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rose_griffes) wrote2022-01-05 09:01 pm
rose_griffes) wrote2022-01-05 09:01 pm
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new and repeat shows and re-reading books
I finished the documentary Val, which is on Amazon Prime. Actor Val Kilmer has kept video logs for decades; they pieced a lot of that footage together and he narrated it. Or rather, his son read most of the words in his place; Kilmer has been battling throat cancer and has a tracheotomy.
It was an interesting view of the movie industry as well as Kilmer's own life story, warts and all.
I finally finished season 1.5 of Lupin on Netflix. I've probably mentioned before that I don't have much sympathy for protracted heist stories; the characters are often so gray (just the nature of a story about people who steal for a living), and the villains so cartoonishly evil that I end up not caring for anyone. Which is why you cast someone like Omar Sy in the leading role, of course. He's charismatic enough to pull it off. Even so... yeah, it took me a while to get through the five episodes. Still: enjoyable enough to make it worthwhile.
My tastes don't usually include audiobooks but I did start listening to Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. She narrated her own memoir / essay collection, and it was compelling while also being infuriating. Most of the essays center around her struggles with mental illnesses, plural, and sometimes her own neuroses get so specific that it feels difficult to relate. It was, hm, instructive? I think? to get a more personal look at some less-explored mental illnesses.
As for book-books: I've been re-reading more of Lois McMaster Bujold's novels in the world of the five gods (often referred to as the Chalion stories, although Chalion is just one country in a larger world). I also re-read Erin Satie's Book of Love, which is still my favorite by her. (I read a two of her other novels recently, and eh... they were ok. Not really worth mentioning here, to be honest.)
Maybe later this month I can do more than just re-read old favorites. Although I am watching season two of The Witcher, so there's something novel. Just not, y'know, an actual novel. Heh.
It was an interesting view of the movie industry as well as Kilmer's own life story, warts and all.
I finally finished season 1.5 of Lupin on Netflix. I've probably mentioned before that I don't have much sympathy for protracted heist stories; the characters are often so gray (just the nature of a story about people who steal for a living), and the villains so cartoonishly evil that I end up not caring for anyone. Which is why you cast someone like Omar Sy in the leading role, of course. He's charismatic enough to pull it off. Even so... yeah, it took me a while to get through the five episodes. Still: enjoyable enough to make it worthwhile.
My tastes don't usually include audiobooks but I did start listening to Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. She narrated her own memoir / essay collection, and it was compelling while also being infuriating. Most of the essays center around her struggles with mental illnesses, plural, and sometimes her own neuroses get so specific that it feels difficult to relate. It was, hm, instructive? I think? to get a more personal look at some less-explored mental illnesses.
As for book-books: I've been re-reading more of Lois McMaster Bujold's novels in the world of the five gods (often referred to as the Chalion stories, although Chalion is just one country in a larger world). I also re-read Erin Satie's Book of Love, which is still my favorite by her. (I read a two of her other novels recently, and eh... they were ok. Not really worth mentioning here, to be honest.)
Maybe later this month I can do more than just re-read old favorites. Although I am watching season two of The Witcher, so there's something novel. Just not, y'know, an actual novel. Heh.