I’ve got three book reviews to post, and they’re all too long to do on my phone.
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My daily routine, or lack thereof
This month I’ve only worked weekends, there being no overtime available, and when I haven’t been at work I’ve had things on. Now I’ve got nothing planned until October, and no overtime coming up. The result? Sleeping too much, eating too much and boredom.
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10 Historical Ladies Who Deserve Their Own Movie
Interesting post I found while going through blogs I follow earlier today. There’s some truly cool historical ladies who need to be better appreciated.
It’s no secret that most Hollywood productions are about men and their stories, and the same goes for historical films. While there have been a handful of famous (and awesome) ladies from history that have dominated the screen, such as Queen Elizabeth I, Cleopatra, and Marie Antoinette, there are plenty of others just as deserving. Historical biopics are always in season (and usually end up on the Oscar-radar) and here I give you ten ladies who I think deserve their own adaption.
1. Tamar of Georgia
Tamar was a Queen of Georgia in the early 13th century and was called the “King of Kings and Queen of Queens”. Her reign is known for making the kingdom politically, economically, and culturally strong. Tamar is a lesser-known Queen who deserves some exposure to Western audiences. Her life of being badass would make a great film.
Previous Films: None
Who Should Play Her: Olga Kurylenko…
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‘The Professor’ by Charlotte Bronte
Whilst on my holidays in Yorkshire I took a trip to Wetherby. In Wetherby they have The Discount Bookstore, which sells books at a heavily discounted price, up to 80% off apparently.
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Reviews coming up in the next few weeks
There’s a list, and I’ll be working ky way through it in the next couple of weeks, now I’ve done my civic duty.
Review: ‘Broken Homes’ by Ben Aaronovitch
2013
Gollancz
Book 4 of the ‘Peter Grant Series’
Peter, Lesley and their boss Thomas Nightingale (and Toby the dog) are back, continuing their search for the Faceless Man, while still dealing with all the weird stuff the rest of the Met would rather not admit existed. After several murders and the Spring Court, they track the Faceless Man and his organisation to a housing estate at Elephant and Castle.
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It’s been a while since any bands on Twitter followed me…
But recently I had two do so. Both are broadly hard rock/metal, but they are nonetheless very different bands.
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Review: ‘Tethers Book One of the Tethers Trilogy’ by Jack Croxall
5th February 2013
Karl and Esther live in a small village in Lincolnshire in the nineteenth century. Karl is the son of a German architect, dead for many years, and is brought up by his mother and aunt. Esther’s family runs the village pub. They are best friends. By sheer accident (and Karl’s inability to listen to his mother’s warning) they get drawn into the machinations of a secret organisation trying to find an artefact which will allow them to see the future. Travelling by yacht and narrow boat they make it to Nottingham and help interrupt the conspirator’s plans, gaining, and losing, several new friends along the way.
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Finally: Outta Line
This is the band that all the drunk teenagers appear to have come to see. They were here last year apparently. I must have missed them.
They’re not half bad, tackling The Beatles and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. And plenty of Green Day.Still waiting for some original stuff though; it’s another covers band, albeit a lot younger than the previous two.
It’s still disturbing that there’s kids here who weren’t born when I first heard these songs and they’re singing along so happily.
While they are really good at the songs they’re covering, I wonder just how far they could go with original material; they certainly have the talent. I had videos of them, but something went wrong and I can’t find them on my phone to transfer. It’s most irritating because I played them back earlier to check they were okay and the quality was actually quite good.
In all I enjoyed my evening, especially spending time with my sister and niece. The bands were not bad, for a free festival. I was soaked, because it began raining again, hungry and cold. I also really needed my bed. But I saw it out.
The evening finished with spirited rendition of ‘Highway to Hell’. And shouts for more; unfortunately the organisers didn’t agree.
Bye
Rose
Bob Jovi and Bond themes
This was the next band that came on, there name is, er, I don’t know, they haven’t said. But the keyboardist is one of the RMQA’s at my day job.
It took them some time to warm up and they had some technical problems with the drums, but once they hit their stride they were enjoyable to listen to. Even if they are bit ‘pop’ for me.
It’s started raining.
Rose
[I freezing, and soaked, but it’s stopped raining!]
Everything Is Better With Dragons 