Time Flies, Productivity Does Not - February 2017 Wrap Up
The title of this post is a bit of a misnomer. This really isn’t a monthly wrap up, instead if covers from mid January to the end of February. The last month has been insanely busy.
I was doing so well with this weekly wrap up thing, but then life got in the way. So instead of backdating a bunch of posts, I’ll cover everything in one, and then return to monthly posts next week.
Currently Watching: Supergirl – I finally got around to finishing the first season of Supergirl. By the beginning of the finale I realized just how invested I had become in the characters and the story. My favourite episode of the season by far was the crossover episode with the Flash. The episode was well paced, the dialogue was tight and the chemistry between all the characters was perfect. Extra points to Cat Grant for having the best lines of the show.
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – I knew next to nothing going into this Netflix original, other than it was based on a series of Douglas Adams books. Dirk Gently is weird to say the least and the less that you know about the show the more fun it will be for you. The first episode by far the weakest of the season. Once I was past that I was hooked. The show had everything I loved, a great sense of humour, fun characters and an off the wall plot that kept you guessing what was going to happen next. Try not to fall in love with Bart. Seriously, she was amazing and one of the best parts of the show.
Currently Reading: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher. Every February I find myself going through a celebrity memoir kick. Last year I read and really enjoyed Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking. With her recent passing I picked up a copy of The Princess Diarist. I love Fisher’s style, she’s poignant and hilarious and so distinctly herself. In The Princess Diarist she opens up about the process of filming Star Wars and her secret fling with Harrison Ford. Included in the book are transcripts of the diary that she kept while she was on set. If you’re a Carrie Fisher fan, or just love Star Wars then this book is required reading.
Finished Books: A Human Stain – Kelly Robson. Tor posts a lot of short stories and I never have enough time to get through all of them. Yet, the cover art for this one caught my eye. I thought it was going to be something zombie-related. But I was totally wrong.
…a British expatriate at loose ends who is hired by her friend to temporarily care for his young, orphaned nephew in a remote castle-like structure in Germany.
This story was deliciously creepy and stuck with me. It doesn’t fully explain itself, which really worked. You leave with more questions than when you arrived. It is definitely a story with serious reread-ability. I will totally be checking out the rest of Kelly Robson’s work.
The Gentleman by Forrest Leo. I came across this book on a table at a local bookstore. The story follows Lionel Savage a poet, who when he learns that he is broke marries a society woman for her money. Soon after their wedding, he realizes that since he didn’t marry for love he has lost his ability to write. He then accidentally sells his wife to Satan. Yes, that did escalate quickly. Realizing his mistake Lionel Savage, his butler and a few new friends set out to rescue Savage’s wife. The Gentleman reads like a cross between Monty Python and Oscar Wilde: wacky, witty with a little bit of the absurd. I’ll have a full review posted soon.
The Litany of Earth by Ruthanna Emrys. The Litany of Earth is a prequel of sorts to Emrys’s upcoming novel Winter Tide. After reading The Ballad of Black Tom and Carter and Lovecraft, I’ve developed a love for fiction that plays with the Lovecraftian Mythos. The Litany of Earth promises great things and I’m looking forward to picking up Winter Tide at the end of March.
Batman Vampire by Doug Moench, et al – What if Batman became more of a bat-man? In this elseworld tale, Batman finds himself up against ultimate vampire baddie Dracula. The only way for him to overcome the famous vampire? Become a vampire himself. This story was ridiculously overdramatic in all the best ways and is Batman at his angsty best. Spouting lines like:
It’s only the night now, only the dark side that holds any meaning
And making faces like this:
A face only a mother could love… too soon?
It’s totally worth the read. I enjoyed every over the top minute.
Currently Playing: Shadow of Mordor. Shadow of Mordor was the game that got me back into gaming. When it was originally released it completely ate my life. I fell in love with Talion and Celebrimbor and I found myself happily ignored the Tolkien Canon that I had spent the last decade of my life defending. I loved the game so much even though I could only play on my tiny 13″ Macbook Pro. Recently I decided to replay the game on a whim, this time on my PS4.
It was a well timed replay, with the sequel Shadow of War announced in the beginning of March.
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Time Flies, Productivity Does Not – February 2017 Wrap Up was originally published on Fiction Love
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