’ve used them. For a time I contemplated writing a true crime book myself, so it seemed incongruous […]
May 30, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 5/30/22
20 Books of Summer I’m kicking off 20 Books of Summer today, instead of Wednesday (June 1st). I’m a Monday-to-Sunday kind of person *and* I just finished In Cold Blood last night, so it makes sense to me to start today and set my end date as Sunday, August 28th. Besides, we’ve already had nine […]
May 28, 2022
Cinema Saturday, 5/28/22
War on Everyone Year: 2016Runtime: 1h 38mRated: R Director: John Michael McDonagh Writer: John Michael McDonagh Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Peña, Theo James, Tessa Thompson Double Feature Fodder:Snatch (2000) Initial: Recommendation from my husband. Production Notes: Irish writer/director, John Michael McDonagh, set and shot this film in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It features the music of […]
