March in Review
Books Acquired:
N/A
Books Read:
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Faith Hicks, Brooke A. Allen
Oh hey, I have a blog! Nearly forgot! I didn’t finish a lot of books in March, but I did finally read Anne Frank’s diary. It was one of those books that others read in high school that I always felt like I’d missed. I’ll write a longer post on it, but I really enjoyed it. I went the audiobook route, which worked really well.
March was a busy work month, but there was also a bit of unnaturally good weather for this time of year. I think the motorcycle gods were looking down on us.
Movies watched:
Annihilation (2018) – Loved the book, and this was a decent take on it. A lot of interesting stuff from the books were cut, which obviously had to be done, but as a result, it really didn’t hit the creepy highs of the original story. Still good fun, though, and well-shot.
Schindler’s List (1993) – I’ve been meaning to watch this for ages and just never made time for what I thought was essentially going to be a three-and-a-half hour reconstruction of an Auschwitz documentary, an important but not really enjoyable experience. I finally sat down and watched it, and while it is obviously a painful story with a horrific backdrop, it’s also incredibly gripping and moving. A great film. I really loved so much about it.
Christopher Robin (2018) – This was good, but I feel like I didn’t really connect with it very well. It felt a bit clumsy, like there were disagreements on what age group they were targeting. I still enjoyed the, somewhat dark at times, nostalgia trip.
TV watched:
The Big Family Cooking Showdown: Season 2 (2018) – I watch all cookery programs that end up on Netflix. This was pretty good. I like that there’s no real drama, just families that get along with each other trying to cook a meal under pressure. They do a good job of choosing very (for the most part) watchable families.
Chef’s Table: Volume 6 (2019) – This was one of my favourite volumes of Chef’s Table so far. All of the stories were great. I particularly enjoyed Asma Khan’s episode, with her trying to overcome and abolish the stigma of being a second daughter in India. They were all great, though.
Queer Eye: Season 3 (2019) – My main complaint with the last two seasons was that it felt like they were aiming for tears, to the point where it was starting to feel a bit emotionally manipulative almost. This season felt much more natural. Lee-Ann is still reeling from his comment on capri pants, though.
Games played:
Trials Rising (PS4)(2019) – I’m having a lot of fun with this still, although I’ve slowed way down. I’ve hit that grind I’ve been hearing so much about. It’s a shame, really, because I really enjoy the Extreme difficulty tracks in these games, but I’m not entirely sure I’m going to get to see them in this version.
The Division 2 (PS4)(2019) – I’m probably about halfway through the main story content in this now, and I’m really enjoying it. If they had bothered to come up with any story whatsoever or hire a writer for the dialogue, I’d be in love with this. As it stands, I’m just enjoying shooting people and finding shiny new guns, which has been enough for now.
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4 Comments
Jane
I agree with you about Schindler’s List, harrowing but gripping – evidently the little girl in the red coat is real and has her own story told in a book, although I can’t remember who by.
Rob
Oh wow, I didn’t know that. I’ll have to keep an eye out for that.
Andrew G Lockhart
I avoided Schindler’s List for much the same reasons but since have enjoyed it twice on DVD.
Rob
I think I’ll likely re-watch it again soon as well.