MSO: The Planets @ Hamer Hall
Author: yggdrasille
A magical evening at the Arts Centre, where I finally got to experience one of my all-time favourite classical suites, Gustav Holst’s The Planets.
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton – (abandoned) Book Review
I very rarely abandon books, but after struggling through more than three hundred pages of this exquisitely written yet unengaging historical mystery, I thought it was fair to call it quits.
The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey – Book Review
Few books grabbed me as instantly as this post-apocalyptic thriller. It doesn’t quite live up to the promise of its striking opening and strays into over-familiar genre territory, but it remains a riveting read and, like all good science fiction, raises some intriguing moral conundrums.
Dune: Part Two – Film Review
Denis Villeneuve’s much anticipated follow-up to the 2021 Dune is an immense, intense and immersive sensory feast that begs to be seen on the largest screen possible.
Black Cat and Tomato Plant by Takahashi Hiroaki
Would cats ever get away with being destructive critters that they are, if they weren’t so damn cute? This woodblock print captures the careless curiosity that makes cat owners everywhere scream with frustration as their precious plants get wrecked.
New Music 03/2024 – Gina Birch, Lankum
Adventurous debut from godmother of feminist rock; a dark, atmospheric and intense take on traditional Irish folk that got me to learn a new genre, doom folk.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie – Book Review
I did it: after five and a half years, and eighty novels and short story collections, I’ve finished my Agatha Christie re-readathon with the Poirot mystery that started it all.
Top Ten Tuesday – Book Covers with Apples
I happened to be eating an apple (a nice and juicy Jazz apple to be exact) while thinking about this week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl, Covers/Titles with Things Found in Nature. A supermarket apple is hardly a product of nature, but hey there are wild apple trees as well!
Bob Marley: One Love – Film Review
An enjoyable if somewhat disjointed biopic of the Jamaican icon, elevated by the great performances and fantastic music.
Charlie the Cat at Six
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