This was a very good movie with a lot of relevance for current events and politics.  And of all the excellent supporting work, I enjoyed seeing Mr. Show working in the same newsroom.  And yes Streep is great.  On the other hand though, the only way the movie could have been less subtle in pushing Streep/Kay Graham as the Saint of Journalism &  ( Read more... )

the Crown s.2:  Although the final episode of the season is a bit muddled and weaker-overall, still a lot of greatness covering mostly the 60s era of Queen Elizabeth.  Claire Foy still manages to convey an amazing range in simple silent sequences or with an arched eyebrow.  She will be especially missed as they change casts for the next season.
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January:
Short Fiction: Seanan McGuire's Snake in the Glass, Ursula Vernon's Razorback and Jim C. Hines' Chupacabra's Song

New Reads:
Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Stairs
Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast
(editors) John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey's the End Has Come:  Third in a triptych of apocalypse-themed short fiction anthologies.  The last ( Read more... )

Just getting this under the wire.  Starting off June with Mur Lafferty's the Shambling Guide to New York City.  Which is about writing tour books for the supernatural community.  Some nice twists on the usual modern paranormal tropes...

From one of my various Kickstarter rewards I got Harry Connelly's  King Khan.  Which is a pulp adventure story ( Read more... )

Started off the month with In Fire Forged the newest Honor-verse anthology edited by David Weber. Only three stories in this one, by Jane Lindskold, Timothy Zahn and Weber. Both Zahn and Lindskold mesh their styles well to compliment Weber's setting ( Read more... )

Opened up the month with still more David Weber. This time the 2nd through 5th books of his "Safehold" series, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed, a Mighty Fortress and How Firm a Foundation. Thats the one where the remnants of humanity escape a genocidal alien race to a secret colony. And then the people running the colony warp the ( Read more... )

OK, lets finally get to the December list. Which is nearly entirely David Weber through the majority of the month. But before that we've got a few other books, including some more cheap random deals for the ol' Kindle. Starting with Jennifer Gardiner's Slim to None about a New York film critic and her relationship with food, family and ( Read more... )

Ok, so lets do this again...

Started off July with the most recent (#36) "Ring of Fire" Grantville Gazette e-book anthology. Which like the Ring of Fire 3 "pro" anthology features more than a bit on airships in the altered past. I'm still hoping for some more Russia updates. I know people are working on them from the occasional foray into the ( Read more... )