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Key: (B) = book | (F) = film | (T) = television series | (P) = podcast series | (TH) = theater performance | (M) = musical performance | [R] = reread/rewatch/relisten | (Tk) = talk
This is a non-exhaustive list of things I’ve read, watched, seen or otherwise enjoyed.
Here are the lists for 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023; 2024; 2025.
- August
- 29
- Watched Minions & Monsters at the cinema F What more could you want?
- 26
- Watched Steel Magnolias on the TV T Because we had to
- June
- 16
- Finished watching A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder s01 on Netflix T Very sweet, and so many secrets behind the chocolate box cottage façades
- 10
- Finished watching Criminal Report s02 On AppleTV T Too near the knuckle?
- 01
- Finished watching Dark Skies s04 on Netflix T And they mostly lived happily ever after. Am I weird for wanting Irene’s back story?
- May
- 31
- Started reading Picky by Helen Zoe Veit B Fascinating history and diagnosis of “how American children became the fussiest eaters in history”.
- 29
- Finished reading Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer B What a wonderful, eye-opening, impressive treat.
- 25
- Start watching Dark Winds s04 on Netflix T Still plenty of weird woo-woo, and still good.
- 14
- Started watching Criminal Record s02 on Apple TV T Good cop bad cop?
- 12
- Finished watching Unchosen on Netflix T Bottom line: religious cults are bad.
- April
- 12
- Started reading Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer B Really enjoying it, so far.
- 9
- Started watching How to get to heaven from Belfast on Netflix T Not as wacky as Derry Girls, not as straightforward as Bad Sisters; so, excellent.
- 8
- Finished watching Dark Winds s03 on Netflix T Not their finest hour.
- March
- 31
- Started watching Dark Winds s03 on Netflix T Doesn't need the scary loud noises and jump cuts.
- Finished reading The 7th Function of Language by Laurent Binet and Sam Taylor B _Tour de force_ is inadequate.
- 25
- Started watching Unfamiliar on Netflix T Confusing, which is a good sign.
- 24
- Watched The Swedish Connection on Netflix F Very entertaining and good film, somewhat sentimental, but in a good way.
- 22
- Finished watching Night Agent s03 on Netflix T Those who needed to lived happily ever after, or at least until s04
- 11
- Finished reading Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes by Anthony Gottlieb B Wonderful biography of a man who must have been very difficult.
- 10
- Finished watching Lincoln Lawyer s03 on Netflix T We knew he would, and despite the mawkish touches, a good watch.
- February
- 17
- Finished re-reading The Return of the King B So much I had forgotten, though not the tedium of the appendices.
- 16
- Finished watching Dark Winds s02 on Netflix T Satisfying in a way few procedurals are these days. Fun time too, the 1970s.
- 09
- Started watching Dark Winds s02 on Netflix T Really enjoying the other worldliness of this.
- 01
- Finished watching The Night Manager s02 on Prime T Such a depressing ending.
- January
- 28
- Saw Marty Supreme in the cinema F Too much shouting at one another, but Chalamet is amazing, Paltrow extremely well-cast, and the ping pong convinced me.
- 25
- Watched The Rip on Netflix F Very twisty, but it all worked out in the end.
- 19
- Started watching Dark Winds s01 on Netflix T Good procedural and engaging characters.
- 18
- Started re-reading The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkein B Lots more action, which is nice.
- 16
- Started watching Tehran s03 on Apple TV T Topical!
- 13
- Started watching The Night Manager s02 on Prime T As good as ever, but I hope they don't stretch it out beyond this.
- 5
- Started re-reading The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time in 60 years RB Still engrossing after all these years.
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