Thoughts: Dark Places, by Gillian Flynn

Posted on 31 May 2017 by Dove

This was the last book of Flynn’s three famous crime novels (so far) that I had to read. I read Gone Girl on the back of a recommendation from a friend, and inhaled Sharp Objects over the course of a day and a half when I found it in a hotel room on holiday. We got Dark Places at Frankfurt’s Sneak Preview weekly cinema event, and I got to add the last one to my elitist TBR. As usual, sorry to all my friends (and Spuggy especially) who’ve heard me rave and test out lines of review on them while I was reading it.

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Thoughts: Right Ho, Jeeves (and other stories), by P.G. Wodehouse

Posted on 30 May 2017 by Dove

So, it looks like I have a weird soft spot for fast-paced stories about ridiculously rich Englishmen with capable manservants – Lord Peter Wimsey was my gateway gentleman, and now Bertie Wooster is going to join him. Do I have to hand in my lefty card now?

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Sparrow Songs: Old and New Yorkshire

Posted on 28 May 2017 by Spuggy

A Yorkshire pudding for your Sunday

I came of age in the mid-2000s, in a musical era when guitars had to be described as “angular”, beats as “danceable”, accents as “provincial”, and NME promised that the nexy big thing was New Yorkshire. A lot of the hyped bands of the era never really came to much (remember the Pigeon Detectives? Reverend and the Makers? They were the future once) but there’s a lot to look fondly on there, unless it’s just the nostalgia. So this week, it’s songs from Yorkshire, new and not-so-new.

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Thoughts: The Flintstones, by Mark Russell and Steve Pugh, vol 1

Posted on 28 May 2017 by Dove

Borrowed from a friend out of insatiable curiosity. It’s the Flintstones, but not as we know it! Some spoilers abound, so if you want to pick this up at any point, I’d recommend just doing it.

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Thoughts: Giant Days, by John Allison (vols 1-4)

Posted on 27 May 2017 by Dove

Probably going to be a short one, but if you don’t want to read my inane thoughts, take only this away: Read Giant Days, it is lovely.

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Thoughts: Waiting For Godot, by Samuel Beckett

Posted on 24 May 2017 by Dove

Oh man. OH MAN.

I have not been looking forward to this. The thought of having to write my thoughts on this almost stopped me from picking it up in the first place.

But I was running low on funds in the ol’ Kindle account, and I wasn’t going to brave my commute without a book, so I grabbed the nearest treebook – which was Waiting For Godot, because we’d lent it to a friend and not got around to putting it back yet.

So, don’t expect anything.

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Sparrow Songs: Some Soul

Posted on 24 May 2017 by Spuggy
GIF of a show called 'The Soul Mass Transit System' from The Simpsons

All aboard

Let’s try something new. Every week (when I remember), I’m going to post a few songs here. Just whatever I’m listening to, really. Anyway, let’s get the ball rolling with a bit of soul.

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Thoughts: Kitty in the Underworld, by Carrie Vaughn

Posted on 20 May 2017 by Dove

I’m at peace with the fact that the last three of the Kitty Norville opinion pieces (I don’t think I’m knowledgeable, interesting or authoritative enough to say I “review” books particularly) are probably going to be me trying to analyse what isn’t quite working with me about this series. But that’s OK! You can’t win ’em all, and I enjoy analysing books and stories.

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Thoughts: Ancillary Mercy, by Ann Leckie

Posted on 18 May 2017 by Dove

Oh gosh, where to start? Ancillary Mercy is the last in the trilogy, and as such it was both exhilarating and painful. I worried that I wouldn’t have much to say on this one, as I’ve been so effusive in my thoughts on the last two, but Leckie wasn’t finished her exploring yet.

This time, we got to play with free will and sentience.

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Thoughts: Kitty Rocks The House, by Carrie Vaughn

Posted on 17 May 2017 by Dove

Well, it’s been a while since we were back in paranatural Denver. Not because I was avoiding it (though I understand if my last rant might have given that impression) but because when people lend me books they get bumped to the top of my TBR. And that’s why I’m up over 100 on my Goodreads TBR.

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