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Books I am currently reading:'Confessions of a Conjuror' - Derren Brown. I'm not very far through it, but so far it's part autobiography, part free association -- an intriguingly stream of consciousness collection of thoughts and observations on magic, life, art and Brown's own past. The observations are framed by a well-written, painstakingly ( Read more... )

We've been watching the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series from the start. We've just made it to 'The Final Problem', featuring Holmes's apparent death and the final appearance of Watson #1, whom I think I marginally prefer to Watson #2 for his eagerness and fantastically deadpan bemusement. I'm not sure what more I can say about Brett's merits ( Read more... )

( 1. The Subtle Knife / 2. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman )

Films 1 to 5 of 2009 (Defiance, Persepolis, Frost/Nixon, Valkyrie, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) are reviewed here.

Bookwise I've completed His Dark Materials but that's it so far. Reviews to follow.

More books, probably the last of the year.

( 19. The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell )

Further adventures in book reading.

( 15. Bad Science - Ben Goldacre )

My book-reading pace has picked up again since last time.

( 10. The Lady in the Lake - Raymond Chandler )

My wife asks me to put the following issue to the enlightened denizens of LiveJournal. Since I don't know any, I'm asking you lot.

For some time now (and specifically after seeing them on The Gadget Show) Janet has been considering getting an ebook reader ( Read more... )

I last did a books post waaay back in February. It's fair to say my pace has slowed a bit since then, but I'm still doing much better than last year.

( 5. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman )