The Week in Womble aka Not Quite All At Sea
Helloooo!
Hope you’re well? Not a bad week here I have been successful in a new job secondment – linked closely to what I’ve been doing while Corona hit us and will be bit different too - I need a change and as current job market looks very uncertain a sideways move is not a bad way to stretch my toes out in the water. The diet is working and next week back to adding some more movement to the mix – last week had brilliant storms here but not something you want to be caught into.
What did I watch?
Two films to mention
The Lighthouse – sees two american lighthouse keepers learning to live in a 19th century lighthouse in the middle of st the storm. More a pressure cooker tale as William Defoe and Robert Pattinson create two characters who seem designed to wind the other up. More interesting than horror for me as you can clearly see where its going but the way the film uses limited sets and lighting to make an oppressive
e atmosphere means worth a look
The Personal History of David Copperfield – this was a hugely entertaining and well overdue look t how can we make 19th century novels work in a 21st century. Its lean, comedic and focused with some wonderful directions of characters narrating their stories to other characters with film of it being shot on the wall behind. That really captures the way Dickens loved to have stories within the stories but this time doesn’t bog down the narrative. The cast is using a variety of people of colour in key roles and in various social classes; in particular dev Patel really captures all the different faces of David Copperfield from from lost boy, social climber to lovesick fool. The casting works as it makes London look more alive and challenges the idea of Victorian London as a white only country. Huge fun and so glad I caught this.
Book-Tempting To The Max
A quick summary of books received last few weeks is here to tempt you
What have I been reading?
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
The ten – wonderful and nuanced look at many stories and the power of magic and fantasy to change us
Eden by Tim Lebbon - a very impressive 21st century take on our fear of the wild
Goldilocks by Laura Lam – a wonderful and powerful SF tale of our possible futures
What am I reading?
We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson – This new fantasy series I will be here for the blog tour on Thursday
From The Shadows by G R Halliday - a new crime series I will be talking about on Friday
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow – the last Subjective Chaos fantasy finalist
Firewalkers by Adrian Tchaikovsky – an SF novella from one of the best out there – count me in
The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2 edited by Peter Coleborn
And hopefully by next weekend getting into the SF category for Subjective Chaos
Have fun!!
